Marketing Manager

Are you passionate about your work? Do you love making a difference in somebody’s day? Do you thrive on providing an exceptional guest experience? If this sounds like you, check out why working for Deer Creek Golf Clubs could be the perfect place for you Located in Ajax, Ontario, Deer Creek Golf Club offers 45 holes of pristine golf and hosts full-service golf tournaments, corporate meetings and galas and other special events that demand the best in service, quality, and value. Furthermore, Deer Creek Golf & Banquet Facility is the only facility in all of Ontario to host full-service golf tournaments for up to 400 players.

Reporting to the General Manager, the Marketing Manager will lead the development, implementation and execution of a marketing strategy to strengthen our company brands and ensure our mission, vision and values are clearly communicated to our customers, partners and employees.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop a marketing plan to advance brand identity for all lines of business and to broaden the visibility of our products and services.
- Work with the leadership team and colleagues to build and execute innovative marketing strategies that will build brand awareness and drive sales across all business lines.
- Develop and deliver appropriate messages and communications strategies for identified challenges and emerging issues both internally and externally.
- Oversee the marketing and communications budget, evaluating cost effectiveness of all activities.
- Provide ongoing evaluation of marketing metrics, ensuring efforts are adapted to results.
- Review and approve all marketing materials to ensure a consistent approach is used appropriately with target audiences both internally and externally.
- Identify and manage vendor relationships to ensure marketing communications efforts are supported and met.
- Provide leadership to internal marketing resources, third party agencies and operational teams by establishing a service, results and data-driven approach to delivering activities.
- Keep up to date with marketing, digital and media trends to inspire creative and alternative solutions for the team.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**:

- Post secondary education in Marketing or marketing related field.
- Previous leadership experience.
- Graphic Design background an asset
- Previous experience creating and executing a marketing and branding strategy.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- A confident self-starter, able to form effective relationships with all business lines.
- A positive and flexible team player who is willing to contribute to marketing overall team and business objectives.
- Understanding of the full range of MS Office suite including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Able to deal with a range of competing priorities in a calm, efficient and professional manner, with a keen eye for detail.
- Confident in dealing with a range of contacts at all levels.
- Organized and efficient in work and time management.

**Compensation**:

- Year-round salary commensurate with experience ($70,000 to $80,000 per annum)
- Cell Phone reimbursement

**Benefits/Perks**:

- Company benefits program.
- RRSP matching program.
- Golf Privileges at Deer Creek North, South and the Practice & Performance Centre.
- Flex Work week
- Discount at our Restaurant
- Friends and family discounts on green fees
- Learning, development, growth and professional development are encouraged.
- Very active social committee (holiday party, golf tournaments and more)

**Our Mission**

Our mission is to provide superior quality and value to our guests through exceptional experiences. We are committed to building lasting relationships with our employees and our guests.

**Our Vision**

Our vision is to consistently deliver exceptional experiences and be a leader in the GTA.

**Company Values**

Fostering Lifelong Relationships

Supporting Success Continuous Improvement Community Involvement / Philanthropy A Great Guest Experience

**Employee Commitment**

We recognize that our employees are a crucial ingredient to the quality and success of our products and services. It is our commitment to support the development of our staff both professionally and personally and in doing so create an organization with the ability to exceed the expectations of the company, our employees, and our customers.