Marketing Director for Restaurant Group

Currently searching for a Director of Marketing to determine and oversee the strategic brand marketing and public relations for a top restaurant group with both national and international locations. The Director will oversee a department of up to four professionals and be responsible for all aspects of restaurant marketing, digital, social media, brand identity, and public relations. They will be experienced in both content and brand marketing across multiple channels, particularly digital, with leadership experience in developing and managing a team. Candidates need a background in fine dining. The role includes, but is not limited to:

Brand & Strategy Development

Analyze and clarify strengths and weaknesses of the restaurant brand

Build a comprehensive marketing plan and budget

Staff and resource planning

Assign goals and responsibilities for each team member

Create and maintain systems to track results

Identify and understand customer metrics and segmentation (age, geography, first time or repeat, party size, etc.)

Customer Comprehension & Communication

Maintain good communication with marketing and restaurant teams

Build and continue positive relations with partner restaurants and partner PR agencies

Meet with CEO weekly

Consumer Promotion

Ideation, creation and scheduling of activity calendar

Design on premise holidays, events, special menus, festivals, guest visits, etc.

Plan off premise appearance at events, festivals, charity functions, etc.

Outreach to concierges, event planners, key executive assistants, selected businesses, competing private dining departments

Public Relations

Prioritize and respond to press inquiries

Pursue publicity and articles for targeted aspects of brand

Seek helpful reviews of company restaurants

Engage and maintain relationships with key press

Digital Marketing - Proactive

Plan and oversee development of content/news which can be used in all marketing channels and tactical avenues

Improve search engine optimization

Maintain and seek improvements to the website(s)

Oversee email marketing

Supervise Digital Manager

Social Media

Work with consultants and operations to improve social media ratings

Determine our KPIs

Track and impact presence with reservation sources (like Open Table)

Track and impact presence and activity on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

Track and impact presence in Yelp, Zagat, Time Out, Trip Advisor, etc.

Supervise Social Media/Digital manager

Company Brand Management

Identify strengths and marketing advantages of the Group, its individual restaurants and CEO for exposure in all marketing channels

Create brand intimacy, emotional resonance and storytelling

Maintain relationships with existing strategic partners and develop new alliances.

Provide input and ideas to ensure that the CEO's time, travels and activity have an ever-enhanced impact on the company's goals and objectives.

Advertising

Determine appropriate advertisement outlets for each brand (print, taxi, radio, web banner ads, Facebook)

Establish systems to determine ROI of advertisements

*This position comes with a V

ery Competitive Compensation Package

and the opportunity to work with one of the top restaurant groups in the world.