Event Executive

**Job Number** 22127069

**Job Category** Sales & Marketing

**Location** Swindon Marriott Hotel, Pipers Way, Swindon, WILTSHIRE, United Kingdom VIEW ON MAP

**Schedule** Full-Time

**Located Remotely?** N

**Relocation?** N

**Position Type** Non-Management

Swindon Marriott Hotel is looking for an Event Executive to join the Sales and Events team

We are looking for passionate, dedicated and creative Event Executive to join the world leading hospitality company. Swindon Marriott Hotel offers a pillarless ballroom, perfect for a wedding or gala dinner, nine meeting rooms ideal for corporate guests to brainstorm their next big idea and even an enchanting garden where guests can refresh in the sun.

LAs well as the versatile event space, the hotel itself has: Cast Iron Bar & Grill, our signature restaurant, a fitness centre, an indoor swimming pool, tennis courts and a steam room and sauna. So, whether you have an excellent eye for detail to make a special event even more memorable or enjoy building rapport with corporate bookings to ensure a smooth delivery of their meetings, at Swindon Marriott there is the opportunity to progress your career in a supportive environment

As the Event Executive you will
- Meet with a range of guests to show them what Swindon Marriott Hotel can offer
- Refine your sales skills to maximise revenue and maintain guest loyalty
- Prepare proposals, contracts and banqueting event orders to ensure smooth delivery of service
- Create information packages, brochures and marketing materials to showcase the hotel
- Embrace the Marriott culture

A successful Event Executive is someone who
- Is warm, friendly, a people person
- Is a team player and an excellent communicator (verbal, listening, writing)
- Can multi-task and manage their time effectively
- Is proactive with a positive attitude

In return for your hard work, the Event Executive will receive
- Discounted stays at over 8,000 hotels worldwide
- Opportunities to earn bonuses
- Discounted food & drink in all our restaurants and bars
- Discounts for your friends and family
- Free use of Leisure Club facilities
- Wellness and mental health programmes
- 20 Holiday days, increasing with length of service
- Gratuities
- Company sick pay after 6 months of service
- World class training and development
- Unlimited career opportunities (internationally and locally)
- Half price cinema tickets
- Specially curated discounts in thousands of shops and discount in Swindon Designer Outlet
- Staff parties
- Free meal on shift
- Free car parking
- £150 recommend a friend scheme
- Service awards and recognition gifts

Marriott International portfolio of brands includes both JW Marriott and Marriott Hotels.

**Marriott Hotels**, Marriott International’s flagship brand with more than 500 global locations, is advancing the art of hosting so that our guests can travel brilliantly. As a host with Marriott Hotels, you will help keep this promise by delivering premium choices, sophisticated style, and well-crafted details. With your skills and imagination, together we will innovate and reinvent the future of travel.

**JW Marriott **is part of Marriott International's luxury portfolio and consists of more than 80 beautiful properties in gateway cities and distinctive resort locations around the world. JW believes our associates come first. Because if you’re happy, our guests will be happy. It’s as simple as that. Our hotels offer a work experience unlike any other, where you’ll be part of a community and enjoy a true camaraderie with a diverse group of co-workers. JW creates opportunities for training, development, recognition and most importantly, a place where you can really pursue your passions in a luxury environment. Treating guests exceptionally starts with the way we take care of our associates. That’s The JW Treatment.