Director of Marketing
Maple Hospitality Group · Chicago, IL · 4 days 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