Manager - Trade Marketing Operations

Where passion meets opportunity

Discover your journey into the extraordinary.

Your Purpose

Explora Journeys is a vibrant, cosmopolitan, European luxury brand, imagined in the heart of Swiss hospitality in Geneva. Leveraging our parent company MSC Group`s hundreds of years of maritime expertise, our fleet of six luxury ships (2 sailing; 4 currently in the pipeline) are being built and designed in a totally different and unique way that will transform and redefine the cruise experience, creating a category of its own, appealing to the next generation of luxury travellers. 

The Manager, Trade Marketing Operations  NA will report to the trade marketing leadership for North America. They will help support the delivery and execution of Explora Journeys’ omni-channel marketing activities for the trade marketing channel in North America.  The role includes supporting asset creation, managing all trafficking of final approved media assets, supporting updates to the marketing budgets etc. At all times they will work in close conjunction with the corporate team in Geneva, Switzerland.  This position requires 4 days / week in our offices in Miami, FL. 

Your Impact

• Directly support the NA (US, Canada and Mexico) Trade Marketing leader in executing the annual paid media strategy.
• Coordinate paid advertising efforts including gathering proposals, and organizing insertion orders.
• Manage the adaptations of trade assets, ensuring brand consistency and effective execution across all channels.
• Lead the trafficking and final delivery of all assets for trade plans in a timely way to support commercial objectives.
• Assist with procurement process and oversee invoice / budget tracking, payment and reconciliation, providing support with regular reports on media budget status.
• Work closely with Agency partners.
• Support development of trade B2B assets, including the B2B HUB Insider newsletter for the NA market, social posts and consumer CRM communications ensuring all content has relevance, and adds value, adding creativity to  content.

• Manage central inventory, fulfilment center and print production of B2B collateral, trade kits and ad hoc requests

• Collaborate with NA Commercial team and extend full support when required for partner marketing campaigns, including both online and off line and to support any required assets for trade shows and events.

Your Journey so far

• At least 3-5 years experience in trade marketing.
• Familiarity with advertising and marketing principles
• Experience trafficking and managing assets
• Experience in media budgeting
• Experience working with outside vendors and managing projects with several vendors
• Strong writing and proofreading skills
• Ability to review marketing assets to ensure adherence to brand standards
• Experience working with a global team with priority markets a plus
• Similar Marketing/Brand/PR experience preferably in the Luxury cruise or Luxury Hospitality/Travel Industry
• Structured, organized approach
• Openness to travel up to 10% of the time mostly nationally occasionally internationally.

Your Essentials

Information about visa requirements if any

• US Passport or US Permanent Residents
• MSC Cruises USA is an e-verify employer

MSC Cruises USA is an equal opportunity employer that complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations. It is our policy to employ and promote qualified candidates without discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Our hiring decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications and business needs.

At Explora Journeys, we are redefining luxury ocean travel — where discovery, well-being, and a deep respect for the seas come together in harmony. 
We seek passionate professionals who share our vision of a more immersive, transformative way to discover the world’s most inspiring destinations by sea.
Are you ready to turn your passion into something extraordinary? Join us at Explora Journeys, where an ocean of opportunities awaits. Your journey to the Ocean State of Mind starts here.