Head of Marketing

Hiring for Head of Destination Marketing– MEA based in Dubai.

What does a great Head of Destination Marketing– MEA do

The Head of Destination Marketing - MEA will play a pivotal leadership role in driving new business and revenue growth and nurturing strong DMO (Destination Marketing Organization) relationships in the MEA region.

This opportunity is for a talented and experienced online advertising sales manager/director to drive and lead Travelport's MEA Destination Marketing advertising revenue growth.

We seek entrepreneurial drive to target, educate and persuade Regional, Country & City Tourism Boards to embrace Travelport's latest advertising solutions and technologies. Using your influencing and relationship-building skills, you will provide top notch client service, research and market analysis. You anticipate how decisions are made, understand the details of individual campaigns and persistently explore and uncover the business needs of your key clients. Working with them, you set the vision and the strategy for how their advertising can reach B2B travel agents and B2C end travelers

Main responsibilities:

• Aggressive Hunter, comfortable with networking & prospecting to reach new customers and identity & develop potential new markets.
• Develop annual sales plan, together Global Head of Destination Marketing and execute on this plan.
• Build relationships with customers directly and/or through ad agencies and/or through sales houses/sales rep offices.
• Organize regular business reviews with major accounts – ad agencies and/or direct customers.
• Gain a deep understanding of all the solutions offered to customers, as well as communicating new solutions actively to clients.
• Gather customers objectives and consult towards the best solution offering.
• Creation & optimization of efficient campaigns to meet customers needs.
• Work in close collaboration with advertising operations team to create customized proposals based on the customers needs and implement campaigns.
• Participation at key travel events as speaker and/or panelist possibly.
• Responsible to reach monthly & annual sales targets.
• The Head of Destination Marketing - MEA will direct and oversee work on projects within a global matrix organization which involves multiple stakeholders

Experience:

• 6+ years experience selling online advertising with responsibility for an annual quota of +1M
• Customer centric approach
• Destination marketing background is a strong plus
• Extensive background in travel / media sales industry
• Managing senior client relationships, and especially government relations
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
• And multiple regional language skills is a plus

Please note that only candidates eligible to work in Dubai shall apply.

If interested, please get in touch with me on Linkedin or drop an email with your recent CV on [Confidential Information] and I'll get back to you at the earliest.

Best Regards

Usha

Infotree Global Solutions

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/usha-rahul-116453223