Jobs · Marketing · Illinois

Director of Marketing

Maple Hospitality Group · Chicago, IL · 3 mo ago
MarketingFull-time

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and lead the enterprise marketing and commercial growth strategy across all concepts and markets
  • Align marketing investment directly to revenue outcomes including covers growth, private event sales, membership initiatives, and guest retention
  • Partner with executive leadership to support new restaurant openings and market expansion strategies
  • Establish enterprise demand generation frameworks that integrate digital marketing, partnerships, local store marketing, and outbound sales activation
  • Support and oversee ad buys, SEO, PR and other third party marketing services
  • Collaborate with Finance to ensure disciplined management of the marketing P&L, ROI performance, and customer acquisition cost optimization
  • Provide strategic oversight of private events and partnership sales performance across all markets, ensuring alignment with brand positioning and revenue goals
  • Build commercial playbooks that support local teams in driving outbound business development, corporate partnerships, and community-driven revenue opportunities
  • Partner with Operations and Events leadership to develop scalable systems, reporting structures, and tools that strengthen pipeline visibility and conversion performance
  • Establish enterprise revenue KPIs linking marketing performance to bookings, covers, repeat visitation, and lifetime guest value

Brand Strategy & Portfolio Positioning

  • Lead brand positioning strategy across the full restaurant and nightlife portfolio, ensuring each concept maintains a clear market identity while reinforcing enterprise brand strength
  • Oversee creative direction, storytelling strategy, and guest experience messaging across all channels
  • Guide executive-level reputation management strategy, including proactive brand monitoring and crisis communications frameworks

Digital, CRM, and Performance Marketing

  • Design and lead a full-funnel digital performance strategy including paid media, lifecycle marketing, database growth, and loyalty activation
  • Oversee the development of advanced CRM segmentation, remarketing strategies, and guest lifecycle programs
  • Lead the evaluation, integration, and optimization of the enterprise marketing technology stack including CRM, analytics platforms, and attribution tools
  • Deliver enterprise-level performance dashboards and reporting that clearly demonstrate marketing contribution to revenue outcomes

Leadership & Organizational Development

  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing enterprise marketing organization across corporate and field teams
  • Establish clear performance metrics, accountability frameworks, and development pathways for marketing, PR, CRM, and local marketing leaders
  • Foster cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Culinary, Finance, Development, and HR leadership to ensure brand and revenue alignment

Similar jobs

Director of Marketing

Property MeldRapid City, SD· 4 wk ago
$151k–$203k/yrapply on propertymeld.na.teamtailor.com

Director of Marketing

Black Desert ResortIvins, UT· 1 mo ago
Marketing$140k–$155k/yrapply on careers-coraltreehospitality.icims.com

Director of Marketing

CoralTree HospitalityIvins, UT· 1 mo ago
Marketing$140k–$155k/yrapply on careers-coraltreehospitality.icims.com

Director of Marketing

Pikes Peak Post AcuteCenter, NC· 3 mo ago
Marketing$120k–$150k/yrapply on pacs.wd108.myworkdayjobs.com