Senior Manager, Event and Product Development (Arts, Culture and Entertainment)

Job title: Senior Manager, Event and Product Development (Arts, Culture and Entertainment)

Company: Hong Kong Tourism Board


Job description: WHO ARE WE?At the Hong Kong Tourism Board, we are passionate about showcasing our city as a must-visit destination. Renowned for its iconic skyline, culinary wonders, and rich cultural tapestry where East meets West, Hong Kong is a bustling metropolis that offers extraordinary experiences to a diverse array of travelers. As we seize new opportunities to enhance our city’s global appeal, we remain committed to promoting Hong Kong’s unique charm and vibrancy, reinforcing its reputation as a world-class destination. We invite passionate talents to join our dynamic and fun team in achieving this vision.HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE AND LEARN?

• Formulate and implement comprehensive event marketing co-op/ partnership strategies about arts, culture and entertainment that align with our business goals to support tourism product development
• Identify and evaluate potential event marketing co-op opportunities or partners, cultivate relationships with new partners and manage relationships with existing partners to ensure mutual success and satisfaction
• Lead agreement negotiation, manage budgets, make recommendations on appropriate marketing and promotion support, analyse performance of supported events, ensure successful event launch and achieve business targets
• Supervise a small team to ensure initiatives are aligned with the business plan, set team goals and individual project business targets
• Uphold marketing co-op/ partnership/ support and facilitation governance, review and get endorsement of relevant guidelines internally and/or with the respective HKSAR Government departments
• Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices to continually improve our partnership strategies and city events promotion
• Influence and orchestrate HKTB and other 3rd party city event planning, observe and make recommendation to relevant parties, keep Head Office & World-wide Offices informed about latest event update of all categories

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Bachelor’s degree in Business/ Communication/ Marketing / Tourism Management or relevant discipline
• Strong interest and expertise knowledge in event tourism/ marketing/ partnership
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, and able to develop and maintain strong relationships with partners and stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to connect dots in complex environment, turn insights into action plan
• Strong leadership skills to inspire and motivate teams to achieve common goals
• Innovative and resourceful in soliciting and enhancing event partnership and tourism product development
• Minimum 10 years of relevant event, public relations or marketing experience with 5 years at supervisory level, preferably in MNC/ events industry
• Experience in organising, marketing and promoting sizable events
• Knowledge of the functionality and operation of various government departments/ commercial sectors in the aspects of event tourism is preferred
• Highly proficient in written and spoken English and Chinese

If you are passionate about our mission and believe you are the one we are looking for, please send us your resume with present and expected salary by clicking “Apply”. We are looking forward to hearing from you.Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Personal data provided by job applicants will be kept in strict confidence and used only for recruitment and employment-related purpose in accordance with our personal data policies. By submitting your job application, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted the HKTB’s Personal Information Collection Statement Pertaining to Job Application at https://www.discoverhongkong.com/content/dam/dhk/intl/corporate/about-hktb/jobs-opportunity/picsja.pdf.We are an equal opportunities employer.All applications applied through our system will be delivered directly to the advertiser and privacy of personal data of the applicant will be ensured with security.

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Location: Hong Kong

Job date: Thu, 22 May 2025 07:27:49 GMT

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