Travel Product Curator
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Position Type: Part-Time
Overview
ember is seeking a sophisticated and detail-focused Travel Product Curator to design, shape, and elevate our global portfolio of luxury travel experiences. This role is responsible not only for identifying exceptional products and destination offerings, but also for conceptualising and curating complete experiential journeys that reflect ember's elevated design ethos.
The Travel Product Curator will craft thematic travel programs, experiential journeys, and signature collections, each accompanied by refined itineraries, narrative elements, and supporting documentation. The ideal candidate brings deep destination knowledge, creativity, and a strong understanding of UHNW travel expectations, along with the ability to transform research and discovery into fully designed experience concepts.
This part-time role suits a creative thinker with sharp analytical skills and a passion for building inspired, culturally resonant luxury travel products.
Key Responsibilities:
Product Discovery & Curation
- Research and identify exceptional experiences, premium accommodations, cultural immersions, wellness concepts, and private-access activities across global destinations.
- Evaluate products and opportunities for alignment with ember's luxury standards, thematic direction, and experiential depth.
- Organise curated offerings into a structured internal catalogue by region, theme, season, and experience category.
- Monitor global luxury travel trends and emerging destinations to guide product innovation and seasonal design.
End-to-End Experiential Journey & Program Design
- Conceptualise and design complete experiential journeys, thematic programs, and curated routes that can be adopted by the wider ember team or offered as signature ember products.
- Build full itineraries for these designed journeys, including day-by-day structures, narrative flow, experience linking, and optional enhancements.
- Develop thematic travel frameworks (e.g., wellness journeys, culinary pathways, cultural immersion programs, adventure-led concepts, seasonal or event-based itineraries).
- Integrate visual, narrative, and conceptual elements to ensure each designed program reflects ember's brand identity and luxury positioning.
- Prepare refined journey briefs, presentation materials, and internal strategy notes to support adoption and delivery.
- Identify potential luxury hotels, experience providers, guides, and specialists suitable for inclusion in thematic journeys or curated modules.
- Recommend suitable partners or products for experiential concepts or journey designs.
Product Design, Documentation & Presentation
- Produce polished product briefs, destination notes, curated guides, and experience summaries aligned with ember's aesthetic standards.
- Document all designed journeys with full itinerary breakdowns, operational notes, thematic descriptions, and optional add-ons.
- Create modular product components that can be easily integrated into bespoke itineraries by the Travel Design team.
- Maintain a structured internal library of designed journeys, thematic collections, and curated experience sets.
Quality Assurance & Experience Validation
- Evaluate identified experiences based on authenticity, cultural richness, luxury alignment, and operational feasibility.
- Leverage client insights, internal feedback, and industry research to refine and enhance curated offerings.
- Conduct remote or in-person validation when possible to ensure designed products adhere to ember's standards.
- Uphold strict criteria for guest safety, professionalism, and ethical tourism practices.
Qualifications & Experience
- 3-5 years of experience in luxury travel product development, itinerary design, hospitality curation, experiential concept creation, or similar fields.
- Strong global destination knowledge, including cultural nuances, high-end properties, and luxury lifestyle landscapes.
- Demonstrated ability to design full itineraries and thematic journeys end-to-end, from concept to final curated experience.
- High-level research, analysis, and creative ideation skills with strong aesthetic sensibility.
- Exceptional written communication and presentation capability.
- Strong organisational discipline and ability to work independently within a part-time structure.
- Proficiency with research tools, documentation systems, and internal workflow platforms.
- Deep appreciation for luxury travel, elevated service expectations, and UHNW guest behaviours.
Application Instructions
Interested candidates who meet all qualifications may submit their CV and cover letter to: [Confidential Information] with subject line: Travel Product Curator (Your Name)
