We are seeking a bold, strategic, and hands-on Marketing Manager to lead the marketing efforts for a high-performing lifestyle hotel Le Méridien Chicago Oakbrook in suburban Chicago. This role is ideal for a self-starter who thrives in a creative, fast-paced environment and can balance strategic planning with in-the-weeds execution.
This position will directly oversee the marketing strategy and execution including hotel branding, food & beverage marketing, meeting and event promotions, digital presence, social media, partnerships, and more. The Manager will work closely with sales, operations, and F&B leaders meeting weekly to ensure full alignment and impact.
We committed to providing you with the following:
Core Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Lead and manage the end-to-end marketing strategy for the hotel and outlets, ensuring our unique identity is upheld while achieving commercial goals
- Own all marketing planning, budgeting, reporting, and creative direction with measurable results
Team Oversight
- Foster collaboration, creativity, and alignment with the team while ensuring brand standards are upheld
Hotel & F&B Marketing Execution
- Develop and implement full-funnel marketing campaigns for rooms, restaurant, and events to drive direct revenue
- Own the content calendar, social media strategy, and digital storytelling for properties, outlets, and activations.
- Lead and oversee visual asset development, including photo and video shoots, brand collateral, and web creative
Paid & Organic Campaigns
- Create and manage paid media strategies (search, social, display, sponsored placements) and optimize campaigns based on performance
- Utilize organic channels like PR, email, social, and local outreach to build awareness and loyalty
Community Engagement & Partnerships
- Build strong local ties by engaging with community influencers, corporate partners, media, and local organizations
- Represent the hotel at key networking events, hospitality mixers, and brand activations
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Conduct weekly meetings with hotel leaders in Sales, F&B, and Operations to ensure strategic marketing alignment and execution
- Support revenue-driving initiatives across all segments and departments with thoughtful marketing input
What Makes This Role Unique
This is not your average hotel marketing role. You will:
- Lead the full marketing operation across the hotel
- Maintain direct ownership of strategy and performance
- Have autonomy to craft campaigns and build relationships that directly drive awareness and revenue
- Collaborate at the executive level with property leadership and ownership groups
Qualifications:
- 3–5+ years of experience in hospitality, lifestyle brand, or F&B marketing
- Proven success in building and executing integrated marketing strategies across digital, social, email, paid media, and partnerships
- Experience managing people or supporting junior marketing team members
- Highly organized, self-motivated, and comfortable juggling both high-level strategy and day-to-day execution
- Familiar with tools such as Google Analytics, Meta Business Suite, Canva/Adobe Creative Suite, and CRM/email platforms
This is a high-impact, high-visibility opportunity to shape the marketing future at one of Oak Brooks most distinctive hospitality brands. If you’re ready to lead with creativity, drive results, and bring a fresh perspective to the table, we’d love to meet you.
At Crescent Hotels & Resorts, we believe success is the product of direct contact and experience. This guiding principle drives every aspect of hotel operations throughout Crescent. Recognized as one of the industry's top third-party hotel management companies, Crescent is committed to delivering excellence in hotel operations, profitability, and guest service through a hands-on approach and practical experience.
Crescent’s foundational service offering is third-party hotel management of upper upscale full-service and luxury hotels and resorts in the US and Canada. The portfolio includes luxury lifestyle assets as well as hotels and resorts within the premier brands by Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. At Crescent, we are more than just a collection of hotels, we are a progressive company determined to be the employer of choice in the hospitality industry. Strong core values related to customer service and associate satisfaction account for the continued success of our company. Crescent seeks and recruits energetic, innovative individuals who have a desire to work in a results-driven environment. Our success is the direct result of everyone working together toward a common goal: To deliver exceptional service to our valued guests and provide a high quality work environment for our associates.
At Crescent Hotels & Resorts, we expect our leaders to embrace an entrepreneurial spirit, strive to execute flawlessly and recognize our most important asset is our PEOPLE. We know our associates look to their leaders to embody the corporate culture. Our leaders’ passion and dedication will inspire you who, in turn, will share that enthusiasm with our guests.
