Director Sales & Marketing
Highgate Hotels, LP
Seattle, WA
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JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Asset Management, Automation, Budgeting, Catering Services, Communication Skills, Competitive Analysis/Strategy, Delphi, Direct Sales, Establish Priorities, Exceeded Sales Goal, Hospitality and Tourism, Hotel Management, Interpersonal Skills, Investment Management, Leadership, Market Analysis, Market Segmentation, Market Share, Market Trend Analysis, Marketing, Marketing Communications Plan, Meet Sales Quota, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Multitasking, Performance Management, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Profit & Loss, Real Estate, Real Estate Sales, Revenue Management, Sales, Sales Forecasting, Sales Management, Sales Strategy, Set Goals, Strategic Planning, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Time Management
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Requisition ID
2026-74339
Category
Sales/Marketing
Job Location
US-WA-Seattle
Property
Kimpton Palladian Hotel
Compensation Minimum
USD $120,000.00/Yr.
Compensation Maximum
USD $150,000.00/Yr.
Compensation Type
Yearly
Highgate Hotels
Highgate is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in U.S. gateway markets including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a rapidly expanding presence in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Highgate's portfolio of global properties represents an aggregate asset value exceeding $20B and generates over $5B in cumulative revenues. The company provides expert guidance through all stages of the hospitality property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition. Highgate also has the creativity and bandwidth to develop bespoke hotel brands and utilizes industry-leading proprietary revenue management tools that identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive out performance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the industry's most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands. Highgate maintains corporate offices in London, New York, Dallas, and Seattle.
Location
Located on the seam of Belltown and the retail core, the 97-room Kimpton Palladian Hotel is within walking distance of landmarks like Pike Place Market, the waterfront, and Seattle's best new restaurants, live music venues, cafes, and boutiques. When you're not exploring, your home base is a 1910 landmark reinvented in a masculine-chic style with luxe amenities, edgy design elements, and contemporary furnishings that reflect Belltown's hip heritage. You'll also find a heralded seafood restaurant in Shaker + Spear, a speakeasy-style social lounge called Pennyroyal, and a lobby you won't soon forget. The Palladian beckons today's tech titans and tastemakers.
Overview
The Director of Sales & Marketing is primarily responsible for leading & driving top line revenue strategy for traditional sales related segments to include group, volume transient & catering. The individual is additionally responsible for staying ahead of market trends, market share movement and ongoing competitive hotel analysis, while directing the property sales teams (rooms & catering) to insure budgeted revenues are met or exceeded. The Director of Sales & Marketing is also responsible for developing and implementing a marketing communications plan designed to achieve the desired positioning for the hotel, as well as managing the sales and marketing budget that supports revenue attainment.
Responsibilities
Responsible for leading & driving top line revenue for traditional sales segments to include group, volume transient & catering.
Assesses & reacts to market trends, market share & the competitive hotel environment.
Develops and implements a marketing communications plan designed to achieve the desired positioning of the hotel, as well as manage the sales & marketing budget that supports all initiatives.
Act as the hotel's voice of the customer and communicate key issues/concerns at all levels of the organization.
Fluent in reading/assimilating/using Smith Travel Research data, financial P&L, mix of sales, forecasting, group pace/position & a wide array of traditional hotel reporting.
Ability to understand and communicate market trends, demand generators, supply/demand and economic factors affecting hotel performance.
Conduct comprehensive competitive set reviews, SWOT analysis & keep tabs on new supply.
Understand GEO source & ability to develop a plan to penetrate the primary markets.
Develop/implement key segment strategy & managing key accounts (both existing & target).
Design effective sales deployment schemes & market assignments.
Develop sales goals designed to achieve budget & market share targets.
Manage group pace measurement and set sales production goals.
Manage sales activity & travel schedule.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree preferred in Marketing
At least 3 years' experience as a sales leader, with prior hotel sales experience.
Experience dealing with/communicating with ownership groups and asset management.
Proficient in managing/using sales automation (DELPHI) & PMS systems.
Experience working collaboratively with revenue management.
Well rounded knowledge of all market segments and channel sources, as well as ability to develop a strategic plan for each.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment.
Ability to direct, lead, train, motivate & drive a direct sales team; and develop a cooperative & competitive team spirit & winning attitude.
Must be proficient in MS Office including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
Must be able to multitask and prioritize departmental functions to meet deadlines
Highgate Hotels and its subsidiary companies will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to an applicant’s race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetic information, uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or any other legally protected classification. Highgate Hotels will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a test or job interview) if so requested.
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