We care about your career and are known for having the absolute best people in the industry. When you join us as a an Area Director of Communications you start a unique opportunity to become celebrated as the very best in your field. You’ll learn not only from your fellow Legends, but also through our award-winning learning academy, so that you can achieve the highest standards of craft, service, and leadership and become a legend in your own story.

As an Area Director of Communications at The Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air, here are just some of the great benefits you will receive: 

• Complimentary stays with breakfast included in all 10 Dorchester Collection hotels – stay once a year at each hotel!

• 50% off at bars and restaurants within all of our Dorchester Collection hotels

• World class development opportunities (Service Excellence Training, Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging Trainings, Monthly Lunch & Learns)

• Social events throughout the year, including Quarterly Employee Appreciation Day events, Quarterly Employee Awards, Annual End of Year Gala

• Free Meals on Duty OR Workday Lunches in the form of a prepaid contactless card

• Exclusive Access to a discount platform featuring 1000s of retailers

As an Area Director of Communications at The Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air, your compensation will range between $125,000-$130,000.

A day in the life of our Area Director of Communications … it demands high levels of energy in order to keep up. They need consistency even though the days are never alike; and creativity to tackle daily adventures. Listing all of the tasks would be lengthy but the list below is essential to know.

• Develop a strategic communications plan for both The Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air, ensuring  that the hotels are professionally positioned in all of the key market segments across the rooms, conference, food and beverage, and spa.

• Act as the hotel representative to the media; establish and maintain excellent relations with the relevant media in key national, regional and local markets to help maintain the positive image of the hotel and secure editorial coverage.

• Optimize the relationship with PR agencies to ensure that they are provided with a strong brief and that the investment generates appropriate levels of return.

• Research target market and personas, create targeted press lists, create compelling pitches, conduct outreach and handle all aspects of influencer relations.

• Ensure that endorsed talking points are established for all PR messaging and pitch angles.

• Ensure communications support of agreed upon strategic alliances or key partnerships.

 Liaise with Dorchester Collection corporate communications and carry out brand-related initiatives and activities as requested.

• Oversee the social media management of all channels for the hotel including developing a content calendar, post copy, imagery and ensuring a timely response to all community comments.

• Create a comprehensive press kit and press releases according to the Dorchester Collection brand standard and distribute to relevant media contacts and supporting PR agencies.

• Work in conjunction with the operational departments to develop an annual action plans with supporting communication and PR actions to gain the maximum exposure for these initiatives.

• Oversee the planning and execution of all property photo and film shoots, to ensure that The Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air have a constantly evolving and updated range of photography, in keeping with the photography guidelines defined by Dorchester Collection.

• Develop and implement (when needed) a crisis communications plan for the hotel and act as the public spokesperson in accordance with Dorchester Collection brand guidelines.

• Ensure any employees who are put forth in a front facing media capacity are well briefed

• Complete hotel site tours in a professional and courteous manner at all times.

• Ensure that all projects, expenses etc. are in accordance with the budget, which shall be submitted to and approved in advance of the commitment by the Director of Sales & Marketing.

• Manages digital image library and photo assets of both hotels

• Manages executive communications as needed.

• Performs other reasonable job duties as required and requested

 You’ll bring your unique personality and passion to the role and the team.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Knowledge in public relations writing projects, such as press releases, biographies, fact sheets, etc.

• Knowledge in social media community management and optimization

• Exceptional interpersonal skills; able to represent the property in the community

• Ability to prioritize and organize work assignment

• Affinity for detail

• Ability to meet deadlines

• Highly developed interpersonal, and influencing management skill

• Well organized and priority focus

• Able to work independently with little supervision

• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously

• A high degree of professionalism and creativity

• Demonstrates financial acumen and ability to manage departmental budgets

• Meaningfully contributes to effective marketing and business plans

• 4 year College or University Degree in Marketing, Journalism or Communications

• 8+ years of experience in a leadership role within marketing, advertising and public relations is preferred

• Hospitality/Travel/Luxury industry experience