Marketing Coordinator

Job Ref: ELI3344

Branch: Ashdown Park

Location: Ashdown Park, Forest Row

Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary plus excellent benefits

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Part Time

Hours per week: 25-30 hours per week

Posted date: 14/10/2026

Closing date: 14/11/2026

We are looking for a Marketeer to own the on-property marketing message, ensuring consistency of brand application, first class presentation, structured internal communication, with a focus on maximising revenue generating opportunities. In coordination with the central team, bringing annual marketing plans to life through thoughtful relationship management, keen attention to detail, and meticulous delivery.

Ashdown Park Hotel Country Club prides itself on being among the finest luxury country hotels in Sussex, with a goal to deliver distinctly memorable experiences for our guests and to offer like-minded individuals fantastic career opportunities.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• • Be a point of contact for press visits and provide active input into monthly PR calls
  • Own the ‘calendar of events’ from idea generation with key stakeholders and planning to take-to-marketing activities with the central team and reporting on success, ensuring healthy profitability on all events
  • Ensure guest facing marketing touch points are presented in line with company standards
  • Assisting in the coordination of key print projects alongside the central team, managing stock and usage, and processing simple design tasks
  • Collate requirements from hotel to achieve deadlines of key central marketing initiatives
  • Assist in the roll-out of the refreshed branding, ensuring correct application and removal of legacy items in line with agreed schedule
  • Support the central marketing team in gathering on-the-ground content, to include assisting with photo/video shoots and independently sourcing new storytelling opportunities
  • Communicate pertinent guest-facing operational changes to the central team for updating online in a timely manner
  • Act as the go-to for marketing communication on property, keeping in regular contact with all HODs (heads of department) and senior management
  • Support the HR Department with marketing related tasks pertinent to promoting our Hotel as an employer of choice
  • Work with the Group Digital Marketing Executive to manage our presence on third-party listing sites, keeping information up to date and showcasing the best visual assets
  • Maximise opportunities to cross-sell hotel services to on-property guests ensuring relevant data is captured

Key Skills/Qualities:

An adaptable marketeer with a hands-on approach to work, you will need to balance hotel-level priorities with central office requirements ensuring key stakeholder co-operation through clear and structured communication.

• • Previous experience working in a marketing role with hospitality knowledge desirable
  • Experience with, or confidence in, navigating off-the-shelf design software, such as Canva
  • Confident in identifying areas for improvement and recommending actionable solutions
  • A strong, and highly organised, communicator
  • Commercially astute with an appreciation for the customer journey
  • Experience in working effectively with a diverse set of stakeholders

If you feel that you can rise to this challenge, then please submit your application as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close the role early if sufficient applications are received.

Please note that due to our rural location you will need your own transport

At Elite Hotels we have a single minded and unwavering goal to make every visit to our hotels a positive experience that our guests feel compelled to talk about.

About Ashdown Park Hotel Country Club:

Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club is a stunning grade two listed country house set in 186 acres of beautiful grounds on the edge of the Ashdown Forest. With an award winning 4 red star Hotel, fine dining two rosette Anderida Restaurant, 3 lounges, 17 conference banqueting rooms, Cocktail Bar, Brasserie, fully equipped Country Club and Spa, we offer our guests a complete experience.

Why work at Ashdown Park Hotel Country Club:

As an accredited Investor in People, we are dedicated to the development of our staff. Many of the team started out in junior roles, but have been offered training and promotional opportunities as their skills have grown. We are very fortunate to have a large percentage of long-term team members able to offer their experience and expertise to the next generation of hospitality professionals – this could be you!

Benefits

To support and reward our staff we offer:

• A commitment to pay above the living wage
• Generous share of the monthly Service Charge
• Career development with accredited training providers
• Enhanced holiday programme reward scheme for long service
• Employee Assistance Programme - Hospitality Action
• Meals provided by our talented kitchen team
• We have plenty of free parking
• Generous 'Refer a Friend' bounty incentive
• We also have amazing recognition awards for exceptional customer service
• Reduced price stays in all of our hotels – where you are treated like a guest no matter who you are!

For full details of the benefits on offer please check our website: https://www.careersatelitehotels.co.uk/why-work-elite

If you feel that you can rise to this challenge, then please submit your application as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close the role early if sufficient applications are received.

• service charge amount is dependent on overall sales performance