Favorite Parts of Being a Director of Sales and Marketing at Santa Monica Proper Hotel
Erin, Director of Sales and Marketing at Santa Monica Proper Hotel, most enjoys "develop[ing] the team," hand-selecting individuals and "guid[ing] people" to grow professionally within a "hotel start-up environment," finding immense satisfaction in contributing to their team's success and launching a new brand.
Leadership, Teamwork, Mentorship, Hospitality, Management
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Erin Bennett
Director of Sales and Marketing
Santa Monica Proper Hotel
Boston University 2008
UCLA EMBA 2023 (expected graduation June 2023)
Hospitality Administration
Hospitality, Restaurants & Events
Sales and Client Management
Took Out Loans, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Develops and leads a team, focusing on growth and development of team members.
2. Enjoys the process of selecting and working with her team, helping them advance their careers.
3. Finds excitement in being part of a new hotel opening and a new brand launch, describing it as a 'hotel startup environment'.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your current role?
I really enjoy the team that I lead and being able to develop it. I hand-select everyone to be a part of that process of deployments, really guiding people, helping them gain promotions.
I help people be better at their jobs, opening up doorways to make their jobs easier. It's really a joy to be able to make someone else's life easier in their workplace.
I think one of the best parts of working at Santa Monica Proper for me, in my role, was being able to open a hotel. It was great to be a part of a new brand and bring that to the US and hopefully globally.
It's fun to be in what is very rare, which is sort of a hotel start-up environment.