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Tourism Marketing Consultant

Publication or Company  Times Square Entertainment Company
Industry  Entertainment, Marketing, Sales/Advertising Sales, Tourism
Salary Under $75,000
Job Duration Freelance
Job Location New York, NY
Job Requirements Seeking a highly motivated, entrepreneurial New York City Tourism Sales or Tourism Marketing professional to proactively generate sales to visitors to New York City though specially targeted tourism marketing outreach. This is a contract position.

The position is based in Times Square and requires a New York City Tourism Marketing expert who can work individually as well as part of a team. The ideal candidate will have excellent phone manner and interpersonal skills with a background in marketing and/or sales, and have established relationships in the hospitality and tourism field in New York City.

The duties and responsibilities of the Tourism Marketing Consultant, while focused on increasing visitors to our production is varied and diverse and encompass strategic, tactical, and administrative functions, including but not limited to the following:
- Create, recommend, develop and manage overall marketing strategies targeting New York City tourists;
- Identify all local tourism marketing high impact ROI opportunities;
- Liaise with local hotels, concierges, targeted tourism and tourists specific groups and networks to generate tourism sales partnerships;
- Work with group sales staff to coordinate tourist sales efforts;
- Partner with regional marketing and other NYC tourism related organizations with the goal of increasing sales to individual visitors and group tourists;
- Create and execute initiatives for outbound sales pitches;
- Attend tourism related trade shows and sales missions;
- Support production team by working with marketing and PR teams in tourism realm, as needed
- Track, analyze and measure ROI on tourism marketing initiatives;
- Submit weekly Excel reports and summaries
7 years minimum of New York City Tourism Marketing experience
Excellent verbal and written communication - tact and diplomacy a must
Undergraduate degree, BA/BS required, MBA or Hospitality & Tourism Marketing degree a bonus
Computer literacy including Excel, Word Processing, and knowledge of database software
Excellent phone manner and interpersonal skills
Experience in education, healthcare, corporate, entertainment, hospitality and tourism sectors, a plus
About Our Company Times Square Entertainment Company providing memorable, immersive entertaining and educational experiences for families, tourists, schoolchildren, college students, and adults of all ages.