Job Description

Job Category: Communications
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Role Purpose
This role plays a key part in driving growth and supporting IHG's strategic goals in the IMEA business unit. The role is to support the design and execution of events and communications that drive perception, visibility and awareness of IHG with target audiences, strengthen owners' relationships, and support IHG's development team in signing new hotels and retain existing ones.
Key Accountabilities

• Event Planning & Coordination: Develop, plan, and execute events from concept to completion, ensuring all aspects align with company goals.
• Signing Events: Organize and manage signing ceremonies, ensuring all details, including venue setup, branding, guest invitations, and media coverage, are flawlessly executed to reflect the company's prestige.
• Vendor Management: Liaise with vendors, suppliers, and venues to secure contracts, negotiate terms, and ensure timely delivery of services.
• Promotion: Design and implement strategies to promote events, including digital / social media campaigns.
• Stakeholder Communication: Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and effective communication.
• On-Site Event Management: Oversee on-site event logistics, including setup, troubleshooting, and ensuring an exceptional guest experience.
• Post-Event Analysis: Evaluate event or campaign success through metrics and feedback, providing recommendations for future improvements.
• Budget Management: Manage budgets, ensuring cost-effectiveness while delivering high-quality experiences.

Other

• Source, develop, and maintain relevant content aligned with IHG's Development strategy, working closely with the Development team.
• Act as the central point of contact for IMEA Development team for relevant resources, ensuring timely updates and distribution of content.
• Oversee the identification and maintenance of channels to enhance outreach to owners and investors for events.

Key Skills & Experiences
Education -
Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience in event management, PR, branding, or professional services within the hospitality and/or real estate sectors.
B2B and Owner relation management experience is essential
Experience -
5+ years

• B2B event management, planning and execution
• Of owner relation management
• Of writing documents, reports and presentations for a sophisticated, commercially aware audience
• Of stakeholder management
• Of planning and structuring business analysis and measure events and campaign success.
• Of designing and writing compelling and visually attractive documents across a range of medium (PPT, InDesign, Adobe)

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent written English. Arabic language strongly preferred.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks/clients in a highly dynamic and changing environment.
• Strong level of personal and professional integrity
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, web-based applications and an openness

About Us: At IHG, we've made a promise. As one of the world's leading hotel groups, we're here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected - wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?
About the Team:
Who we are
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You'll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there's Room for You at IHG.
Over recent years, we've transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.
We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That's why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance - working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that's why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.
We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.