Careers
Somak Luxury Travel is a family-owned and managed business which was established in 1968. Our main focus has always been sending leisure travellers to Africa. Historically, our biggest source market has been the UK but recently we have been very successful in sourcing clients in North America, Europe and The Middle East. As an independent, long haul tour operator we continue to prosper and are a market leader in many of the destinations that we feature. We own operations in Kenya and Tanzania that include three properties Kenya. We are looking for confident, dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join our team.
With all the uncertainty in Western Europe, particularly security issues and economic issues, the demand to travel to Africa is extremely high at the moment.
Thus, we need to recruit additional staff. Organising travel has become far more complicated in recent times. So successful travel companies not only need to ooze passion for the travel they are organising but they also need to be agile in organising that travel at a competitive price. It, thus, follows that people that work for successful companies need to be a) passionate and b) mentally agile in addition to all the standard criteria of being loyal, hard-working, honest, humble etc.
For more information about our company please refer to our website: http://www.somak.co.uk
Reservations Consultant
Although previous experience in the travel industry is not essential, we will expect successful applicants to have a polite and confident telephone manner as well as an effective approach to building rapport and forging excellent client relationships. Previous experience in a telephone sales environment would be advantageous. Some formal on-site training will be conducted on all products/services and successful applicants will also be expected to complete a self-study programme that will enhance and develop knowledge of all the destinations that are featured. The ability to multi task and quickly interpret a large volume of complex information is essential whilst communicating confidently and effectively with clients over the phone and face to face. Reservations Consultants need to have the ability to exactly match the most appropriate travel products with the client's individual and unique needs, no matter how complex the requirements are, and exceed their expectations at every opportunity. This position will involve overseas travel.
Salary circa £25,000
Application procedures
email CV with covering letter explaining why you are 'right' for the job.
email address: careers@somak.co.uk
Commercial Executive
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate commercial awareness about him/her. The end goal will be to make available holidays for sale to relevant agents and/or consumers. ‘Make available’ encapsulates a multitude of tasks including (but not limited to) negotiating contracts, maintaining relationships with suppliers, constructing itineraries on our in-house computer system, competitor analysis, copywriting (for brochures, flyers, website, social media). We’re a ‘hands on deck’ kind of company and anyone who works with us will be of a similar mindset. As this job description suggests the work will be varied and will involve analysing and probing some of the existing processes with the aim of not only making holidays available for sale but also delivering a better customer experience more efficiently. This position will involve overseas travel.
Salary circa £25,000
Application procedures
email CV with covering letter explaining why you are 'right' for the job.
email address: careers@somak.co.uk
Digital Marketing Manager
Job brief
If you live and breathe digital marketing, we want to talk to you. We are looking for a Digital Marketing Manager to develop, implement, track and optimise our digital marketing campaigns across all digital channels. We are looking for candidates that have strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking as well as individuals that are highly creative. Being able to identify target audiences and devising digital campaigns that engage, inform and motivate will be central to this role.
Responsibilities will include:
- Plan and execute all web, SEO/SEM, marketing database, email, social media and display advertising campaigns
- Design, build and maintain our social media presence
- Measure and report performance of all digital marketing campaigns, and assess against goals (ROI and KPIs)
- Identify trends and insights, and optimise spend and performance based on the insights
- Brainstorm new and creative growth strategies
- Plan, execute, and measure experiments and conversion tests
- Collaborate with internal teams to create landing pages and optimise user experience
- Utilise strong analytical ability to evaluate end-to-end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touch points
- Instrument conversion points and optimise user funnels
- Collaborate with agencies and other vendor partners
- Evaluate emerging technologies. Provide thought leadership and perspective for adoption where appropriate
Skills:
- Expertise in digital content marketing channels including SEO
- Knowledge of one or more of the following tools - Mailchimp, Remarketing, Google AdWords, Facebook, Instagram for Business
- Experience with photo editing and image creation using Adobe Photoshop
- Strong analytical skills and Excel skills
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Be able to prioritise tasks effectively and work well under pressure
Experience and interest in Luxury Travel is a big plus and the ability and desire to travel is essential. This role is full-time and based in Harrow on the Hill, London. You will be working for an exciting, luxury travel company with ambitious goals.
Salary £35,000 - £40,000
Application procedures
email CV with covering letter explaining why you are 'right' for the job.
email address: careers@somak.co.uk
