- This is a Hybrid from McLean, VA office role or Remote/Virtual ***
This is your chance to join the dynamic Hilton Worldwide Sales (HWS) team as an in-house communications professional. As Director, Sales Communications, you’ll directly support the Senior Vice President & Global Head of Sales and will sit on the HWS Extended Leadership Team. You will align, engage and partner with the Corporate Affairs/Communications team while supporting Hilton Worldwide Sales (HWS) and its leaders. Your role will include inspiring, engaging, and educating HWS Team Members; improve understanding between HWS and internal brand and commercial partners; connect hotel sales leaders with HWS resources to help guide commercial success; and support select speaking engagements to owner and B2B customer audiences. **
How We Will Support You**
Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:
- Go Hilton travel program: 100 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
- Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
- Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
- Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Learn more about the rest of our benefits
At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate. Hilton’s leadership development framework focuses on developing skills and business insight through a range of programs and approaches to meet varying learning needs and preferences.
- Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.
How You Will Make An Impact
Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique. **
What Your Day-to-day Will Be Like**
- Develop and manage a communications strategy and editorial calendar for Hilton Worldwide Sales initiatives.
- Craft impactful communications materials and activations to support the communications strategy.
- Support the SVP & Global Head of Sales with speaking engagements and presentations.
How You Will Collaborate With Others
- Report to the Senior Vice President & Global Head of Sales and operate as an integral member of the Hilton Worldwide Sales senior leadership team while simultaneously working with the Corporate Affairs team.
- Collaborate with internal functions on coordinating, writing, and deploying operational communications to corporate and hotel Team Members around the world; act as part of relevant project teams, including Hilton conferences.
- Develop relationships with senior leaders across the Global Sales and Commercial Services teams to influence content and messaging.
- Collaborate with the Sales Strategy & Planning team in the development of change management plans and communications for launch of major Sales initiatives.
What Projects You Will Take Ownership Of
- Identify and execute opportunities to share the Hilton sales story with internal, hotel, management company, and owner audiences, and select customer and industry audiences.
- Craft impactful messaging that aligns with the broader Sales and Hilton enterprise narrative; collaborate with main partners to identify compelling content and distill headlines across the organization.
WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT
You Have These Minimum Qualifications
- Seven (7) years of experience in Communications, Public Relations, or a related field.
- Excellent Microsoft 365 skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneDrive, Teams, etc.)
- Produce agency-quality writing and visuals on own
- Travel - 25% (domestic and international)
It Would Be Useful If You Have
- BA/BS bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, marketing, or a similar field
- Experience working with a large global organization and/or a mid-to-large-size communications agency
- Experience within the travel, tourism, service industries, and/or sales field
- Familiarity with B2B (business-to-business) hospitality sales
What It Is Like Working For Hilton
The future of hospitality is bright at Hilton: a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!
It is the policy of Hilton to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws. Hilton’s commitment to equal employment opportunity supports the attraction and retention of a diverse workforce that will enhance our effectiveness in attracting Team Members, customers, corporate partners, and owners.
We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.
Hilton offers its eligible team members a comprehensive benefits package including medical and prescription drug coverage, dental coverage, vision coverage, life insurance, short-and long-term disability insurance, access to our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) where you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount, a 401(k) savings plan, 20 days of paid time off accruing over your first year of employment and increasing up to 25 days after completing one year of full employment, up to 12 weeks of paid leave for birth parents and 4 weeks for non-birth parents, 10 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays throughout the year, up to 5 bereavement days, flexible spending accounts, a health savings account, an employee assistance program, access to a care coordination program (“Wellthy”), a legal services program, an educational assistance program, adoption assistance, a backup childcare program, pre-tax commuter benefit and our travel discount. The annual salary range for this role is $120,000- $165,000 and is determined based on applicable and specialized experience and location. Subject to plan terms and conditions, you will be eligible to participate in the Hilton Annual Incentive (Bonus) Plan, and the Company's long-term incentive plan, consistent with other team members at the same level and/or position within the Company. **
Work Locations**
Hilton - Shared Services - McLean **
Schedule**
Full-time **
Brand**
Hilton Corporate **
Shift**
Day Job **
Job Level**
Director **
Job**
Sales and Marketing
