About SS Hospitality Group
SS Hospitality Group is a dynamic, multi-concept hospitality company based in Dallas-Fort Worth, specializing in bars, restaurants, and large-scale events.
Our portfolio includes:
- Landmark Bar & Kitchen — neighborhood bar & kitchen concept (Fort Worth, Addison, Lubbock opening August 2026)
- Baila — contemporary Latin American restaurant & rooftop nightlife concept (The Jungle Room)
- Arianna — modern Mediterranean / Persian dining concept
- International Margarita Organization — national festival platform operating in 50+ cities
- Strategic investments across beverage, CPG, and hospitality
We're founder-led, fast-moving, and built on the belief that we don't sell food and drinks — we sell experiences.
The Role
We're hiring a Director of Marketing to lead marketing strategy and execution across our restaurant portfolio. This is a corporate leadership role reporting directly to the founders, with budget authority, hiring authority, and the mandate to build the marketing function as we scale.
You'll own marketing for Landmark Bar & Kitchen across all three locations, support Baila and Arianna marketing, and drive private and corporate event revenue across the portfolio.
You'll inherit a Social Media Content Manager who covers all three Landmark locations and our festival company — your job is to give them clear creative direction, brand voice, and content strategy. As you build the playbook, you'll hire additional team members underneath you.
Core Responsibilities
- Own marketing strategy and execution for Landmark Bar & Kitchen (Fort Worth, Addison, Lubbock)
- Lead pre-opening marketing for Landmark Lubbock (opening August 2026 — first priority)
- Build and execute a private and corporate events sales program across all venues
- Direct and manage the Social Media Content Manager across Landmark and festival brands
- Develop promotional calendars, campaigns, and activations that drive traffic and comp sales
- Own marketing strategy and execution for Baila & Arianna
- Manage influencer partnerships, local marketing, and community engagement
- Manage marketing budgets and report ROI to the founders
- Hire and lead additional marketing team members as the portfolio grows
- Partner with GMs and unit managers to execute on the ground
Who We're Looking For
- 5+ years of hands-on marketing experience in restaurants, bars, or hospitality
- Multi-unit and/or multi-concept experience strongly preferred
- Track record of launching new restaurant or hospitality concepts
- Player-coach mentality — you set strategy AND personally execute the work in year one
- Sales-minded — comfortable building and closing a private/corporate events sales program
- Strong social media and content instincts; experience directing creative teams
- Fluent in digital marketing fundamentals — paid social (Meta, TikTok), email marketing, SEO basics, and the ability to brief and manage outside vendors for anything beyond your direct skill set
- Analytically driven — comfortable reading performance data and reporting ROI clearly to founders, not just shipping campaigns
- Disciplined with budget — track record of managing marketing budgets and showing measurable return on spend
- Builder mentality — comfortable creating systems where none exist
- Operator mindset — understands hospitality economics, not just marketing theory
- Comfortable working directly with founders in a fast-moving, non-corporate environment
Who This Role Is Not For
- Candidates from heavily corporate, agency, or large-franchise backgrounds who need structure to perform
- Strategy-only marketers who expect to delegate execution — this role is part strategy, part hands-on execution
- Anyone uncomfortable in venues, in cities, and on the ground with the team
Compensation & Growth
- $70,000–$75,000 base salary
- Performance bonus tied to private and corporate event revenue
- Realistic path to $90,000–$100,000+ total compensation in year one
- Health benefits
- Real ownership of outcomes and a clear path to grow the marketing function across a scaling hospitality portfolio