Market Associate
Location : REMOTE Canada
Duration : 12 months plus extensions
The team you will join
The Our Hotels organization, which includes HotelTonight, is a fun, entrepreneurial, start-up team where you can have outsized impact. Simplicity is at the core of our products. We pride ourselves on delivering the smoothest and most intuitive hotel booking experience. For hotels, we make it easy to drive incremental bookings so they can focus on the craft of hosting. We aspire to facilitate hotel discovery and serendipity at scale, benefitting guests and hotel partners.
The difference you will make
As a Market Associate, your core responsibilities will involve supporting Market Managers, overseeing assigned projects, and managing an evolving portfolio of hotel partners in your market for both HotelTonight and Airbnb. You will also support strategic initiatives that drive hotel partner success on both platforms. These initiatives will include contacting hotels for needed business details, supply optimization, and platform education. Your self‑starter, get it done attitude will be necessary to address the volume of opportunity planned to be tackled. A flexibility to move between account management and project work while upholding a strong level of customer service will make an impact!
A typical day
- Take actions with hotel partners as needed to drive assigned projects forward
- Maintain well organized and detailed tracking mechanisms relating to assigned projects
- Call, email, and Zoom with hotel partners to accomplish assigned project needs
- Manage relationships with hotel partners within assigned portfolio
- Support scaled strategies to effectively manage & optimize hotel partners in assigned portfolio
- Educate partners on how HotelTonight and Airbnb platforms function
- Develop strong and long lasting partnerships
- Respond to and deliver exceptional service in a timely and efficient manner
- Work cross‑functionally when necessary as well as with Market Managers within HotelTonight Supply
- Implement strategies to effectively manage and optimize workflows
- Act as the 'front desk' of HotelTonight and Airbnb to hotel partners with many needs and triage appropriately
Your expertise
3+ years of experience in account management and / or partner support.2+ years of hospitality / travel industry experience (preferred)Proficiency in both English and the local language is required for the specific location / country.Self‑starter who is resourceful with a get it done attitudeStrong time management and prioritization skillsStrong organizational skills relating to project work with a large volume of inputs and moving partsTrack record of being able to effectively work a book of business (account management)Excellent communication and presentation skills and ability to communicate effectively with clients via phone, email, and zoomTeam player, willing to contribute what is needed for the success of the teamThe ability to get things done with changing priorities, projects and deadlinesPassion for Airbnb, travel, and the sharing economyWe are looking for someone that is goals‑obsessed, is inputs‑driven, and willing to take action (high volume of calls, meetings, etc.)#J-18808-Ljbffr