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Sales & Marketing Accounts Director

We Inspire People To Go Places

Join our team as a Sales and Marketing Account Director where you will be part of a dynamic team working on one of our flagship Middle Eastern clients, ensuring the successful implementation of sales and trade marketing activities. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have the confidence to operate successfully under your own initiative as well as collaboratively alongside the wider MMGY Global team, we invite you to bring your experience to our innovative team and make a lasting impact on our clients’ success.

Inclusive. Empowering. Curious. Creative. Transformative.

At MMGY Global, we’re more than 600 passionate individuals, spread around the globe, who share an unwavering love for travel. When we say we inspire people to go places, we mean everyone. We are currently in search of a motivated, resilient and team-oriented individual to join our team based in London.

Key Responsibilities:

Proactively take initiative to develop, direct and implement strategic and creative activities, using agreed measurement criteria, for sales and trade marketing to achieve optimum promotional awareness, raise the client’s market profile, increase sales and change perceptions within UK and Irish market
Support Senior Account Director position with development of strategy and vision for client within the UK and Irish market
Develop and maintain excellent relationships with a wide range of relevant bodies, including key customers and trade contacts, suppliers, airlines, tour operators and hotels to ensure that the client’s maximum sales potential is realised
Oversee all audience segments for client with key focus on the leisure market
Oversee annual plan of tactical activity including familiarisation trips, sales missions, roadshows, trade events, travel trade training, head office visits, trade marketing etc
Oversee client financial year and track budget to ensure delivery of KPIs within budgets
Support wider Sales & Marketing department with industry knowledge and experience

Skills and Experience required:

Middle East destination experience is preferred but not essential (for example, tour operator product department or tourism board experience)
In-depth knowledge and understanding of the UK/I leisure market
A minimum of 7 years tourism industry experience, with at least 2 years in a senior capacity
In-depth knowledge within the travel sector
Experience of managing people, marketing activities and budgets

Your employment benefits:

A hybrid work schedule of 4 days in office and 1 day at home
Generous annual holiday package including 25 days of annual leave, 3 personal days and year-end holiday break over the Christmas period
Private medical insurance and pension scheme contribution from the company
Lively social calendar with numerous activities and events to take part in.
Weekly Office Pantry fresh fruit boxes
Dog friendly office: your dogs are warmly welcomed here
Cycle to work scheme
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