Digital Marketing Lead

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$139K/yr – $208K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic digital marketing across ABM, paid media, and automation to engage and convert target audiences.

  • Own end-to-end digital marketing across paid media, ABM, and marketing automation.
  • Must-have: 12+ years of relevant experience and platform expertise (LinkedIn, Google Ads, Marketing Cloud Account Engagement).
  • Standout: Global stakeholder management and agency leadership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the digital marketing SME to guide stakeholders on the most impactful marketing mix to reach, engage, and convert target audiences across core verticals and aligned with regional priorities
  • Leverage profile data and behavioral activity to drive sequenced programs that ultimately lead to right time, right message delivery
  • Lead the strategic partnership with our media agency, setting KPIs and performance benchmarks to ensure the effective deployment of all paid media campaigns (SEM, paid social, programmatic, display, content syndication, etc.)
  • Manage the advertising capabilities within our Account-Based Marketing (ABM) platform (Demandbase) and leverage its intent data to inform targeting and optimize campaign performance
  • Own the end-user marketing automation platform (Marketing Cloud Account Engagement), including the development of lead nurturing workflows, scoring models, segmentation, and targeted email campaigns to move prospects through the funnel
  • On-time/on-budget delivery of programs that support a full-funnel approach
  • Establish and maintain best practices for digital marketing channels, including the creation of a robust testing and optimization framework
  • Continuously research, pilot, and evaluate emerging digital marketing technologies and strategies to provide strategic recommendations for future investment and innovation, with a specific focus on the application of AI.
  • Analyze performance data and reports from all channels (agency-led and in-house) to derive actionable insights and provide strategic direction for continuous improvement

Requirements

  • - Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related field
  • - 12+ years of relevant work experience
  • - Platform Expertise : Deep, hands-on proficiency with paid media channels (ex: LinkedIn, Google Ads, YouTube, Microsoft Ads, Reddit, Meta) Working proficiency in Marketing Cloud Account Engagement, SFDC and Demandbase.
  • - Agency & Stakeholder Management : Demonstrated success in a strategic leadership role, including media agency management, team leadership, and the ability to influence stakeholders across a global organization
  • - Strategic & Analytical Mindset: Proven ability to build and execute data-driven, full-funnel plans that succeed within a complex, matrixed organization serving multiple verticals and portfolios. This includes deriving deep insights from complex data and designing robust testing and optimization frameworks
  • - Demand Generation Acumen : Expert-level understanding of modern B2B demand generation, including lead management, revenue performance management, and full-funnel reporting
  • - Business Insight: An outcome-focused and accountable leader with a keen attention to detail and a drive to deliver exceptional results that align with business objectives.
  • - Communication & Leadership: Exceptional communication and leadership skills with an outcome-focused approach. Demonstrated success in a people management role, with the ability to teach, coach, and develop a high-performing team.

Preferred

  • Equivalencies: o Equivalent work experience will be considered in lieu of a degree

Benefits

  • Zebra Total Rewards includes more than just pay and is structured to meet the needs of our changing global business and evolving talent. We are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is comprehensive and competitive – including healthcare, wellness, inclusion networks, and continued learning and development offerings.
  • We offer community service days, in addition to the traditional insurances, compensation, parental leave, employee assistance program and paid time off offerings depending on the country where you work.
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Zebra Technologies

Zebra provides the foundation for intelligent operations with an award-winning portfolio of connected frontline, asset visibility and automation solutions. Organizations globally across retail, manufacturing, transportation, logistics, healthcare, and other industries rely on us to deliver outcomes today while driving innovation for what’s next. Together with our partners, we create new ways of working that improve productivity and empower organizations to be better every day. Learn more at www.zebra.com.

Founded in 1969
Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA
12K employees (539 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
51.5%
Direct
39.8%
Referral
7%
Social
0.8%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~11.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
394 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
20 years
Median Tenure
7.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$2.5B
Last Raise
$500M
Post IPO Debt, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • May 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $500M
  • Sep 2014
    Post IPO Debt • $2B
  • May 2008
    Post IPO Equity