Public Relations Coordinator-luxury

**Job Number** 24026939

**Job Category** Sales & Marketing

**Location** Mexico Regional Office, Ejercito Nacional No. 350 Suite 4C, Mexico City, MÉX, Mexico VIEW ON MAP

**Schedule** Full-Time

**Located Remotely?** Y

**Relocation?** N

**Position Type** Non-Management

**JOB SUMMARY**

The Public Relations Coordinator, MILUX, is a key member of the PR Center of Excellence team, lending day-to-day support to the Marriott PR team across the region. This position supports and coordinates activities for public relations focused on the Marriott International luxury portfolio. Communications activities include drafting press releases, coordinating interviews, compiling media materials, facilitating, and vetting media and influencer requests, supporting PR events (outreach), compiling, tracking, and creating reports, create monthly media newsletter and organizing information. As an integral part of the Area Public Relations team in the region, the Coordinator liaises with Area PR Directors across CALA, Social Media and Account Management teams, as well as CALA and local hotel PR teams. The position is home-office based in Mexico City.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience
- 2-year degree from an accredited university in communications, journalism or public relations
- 2+ years’ communications-related experience in a corporate/brand/hotel environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish
- Familiarity with popular consumer and industry relevant media outlets Central America, Latin America and US
- Strong interpersonal and relationship skills
- High degree of integrity and confidentiality
- Sound judgment and discretion
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Agility to effectively manage multiple tasks simultaneously and adjust priorities
- Able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and basic graphic design computer software

**CORE WORK ACTIVITIES**

**Public Relations**
- Develop media materials, including press releases, fact sheets, talking points and executive remarks
- Proof media materials sent by properties, brands, and other stakeholders
- Support execution of PR activations, press trips and media events, as needed
- Support development strategy; identify and propose story angles to promote MILUX hotel portfolio
- Support hotel pre-opening process
- Maintain MILUX media contact list
- Respond to media requests and support interview coordination
- Support tracking and compiling coverage, activities, etc. for various reports
- Manage and pull reports from agencies and platforms, as needed
- Assist with compiling and editing multi-property responses to media leads
- Support vetting inbound media and influencer requests
- Support development of monthly media newsletters in the region
- Support MILUX Area PR team, as needed

**Department Support**
- Compile and organize key information about properties, awards, etc.
- Create presentations for MILUX PR team
- Maintain MILUX PR MS Teams channels and Box file sharing
- Support Area PR team with projects, as assigned by Director PR, Caribbean
- Review, process invoices with Director PR, Caribbean approval; keep detailed invoice and budget trackers; monitor department travel budget
- Develop and maintain PR work-in-progress calendar; upload to internal tools (eg Marketing - PR calendar - Newsletter - tracker)

MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

**Leadership**
- **Adaptability** - Maintains performance level under pressure or when experiencing changes or challenges in the workplace.
- **Communication**:

- Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.
- **Problem Solving and Decision Making** - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develop and evaluate alternatives and solutions, solve problems, and choose a course of action.
- **Professional Demeanor**:

- Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.

**Managing Execution**
- **Building and Contributing to Teams** - Actively participates as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals.
- **Driving for Results** - Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.
- **Planning and Organizing**:

- Gathers information and resources required to set a plan of action for self and/or others; prioritizes and arranges work requirements to accomplish goals and ensure work is completed.

**Building Relationships**
- **Coworker Relationships** - Interacts with other