Creative Marketing Manager

Santa Monica Proper Hotel is seeking a dynamic Creative Marketing Manager to join our team. 

A seamless merger of historic retrofit and new construction, our 271-room property features interior design by international style icon Kelly Wearstler, multiple dining options by local area culinary stars, a rooftop lounge and swimming pool, and 24,000 square feet of meeting and event space. 

Job Overview
The Creative Marketing Manager will report directly to the General Manager with a dotted line to the Vice President of Brand, and assists in building the brand through values and culture, shaping the program, direction, defining all elements of the brand experience and ensuring consistency/brand integrity across all guest touch points. 

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Brand Operations: Assist in maintaining brand consistency and respect of style guidelines set up throughout the property
  
• Ensure hotel and all operational departments comply with brand standards & activations
• Marketing Operations: Facilitate and deploy strategies that support the operations teams on all marketing aspects, assist in collateral creation, marketing channels update and accuracy
  
• Public Relations (PR): Facilitate and lead PR execution, supporting logistics, and coordinating with property colleagues
  
• Social media: Facilitate and lead community management and content creation for the hotel, F&B outlets, and spa
  
• Partnership & Programming:
  
• Make positive connections with partners, initiate creative partnership ideas for the hotel, F&B outlets, and spa
• Provide logistical support for partnerships, weekly activations, monthly collaborations & pop-up 
• Content Creation: Assist in creating social media assets & promotional materials, and provide logistical support for photoshoots
  

Required Skills & Abilities

• Proven experience successfully leading and executing creative campaigns and experience with internal communications, business transformation, change management a plus
• Leadership and communication skills to effectively work cross-functionally
  
• Ability to adjust schedules as needed based on hotel needs
  
• Notions in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign and Acrobat
  
• Experience working with and leveraging Digital Asset Management tools for creative development and project management software
  
• Highly effective communicator
  
• Knowledge of cultural landscape
  
• Familiarity and passion for hospitality, art and design
  
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to handle multiple priorities
  
• Flexibility to work non-traditional hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays
  

 Education & Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Events, Social Media, Non-Traditional Marketing, Public Relations 

Company Overview
Proper Hospitality is made up of a diverse group of passionate individuals who share a common love for hotels and the art of hospitality. Our philosophy is simple: There is a right way to do things, and anything less just isn’t proper. We are seeking out the “best of the best” from inside and outside of the industry to work alongside us as we grow a new kind of lifestyle Hospitality Company inspired by a centuries-old tradition. The work is challenging, fast-paced, and rewarding above all. 

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, genetics, or any other federal/state protected category. 

Proper Hospitality will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local Fair Chance Hiring Ordinances. 

Santa Monica Proper Hotel is seeking a dynamic Creative Marketing Manager to join our team. 

A seamless merger of historic retrofit and new construction, our 271-room property features interior design by international style icon Kelly Wearstler, multiple dining options by local area culinary stars, a rooftop lounge and swimming pool, and 24,000 square feet of meeting and event space. 

Job Overview
The Creative Marketing Manager will report directly to the General Manager with a dotted line to the Vice President of Brand, and assists in building the brand through values and culture, shaping the program, direction, defining all elements of the brand experience and ensuring consistency/brand integrity across all guest touch points. 

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Brand Operations: Assist in maintaining brand consistency and respect of style guidelines set up throughout the property
  
• Ensure hotel and all operational departments comply with brand standards & activations
• Marketing Operations: Facilitate and deploy strategies that support the operations teams on all marketing aspects, assist in collateral creation, marketing channels update and accuracy
  
• Public Relations (PR): Facilitate and lead PR execution, supporting logistics, and coordinating with property colleagues
  
• Social media: Facilitate and lead community management and content creation for the hotel, F&B outlets, and spa
  
• Partnership & Programming:
  
• Make positive connections with partners, initiate creative partnership ideas for the hotel, F&B outlets, and spa
• Provide logistical support for partnerships, weekly activations, monthly collaborations & pop-up 
• Content Creation: Assist in creating social media assets & promotional materials, and provide logistical support for photoshoots
  

Required Skills & Abilities

• Proven experience successfully leading and executing creative campaigns and experience with internal communications, business transformation, change management a plus
• Leadership and communication skills to effectively work cross-functionally
  
• Ability to adjust schedules as needed based on hotel needs
  
• Notions in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, inDesign and Acrobat
  
• Experience working with and leveraging Digital Asset Management tools for creative development and project management software
  
• Highly effective communicator
  
• Knowledge of cultural landscape
  
• Familiarity and passion for hospitality, art and design
  
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to handle multiple priorities
  
• Flexibility to work non-traditional hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays
  

 Education & Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Events, Social Media, Non-Traditional Marketing, Public Relations 

Company Overview
Proper Hospitality is made up of a diverse group of passionate individuals who share a common love for hotels and the art of hospitality. Our philosophy is simple: There is a right way to do things, and anything less just isn’t proper. We are seeking out the “best of the best” from inside and outside of the industry to work alongside us as we grow a new kind of lifestyle Hospitality Company inspired by a centuries-old tradition. The work is challenging, fast-paced, and rewarding above all. 

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, genetics, or any other federal/state protected category. 

Proper Hospitality will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local Fair Chance Hiring Ordinances.