A fantastic opportunity for a Director of Sales & Marketing to join our teams at Kimpton Clocktower!

We are offering a market-competitive salary, plus an annual 20% bonus based on targets/performance.

Are you a strategic leader with a passion for people, performance, and brand? At Kimpton Clocktower, we’re looking for a Director of Sales & Marketing to lead our commercial vision and drive revenue growth through bold strategy and heartfelt human connections!

You can check out our instagram pages to have a look at @kimptonclocktower & @therefugemcr !

Kimpton Clocktower is all about providing a contemporary luxury hotel experience whilst building heartfelt human connections with guests and colleagues – we call it Stay Human. What more could you ask? It’s not just the humans who feel this, we extend this to all our furry friends, because our heartfelt connection does not end with humans!

What You’ll Be Doing as our Director of Sales & Marketing:

As our Director of Sales & Marketing, you’ll be the driving force behind our commercial success. You’ll be leading the Sales team and Head of Marketing, crafting and executing strategies that elevate our brand, boost revenue, and create unforgettable guest experiences.

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement sales and marketing strategies aligned with hotel goals.
• Team Development: Coach and empower your team to deliver exceptional results.
• Revenue Growth: Drive measurable increases in occupancy, average rates, and event sales.
• Brand Building: Lead marketing campaigns and represent the hotel at key industry events.
• Client Engagement: Build strong relationships with key clients, agencies, and partners.
• Market Insight: Analyse trends, forecast performance, and adjust strategies to stay ahead.
• Responsible Business: Champion sustainable practices and community engagement.

To succeed as an Director of Sales & Marketing, you will need:

• A proven track record in hospitality sales and marketing (5+ years) including the development and execution of tactical sales programs (business plans) and marketing strategies supporting business growth.
• Strategic mindset with creative flair.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Deep understanding of market segments and channel strategies.

Commercial acumen and analytical ability. Demonstrated ability to interpret hotel performance data from multiple sources across a large market, identify trends, and create strategies to capitalize on opportunities.

Excellent communication and networking skills.

Why You’ll Love It Here:

• Becoming part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, one of the world’s leading hotel companies - which means global opportunities
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice
• Meals whilst on duty
• 33 days holiday each year, including bank holidays, this increases up to a maximum of 33 days (Pro Rated)
• We provide every employee company sick pay and life insurance
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world
• Discounts from over 15, 000 stores – all the way from retail to cinema
• Don’t forget, bring your friends and take part in our generous ‘Refer a Friend’ programme!

At Kimpton, our shared mission is to make lives better through heartfelt human connections. This emotional investment drives all that we do, and it’s why you’ll love the work, too. Our colleagues are empowered and encouraged to act from the heart, to go above and beyond to create ridiculously personal experiences for each other and our guests!!

Our passion is YOU…come as you are!

Here, you will have space to:

• Be yourself - bringing the real you to work, with your unique personality we want you to be who you are!
• Lead yourself – we trust you to make decisions and exert your creativity in order to provide our guests with heartfelt human connections, we trust you to do right!
• Make it count – you matter, and we will provide you with all the tools you need in order to create ridiculously personalised experiences for our guests every day!

Ready to lead with heart and strategy?

If you’re someone who thrives on connection, creativity, and commercial excellence, apply today to become our Director of Sales & Marketing.

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.