Tourism Partnerships Specialist📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Talent Blueprint FZ LLC is seeking a Tourism Partnerships Specialist to support the delivery of a major international football tournament hosted in Saudi Arabia. This contract position will be based in Riyadh, Jeddah, or Al Khobar, requiring over 10 years of experience.

Role Context and Objectives

The primary objective of this role is to assist in managing tourism and travel trade partnerships. The specialist will coordinate stakeholder engagement activities and support tourism-focused commercial initiatives aimed at increasing visitor demand and enhancing the overall event experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the management of partnerships with airlines, travel agencies, tour operators, destination management companies (DMCs), hospitality providers, and other tourism stakeholders.
• Coordinate the implementation of tourism campaigns, travel packages, and destination marketing initiatives related to the event.
• Assist in maintaining strong relationships with key commercial and tourism partners to ensure successful program delivery.
• Support partner onboarding, communications, reporting, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Monitor partnership performance and assist with account management processes and commercial reporting.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure timely execution of tourism-related initiatives.
• Support event-time tourism activations and visitor engagement programs.
• Maintain accurate records, partnership documentation, and performance tracking reports.
• Identify opportunities to enhance visitor acquisition, partner engagement, and tourism outcomes.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in sales, business development, partnerships, account management, tourism, travel, hospitality, aviation, or related sectors.
• Demonstrated experience working with travel agencies, tour operators, DMCs, airlines, hotels, tourism boards, or destination marketing organizations.
• Understanding of tourism distribution channels, B2B sales processes, and customer acquisition strategies.
• Experience supporting commercial partnerships, tourism campaigns, or travel-related programs.
• Familiarity with digital travel platforms, online booking channels, and travel technologies is preferred.
• Previous experience supporting major events, sports events, tourism boards, airlines, hospitality organizations, or destination marketing initiatives is highly desirable.

Essential Skills

• Strong communication, organizational, stakeholder management, and coordination skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced event environment.

Work Arrangement

This is a contract position located in Riyadh, Jeddah, or Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.