GREENVILLE, NC- The Greenville-Pitt County Conventions & Visitors Bureau (Visit Greenville, NC) is excited to announce the expansion of their marketing department. This expansion includes the promotion of Sierra Jones, current Director of Communications & Marketing to Vice President of Destination Marketing & Development, and the creation of a new Communications & Marketing Assistant position, which is now open.

“Our plans to expand our marketing department had to be put on hold due to the pandemic, but as travel has ramped back up and our destination rebounds, we are in a position thanks to our organization’s leadership to be able to hire an additional team member and really focus on and expand our marketing efforts,” stated Sierra Jones, Vice President of Marketing & Development for Visit Greenville, NC. “I am excited for the future of our organization and destination, and thankful for the opportunity to broaden my role to strengthen our tourism development efforts, and relationships with our tourism partners and community stakeholders as we work together to grow and promote Greenville-Pitt County.”

Jones has been with Visit Greenville, NC for ten years and full-time since 2014. She will now be responsible for supervising the new staff member in the marketing department, as well as focusing on new projects and aspects of destination marketing, tourism development, and partnerships to help grow and promote Greenville-Pitt County.

The new Communications & Marketing Assistant position will be responsible for assisting in the planning, development, deployment, and analysis of Greenville-Pitt County Convention & Visitors Bureau (Visit Greenville, NC) leisure, meetings, and sports marketing and communications. This position will also be responsible for assisting in the development of projects and initiatives to grow the Greenville-Pitt County destination. The deadline to apply for this position is Monday, November 7, 2022. The full position description and application details can be found here: visitgreenvillenc.com/about-us/jobs/

“We are excited to begin the process of hiring a new full-time Communications & Marketing Assistant to join our team,” stated Andrew Schmidt, President & CEO of Visit Greenville, NC. “An additional staff member will allow our CVB to increase its messaging and reach within the leisure, convention, media, and sports markets making us more competitive with other destinations.”