Event Executive

**Additional Information**
**Job Number**25030541
**Job Category**Sales & Marketing
**Location**Bournemouth Highcliff Marriott Hotel, 105 St. Michael's Road, Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom, BH2 5DU
**Schedule**Full Time
**Located Remotely?**N
**Position Type** Non-Management

***

**Event Executive**

**Explore our very big world**

As a world-class leader in the travel industry, there’s no better place than Marriott International to make your mark. Joining us, you’ll get to entertain and meet people from all over the world as you build your experience. You’ll find a place where your personality and ideas are appreciated just as much as the work you do. And you’ll grow through opportunities to explore the business, opening yourself to various career options. If you have the natural ability to communicate and enjoy working with others, we welcome you to join our global family.

**The impact you’ll make**

What more could our guests want than outstanding service, a clean comfortable room and delicious food and drink? It will be your job to make sure they get even more from their event with us. Proactively promoting all the options open to them, as well as being on hand to answer any questions about our hotel and services, you’ll make sure they know about everything they could wish for - and more. You’ll help create the warmest welcomes and most memorable events that keep them coming back again and again.

**What you’ll do**
- Prepare sales-related documents, including proposals, contracts and banquet event orders
- Put together information packages, brochures and other promotional materials
- Use sales techniques to maximise revenue while maintaining existing guest loyalty
- Promote awareness of our brand image internally and externally
- Be a point of contact for clients and guests, responding to questions about hotel facilities and services
- Perform general office duties to support Sales & Marketing

**What we’re looking for**
- A warm, people-oriented demeanour
- A team-first attitude
- A gift for paying attention to the smallest details
- The ability to think outside of the box and upsell to create memorable events
- Planning, multi-tasking and time-management skills
- Previous experience in a similar role would be a big advantage

**We’ll support you in and out of the workplace by offering**:

- Generous bonus scheme, paid quarterly
- Incentive scheme with prizes
- 28 holidays per year (including public holidays)
- Company pension scheme
- World class Learning and Development Courses and Apprenticeships
- Recognition Scheme
- Employee Wellbeing programme
- Discounts on hotel rooms, gift shop items, food and beverage
- Associate Benefits Website
- Meals on duty, free car parking and use of fitness suite

With this role you will be working 40 hours per week over 5 days, predominately Monday - Friday day shifts although there may be the need to cover weekends or evenings for show rounds or to welcome your clients for their event, after all you wouldn’t miss out seeing the smile on their face after all of your planning.
- Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law._

Marriott Hotels strive to elevate the art of hospitality, innovating at every opportunity while keeping the comfort of the oh-so-familiar all around the globe. As a host with Marriott Hotels, you will help keep the promise of “Wonderful Hospitality. Always.” by delivering thoughtful, heartfelt, forward-thinking service that upholds and builds upon this living legacy. With the name that’s synonymous with hospitality the world over, we are proud to welcome you to explore a career with Marriott Hotels. In joining Marriott Hotels, you join a portfolio of brands with Marriott International. **Be** where you can do your best work,** begin** your purpose, **belong** to an amazing global team, and **become** the best version of you.

JW Marriott is part of Marriott International's luxury portfolio and consists of more than 100 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. JW Marriott associates are confident, innovative, genuine, intuitive, and carry on the legacy of the brand’s namesake and company founder, J.Willard Marriott. Our hotels offer a work experience unlike any other, where you’ll be part of a community and enjoy true camaraderie with a diverse group of co-workers. JW creates opportunities for training, development, recognition and most importantly, a place where you can pursue your passions in a luxury environment with a focus on holistic well-being. Treating guests exceptionally starts with the way we take care of our associates. That’s The JW Treat