The Sanderling
1461 Duck Road
Duck, NC 27948
Telephone (252) 261-4111
Current Job Openings
- Marketing Manager
- Housekeeper
- Front of House Supervisor
- Bartender
- Server
- Host
- Recreation Attendant
- Executive Sous Chef
- Sous Chef
- Cook
- Restaurant Manager
- Spa Supervisor
- Barista
- Spa Coordinator
- Cook - Theodosia
- Prep Cook - Theodosia
- Steward - Theodosia
- General Maintenance Technician
- Assistant Front Office Manager
- Spa Nail Technician
- Lead Bartender - Theodosia
- Lead Host - Theodosia
- Server Assistant - Theodosia
- Host - Theodosia
- Front of House Supervisor - Theodosia
- Culinary Supervisor - Theodosia
- Server - Theodosia
- Convention Services Manager
- General Manager
- Bartender - Theodosia
- Director People & Culture
Description
Job Title: Marketing Manager
Department: Sales & Marketing
Position Overview:
The Marketing Manager is on the frontlines of a resort’s marketing efforts—they are responsible for bringing the marketing calendar to life and translating the resort’s story into compelling, channel-ready content across every guest touchpoint. This role blends hands-on creative expertise with digital fluency to ensure that every asset, from social content and third-party listings to on-property collateral, reflects a cohesive, brand-aligned narrative. Reporting to the Director of Sales & Marketing and Regional Marketing Director, the ideal candidate is a proactive creative doer with an eye for detail, a passion for brand storytelling, and the agility to execute across channels.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the execution of the marketing calendar, marketing materials and creative assets, ensuring strict adherence to brand standards and visual identity guidelines.
- Support the development and promotion of seasonal offers, packages, and activations across all resort outlets, including Spa, Food & Beverage, and Activities
- Coordinate timely website updates and digital content refreshes across owned channels and third-party listings to maximize property visibility and reputation.
- Own email marketing calendar and create emails that pair the right message with the right audience.
- Serve as the on-property liaison to the social media agency, ensuring creative output aligns with campaign strategy and brand storytelling direction established by the Regional Marketing Director.
- Assist with influencer and media stay coordination, including content tracking, asset management, and internal communications to maximize earned media impact.
- Organize, optimize, and resize resort photography for deployment across marketing platforms, booking channels, and digital directories; provide hands-on support for brand photoshoots.
- Partner cross-functionally with resort teams to anticipate marketing needs, surface opportunities, and ensure consistent brand presentation at every guest touchpoint.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years experience in marketing, ideally within hospitality, resort, or lifestyle brand environments
- Proficiency in Canva and/or Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), with a strong visual eye and the ability to translate brand standards into creative that resonates
- Working knowledge of digital content platforms, CMS tools, social media management systems, and email marketing platforms
- Excellent organizational, communication, and time management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines across multiple resort departments
- Collaborative mindset with a proactive, solutions-oriented attitude and a genuine passion for delivering elevated guest experiences
- Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends in support of on-property events, content capture, and seasonal activations
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The Sanderling
Resort with 149 Rooms
Sanderling Resort
Award Winning Resort Opportunities
Situated between the shores of the majestic Atlantic Ocean and the Currituck Sound in Duck, NC, Sanderling Resort, the only Forbes Four Star and AAA Four Diamond resort in the Outer Banks is the perfect resort for employment opportunities. Within walking distance from the sand and surf of the beach as well as the tranquil waters of the sound, Sanderling Resort has everything you could want from working in an exceptional resort that provides world-class services and amenities in one-of-a-kind coastal destination.
WHO WE ARE
In an atmosphere of Refined, Southern Coastal Elegance, our staff is attentive to guest needs and makes them feel welcome, comfortable, important and relaxed. As a team, our purpose is to ensure that our guests have a memorable experience by delivering quality service to exceed their expectations. Each staff member is a critical part of the sequence of service that defines the Sanderling Brand. Sanderling is comprised of ten distinct and interrelated experiences. Each of the experiences has a customized set of Performance Standards and each area of the Resort embraces our Sanderling Service Standards, standards that are emblematic of understated, authentic elegance --- where under-promising and over-delivering --- leaves lasting memories and imparts an overall feeling of a high-quality, integrated resort operation.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
A key component of the Sanderling operational philosophy, delivering on our brand promise, is to ensure that many of our Associates are cross-trained and are able to perform a similar job function in a number of our different experiences. This operating philosophy is one of the reasons we use the title of "Guest Service Agent" for restaurant greeters, spa receptionists, retail staff, and front office team members. When we promote, market, and communicate the many experiences at Sanderling we call it Coastal Life. Our guests have many opportunities to define their own Coastal Life at Sanderling. It is our job to enable it. Every member of Sanderling staff represents the Sanderling Brand.
WHAT WE OFFER
Sanderling Resort is equally committed to caring for our associates as well as we do our guests. We offer competitive pay and benefits and numerous training experiences. In addition to full-time, part-time, and seasonal employment, we offer ongoing advancement and internal growth opportunities in a number of areas.
WHERE WE ARE
Sanderling Resort is located approximately 75 miles southeast of Norfolk, Virginia and 215 miles northeast of Raleigh, North Carolina.
If you are looking for the perfect opportunity to pursue your hospitality career year around or work seasonally, Sanderling is a truly unique destination. Charming and romantic, diverse and eclectic, authentic and unpretentious, alive and vibrant. Indeed, we have a quintessential Carolina beach and pools, beach bars, cozy bars, spa, restaurants and other resort amenities, but Sanderling is more. It is an experience.
We welcome team members who are passionate about delivering timeless experiences that create memories for our guests that last forever. We appreciate your interest in the Sanderling experience and in joining our team of passionate and dedicated hospitality professionals.