At Visit Ventura we thrive on creativity, fun, and forget-the-box thinking. Yep, we produce creative collaborations that have won all kinds of awards, including four Adrian golds from Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International, an award that typically goes to giants like Visit California and Hilton Worldwide. But, just as important, we prop up cardboard cut out photos of ourselves when we were young(er) in fun places, circulate a treasured plastic piggy in random spots, buy spontaneous pizza, and make a habit of recognizing the fine work of our colleagues with, well, creative memes. Yep, we’ve won the Pacific Coast Business Times’  “Central Coast Best Place to Work” four years running, but we don’t believe there’s a secret to it. Awards are nice, but it’s the minutes in our days that matter. Foolish not to make them fun (and wildly creative).

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Sales/Marketing Assistant

Date Posted: Feb 12, 2025

We are looking for someone who is an energetic self-starter with attention to the smallest of details. If you are comfortable with numbers and consider yourself an expert at organizing long-term projects and day-to-day tasks, the Sales & Marketing Assistant position is perfect for you. This job requires collaboration between staff members and clear communication; the ideal candidate should have experience and be confident in their abilities to work as part of a team to get the project done.

Position Overview

The Sales & Marketing Assistant will support the Director of Marketing and the Business Development Manager in overall marketing efforts promoting Ventura as a premier overnight destination.

This position will work with the organization’s databases, gather and import contacts and leads, track progress, add traces, fulfill service requests, and update cc reports. The position will respond to event promoters and meeting planners with service requests and track promotional marketing collateral inventory, as well as report on sales and marketing efforts, and research new opportunities.

The Sales & Marketing Assistant will help with the marketing plan specifically for meeting planners and travel trade markets through a content calendar consisting of email newsletters, sales calls, and other creative opportunities.

The Sales & Marketing Assistant must have a thorough understanding of Ventura, events, and the tourism/hospitality industry.

Sales & Marketing Job Responsibilities:

• Complete and assist in special projects assigned by the Director of Marketing
• Experience with content creation for social media
• WordPress experience
• Work with Customer Relation Management (CRM) and Email Service Providers (ESP). Ventura VCB currently uses Simpleview and Mailchimp.
• Maintain accuracy for databases and website listings.
• Update the website with events.
• Assist with Budget planning and maintenance
• Maintain insertion orders and contracts
• Research and report statistics for hotels and other convention bureaus alongside the Director of Marketing
• Organize paid advertisements and archive old advertisements
• Organize industry meetings, events, and invites
• Tagging images in our photo database
• Reporting on Google Analytics
• Assist with curating group itineraries and communications as needed
• Identify group and event trends and key opportunities for innovation.
• Write and coordinate the production of internal and external communication.
• Assist in writing and curating fresh, compelling content and articles for newsletters targeting meeting planners.
• Assist with marketing and creating content for meeting planners and sales calls
• Support Director of Business Development by coordinating (2) Sales blitzes to drive the market annually
• Help plan the Annual Ventura’s Partners meeting
• Identify and connect with market segments and meeting planners to grow group meetings
• Attend community events and partnership meetings as necessary
• Contribute to Ventura VCB Board report along with monthly reporting on Communications and Marketing efforts.
• Support Visitor Center staff as needed.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them. Please note that the VVCB reserves the right to modify this description as necessary. VVCB is an equal-opportunity employer.

Sales & Marketing Job Qualifications:

• The candidate will be an energetic self-starter with good interpersonal and collaborative teamwork skills.
• Candidate must have a positive attitude and be able to understand the big picture while remaining focused on the completion of daily details and reports.
• Must have the ability to relate positively with coworkers, visitors, city staff, city council, and tourism industry partners.
• Ability to keep track of marketing and sales project deadlines in Asana/Task Manager
• Excellent writing and communication skills.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or communications or related field, or an Associate degree with 2+ years’ experience as an assistant or administrator. A combination of work experience instead of education will be considered.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.00 – $24.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Experience

• Marketing: 1 year (Preferred)
  

Ability to Commute:

• Ventura, CA 93001 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Ventura, CA 93001: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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