Marketing Manager - Italy

Description

The company runs a restaurant reservation and dining platform with millions of diners and more than 70,000 restaurant partners, and has done so for over 25 years. It is part of a larger travel group and works as a global team across several metasearch brands.

This role is for a Marketing Manager based in Rome who will lead growth work in Italy. You will shape B2B and B2C marketing to build brand awareness and win new customers, and you will have a direct effect on the company's international expansion and on the success of local restaurant partners. The role suits someone who uses data well and cares about the restaurant industry.

Responsibilities

• Build and carry out B2B and B2C growth and performance marketing plans with regional leadership to grow the company's presence in Italy.
• Run brand campaigns, events, local media work and partnerships so they fit together and hit business goals.
• Take localized brand and performance campaigns from first idea to launch, making sure global messages land with Italian audiences.
• Lead cross-channel work with owners of SEO, email and performance marketing.
• Develop industry partnerships, event sponsorships and agency relationships that strengthen the brand in hospitality.
• Set up solid testing methods and use quantitative and qualitative data to improve campaigns and guide decisions across the company.
• Represent the Italian market inside the company, working with sales, account management and other marketing teams to win and keep restaurant partners.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of professional experience in brand, partnerships or digital marketing.
• Native-level Italian and business-level English for working in an international team.
• A record of building coherent marketing strategies and running campaigns from concept to execution.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use data, marketing platforms and business intelligence tools to inform decisions.
• Proven success managing stakeholders across functions and delivering complex projects.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Optional: past marketing experience in hospitality, lifestyle or technology.
• Optional: a deep understanding of the Italian restaurant industry and the wider hospitality market.
• Optional: experience building brand partnership strategies across owned and sponsored formats to raise awareness in growth markets.
• Optional: ability to use artificial intelligence platforms to work more efficiently.
• Optional: strong adaptability and self-motivation for a fast-moving, entrepreneurial setting.

Conditions

Remote role based in Rome, with a schedule built around a team spread across several time zones.

Most work fits normal business hours, but you may need to handle calls, Slack messages or emails outside them to work with international colleagues, reply to restaurant partners or deal with urgent issues.

Salary is a basic 60k€, set by factors such as market benchmarks, location and experience, with additional pay and benefits possible under local law and company policy.

The company follows local laws and regulations.

The company values diversity and welcomes applicants who need accommodations; ask your recruiter for support during hiring or on the job.

Benefits

• 26 days of paid vacation plus time off for your birthday.
• Enhanced paid parental leave.
• Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth and a company-paid Headspace subscription.
• A company-wide week off each year.
• Development Dollars, leadership development and access to thousands of on-demand e-learning courses.
• Travel discounts.