Marketing Manager - Dubai based - Luxury Hospitality background - Entertainment Company

The RIG is working with one of its clients who deal in the Entertainment industry and are looking for a strong Marketing Manager to join them with a luxury hospitality background.

The ideal candidate will come from a strong luxury hospitality, premium F&B, hotel, resort, lifestyle or high-end leisure background and will understand how to position, market and grow a premium consumer-facing brand.

This role will be responsible for developing and executing the full marketing strategy across digital, social media, partnerships, events, CRM, brand communications and customer acquisition.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the overall marketing strategy to increase brand awareness, customer acquisition, repeat visits and revenue.
• Position the venue as a premium destination for families, children’s experiences, events and celebrations.
• Lead all digital marketing activity across social media, paid advertising, email marketing, CRM and online campaigns.
• Manage the brand’s social media strategy, content calendar and creative direction.
• Work closely with content creators, photographers, videographers, agencies and designers to produce high-quality branded content.
• Develop campaigns promoting memberships, birthday parties, events, seasonal activities, school holidays and special experiences.
• Create strategic partnerships with luxury hotels, schools, nurseries, residential communities, family brands, lifestyle businesses and corporate partners.
• Develop influencer, PR and media strategies to increase brand visibility.
• Manage marketing budgets and ensure strong ROI across all campaigns.
• Monitor campaign performance, customer acquisition cost, conversion rates, engagement and overall marketing effectiveness.
• Develop customer retention initiatives, loyalty programmes and targeted CRM campaigns.
• Build and manage a strong database of customers and prospective customers.
• Support the commercial team with promotions, packages and revenue-driving initiatives.
• Work closely with operations to ensure all marketing activity aligns with the customer experience.
• Lead the marketing strategy for new launches, activations, events and venue initiatives.
• Maintain consistent premium brand standards across all online and offline marketing materials.
• Conduct competitor analysis and monitor trends across luxury hospitality, entertainment, leisure and family experiences.
• Identify new commercial and partnership opportunities to increase footfall and revenue.

Candidate Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications or a related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of marketing experience, ideally within:
• Luxury Hospitality
• Five-Star Hotels or Resorts
• Premium F&B
• Lifestyle Brands
• Entertainment or Leisure
• Luxury Family Concepts
• Strong UAE market experience is highly preferred.
• Proven experience managing 360-degree marketing campaigns.
• Strong digital marketing and social media knowledge.

I have a salary budget of between 20,000 - 25,000 AED per month + medical + visa + bonus

If interested, please can you send your CV to david@therigrecruitment.com.