Marketing Executive

Marketing Executive

Are you ready for your next career opportunity within a well-established and ethical travel firm?

Are you a passionate Marketing expert who is innovative and thrives on developing new opportunities?

About Uniworld  

Uniworld Boutique River Cruises is the world’s most luxurious all-inclusive river cruise line – features distinctively designed ships with an average capacity of 130 guests, exclusive excursions, gourmet cuisine, and one of the highest staff-to-guest-ratio in the river cruise industry. Based in Los Angeles, California and with offices around the world, Uniworld offers truly all-inclusive itineraries in Europe, Asia and South America —a total of 20 rivers in 28 countries worldwide.

Uniworld is a member of CLIA and is highly regarded by discerning travellers, media, and cruise industry experts. Uniworld is a member of The Travel Corporation (TTC) family of companies, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020. (www.uniworld.com/au)

Our Parent Company is The Travel Corporation, a leading travel company compromising of well-known travel brands such as Contiki, AAT Kings, Trafalgar, Adventure World, Uniworld Cruising and Insight Vacations. The Travel Corporation is represented by over 40 sales offices and 10,000 team members globally, whilst serving over 2 million customers annually across more than 70 countries.

The Role

Reporting to the Marketing Manager, the Marketing Executive will possess the passion and excitement that comes with uncovering the most extraordinary luxury river cruise journeys on offer today. We are a close-knit-team so working closely with the Marketing Manager, the Australian Sales Team and the Global Marketing team, the Marketing Executive will be responsible to support the Uniworld planning, execution of national trade and consumer marketing campaigns, events and projects for Uniworld.

Key responsibilities:

·         Develop and implement trade marketing plans and identify opportunities and greater trade partnerships to maximise Marketing ROI.

·         Support the day-to-day relationships with all marketing and commercial contacts at each preferred retail partner.

·         Support the management and monitoring of all agreed trade campaigns including planning, copywriting, artwork and communication with sales and reservations.

·         Develop and execute email marketing communications with monthly performance reports.

·         Support with monthly marketing reports of current activity and success for incorporation into the monthly brand board report.

·         Review and report marketing campaign performance with lessons learnt and continuous improvement for future marketing campaigns.

·         Maintain and track the marketing budgets ensuring that all campaign activity is negotiated, planned and delivered to budget.

In Addition,

·         Hybrid working with 3 days per week in the office at Bondi Junction.

·         As this position is salaried there may be a requirement from time to time to work outside of normal hours and to attend events such as conferences, expos and educational trips over weekend periods. This may involve carrying marketing merchandise, assembling marketing stands or trade stall presentations.

·         Career path, training and mentoring opportunities available.

About you

·         Minimum of 3 years relevant marketing experience.

·         Tertiary qualifications in either Marketing, Communications or Tourism is highly preferred.

·         Strong background in campaign planning, project management and delivery.

·         A knowledge of river cruising, their destinations and Uniworld’s unique offerings.

·         Strong skills in MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint, and Working knowledge of Salesforce and Marketing Cloud.

·         Understanding of digital marketing including email, Google Analytics, and social media.

·         Skillset in marketing including written communication, brand, content, social, market research, campaign planning and creative services.

·         Experience working with a luxury travel brand is highly desirable.

·         Benefits & Perks

·         Join a company that is experiencing rapid global expansion and advance your career

·         Flexible/Hybrid work options available

·         Competitive travel discounts domestically and internationally for you and your family/friends

·         12 weeks paid parental leave – eligible staff

·         2 days paid leave per year for volunteer opportunities of your choice 

·         2 Team engagement days

·         2 weeks work from anywhere 

·         Retail Discounts and Employee Assistance Program

·         Fun and welcoming team and environment with regular social and networking events

The Travel Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We not only encourage and support diversity in the workplace, we celebrate it! If you feel you have the skills and experience to thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment, we want to hear from you!