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Brendan is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to an employment environment that is free from all aspects of illegal discrimination. We always employ, retain, promote, and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individual's sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or disability. We strive to maximize the productivity and performance of our employees by fostering a winning team spirit and high personal accountability. Brendan values employees with a broad cross-cultural perspective.

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Openings:

Brendan is currently searching for a Marketing Coordinator. The ideal candidate will be an energetic and motivated individual to assist in the coordination and implementation efforts of the marketing department specifically in desktop publishing/design, media planning, PR copywriting, editing, campaign management and digital marketing efforts.

Requirements

Employement

Minimum two years experience in the travel industry: tour operator, consortia, tourism board in a marketing role
Minimun three years experience in graphic design and/or desktop publishing
Minimum one year experience in e-marketing, e-commerce and online advertising with hands on experience in SEM, social media and affiliate marketing strategies. Experience successfully managing Google AdWords, Yahoo Search Marketing and Bing/MS adCenter campaigns. Experience with Ycombinator, Digg, Reddit, Twitter, and other SM platforms. Experiences with Facebook, Linkedin, Myspace, Youtube and Yahoo! Video are highly favorable. Some experience with MS Project and Visio.

Educational

Undergraduate degree in Marketing, Business Administration or Business Development

Technical

3 years experience with CS3 or CS4 – Dreamweaver, InDesign, Premiere and Illustrator
1 year experience with QuarkXPress, Vegas, Final Cut Pro, Nuendo, Cubase, ProTools, iRise.
2 years experience with copy editing, proofing and editing of both digital and print media
Experience with HTML, CSS and Java a huge plus
Experience with Google Analytics, WorkTracker and Omniture a huge plus
Superior understanding of MS Office Suite
Superior written and editorial communication skills, for editing web content, blogs, forums, marketing collateral and mass email strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities

Offline Marketing (40%)

Coordinate and fulfill ad requests which include designing, composing, writing, proofing reviewing and editing ad copies
Design and edit promotional, marketing, POS flyers
Assist in the creation and loading of promo codes for both FIT and Escorted itineraries
Assist in the composition and editing of PR articles

Sales Support (35%)

Organize webinars for district sales managers while acting as administrator for Go-To-Meeting
Research, organize, collate and compose destination specific PowerPoints to be used by the DSMs which include identification of images and styles and other written content
Support District Sales Managers

Market Planning and Strategy (15%)

Liaise with tourism boards and key consortia partners during ad creation, coordination, proofing and fulfillment
Coordinate, plan and execute go-to-market strategies of new products, segments and promotions
Act as a brand manager and enforce style guidelines to ensure consistent branding and message
Coordinate and assist in media planning and buying activities most especially in the PPC
Assist in the establishment of a research methodology and design format for data gathering, such as surveys, questionnaires and reports
Organize and manage publicity and customer relationship activities
Coordinate weekly pricing comparison activities and analyze related data for market research and product positioning

Digital Marketing (10%)

Assist in search engine optimization efforts in terms of keyword and content updates on the website
Coordinate and assist in the creation and release of email and feed campaigns by editing and proofing content
Develop and manage PPC, PPM and CPC campaigns and liaise with key contacts in Google, Yahoo and Bing
Administer and co maintain social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter
Co-administer Brendan blog and forum as site moderator
Manage affiliate marketing activities through the monitoring and increasing of links
Act as chief video editor in charge of collecting and editing video related content to be used in both offline and online media

NOTES:

If possible, please bring the ff:

Writing samples
Design samples
Project samples

Forward resumes to: hr@brendanvacations.com with subject line: Marketing Coordinator Candidate