The Travel Corporation is to appoint a Marketing & PR Executive and a Sales & Events Co-ordinator, both of whom will be based in Merrion Square, Dublin 2, and will report to Sharon Jordan, Country Manager. 
Marketing & PR Executive
This hands-on role would ideally suit a university graduate with a minimum of two years’ experience who is motivated, has initiative and capable of working to tight deadlines, both unsupervised and under pressure. The ideal candidate is a team player who is able to work within a close-knit team on a variety of different tasks at any given time.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Implementation of trade and consumer promotions, incentives, campaigns, advertising, events, brochure launches and online activity
- Maintaining a comprehensive record of all marketing activity
- Analysis of campaign results, booking reports, consumer feedback, data and market research including competitor analysis
- Ensuring brand consistency across all activities, in line with worldwide guidelines
- Content management and editing of all agent and consumer websites, as well as content production for partner websites
- Production of e-newsletters and online communications
- Day-to-day management of social media
- Copy writing, image selection, advert design and production
- Proof reading of brochures and collateral for accuracy and ensuring they are within brand guidelines
- Production of collateral for joint agency and tourist office promotions
- Liaising with the sales team to ensure they have collateral required
- Attending trade and consumer functions and events
- Co-ordinating joint trade campaigns
- Co-ordinating tourist board campaigns
- Organisation of press trips and launches
- Building relationships with key members of online and offline press and bloggers
- Supporting the Country Manager
Required skills and person specification:
- Good communication and analytical skills
- Accuracy with an eye for detail and excellent proof-reading skills
- Good organisational and time-management skills
- Ability to work to tight deadlines, unsupervised and using own initiative
- Dedicated, enthusiastic and driven
- Approachable and motivational
- Able to work within a small team and a real hands-on team player.
- Knowledge of mailchimp and Indesign an advantage.
Sales & Events Co-ordinator
Responsible for the following duties (but not exclusively):
- Multiple PA duties including items such as consolidation of expenses, calendar management and any other business as required
- Professionally answering the telephone and dealing with travel enquiries
- Working closely with the team in reservations
- Arranging and booking flights
- Fam / Press trip organisation
- Planning and aiding national event organisation
- Arranging agent and in house training
- Presentation preparation
- Trade and consumer show organisation and participation
- Supporting sales with email eblast, faxes and marketing activity
- Maintaining and updating databases
- Maintaining and updating multiple website and Facebook and Twitter
- Meeting and greeting candidates and clients
- Meeting room set-up when required
- Reports, ordering stationary / manning invoices
- General admin filing, faxing and photocopying, posting brochures, letters etc
- AOB
Required skills and person specification:
- This position would suit someone looking to explore a new direction within the travel industry. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter and be comfortable working as part of a small and fast paced team. Must have excellent computer skills including Powerpoint, Excel and Word. Knowledge of In-Design would be an advantage
- Ability to work to tight deadlines, unsupervised and using own initiative
- Dedicated, enthusiastic and driven
- Approachable and motivational
- Able to work within a small team and a real hands-on team player.
