Brand Marketing Manager

Corona, CA (Unknown)

$95K/yr – $125K/yrMid Level5+ years exp

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Owns the brand marketing function and go-to-market execution, leading planning, launches, partnerships, events, and team delivery to drive awareness and demand.

  • Leads cross-functional marketing plans with clear objectives, timelines, and budgets
  • Manages a 3–5 person Brand Marketing team and vendor partners
  • Oversees budgets, performance measurement, and program improvements

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Marketing Planning: Gather and assess input from Product and Sales to develop marketing plans with clear objectives, timelines, budgets, and team responsibilities.
  • Brand Marketing & Playbook: Execute programs that build awareness and strengthen product positioning. Own the brand playbook and coordinate a consistent look, feel, and tone across marketing assets, sales tools, and product training materials.
  • Product Launches & Content: Support go-to-market plans, develop creative briefs, and manage launch development and delivery across campaigns, digital channels, retail, and sales support.
  • Influencers & Series Sponsorships: Lead partner relationships, agreements, activation plans, and deliverables. Evaluate opportunities and track results against program objectives.
  • Consumer & B2B Events: Lead event planning and execution, including logistics, staffing, displays, and materials. Coordinate with Sales on customer engagement, lead capture, and follow-up.
  • Budget & Performance: Own program budgets, manage vendors, track execution against plan, report results, and recommend improvements.
  • Team Management: Manage the Brand Marketing team and drive accountability and excellence across its work.

Requirements

  • Five or more years of marketing experience, including managing programs in automotive, powersports, marine, filtration, or adjacent aftermarket categories.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
  • Experience managing a team of 3–5 people.

Preferred

  • A meticulous planner who can synthesize input from across the organization into clear strategies and actionable plans.
  • Relentless about execution, with strong follow-through and high standards for quality and delivery.
  • Biased toward action, with the judgment to prioritize, resolve obstacles, and keep work moving.
  • A collaborative communicator who builds effective relationships with internal teams and external partners.
  • Comfortable developing and articulating strategy, managing budgets, reviewing results, and identifying improvements.
  • Willing to travel up to 30% and support evening and weekend events.
  • Experience working within a recurring go-to-market planning and launch cycle (preferred).
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K&N Engineering

3.7 Glassdoor

K&N Engineering is the world's leading manufacturer of washable performance air filters and air intake systems. Headquartered in Riverside, California, K&N has a second manufacturing and distribution facility in Grand Prairie, Texas, and multiple smaller offices in a variety of countries around the world. K&N invented the reusable high flow cotton air filter in 1969 and has been perfecting the technology ever since. K&N is a world class filtration company selling air filters, oil filters, and air intakes in over 90 countries across the globe. K&N sells over 12,000 products designed for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and industrial applications. From their No-Hassle Lifetime Warranty to their Consumer Protection Pledge, K&N stands behind their products and their consumers 100%. The distinctive K&N logo represents performance from one of the original performance companies.

Founded in 1969
Riverside, California, USA
652 employees (35 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$95K/yr – $125K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($110K) is 7% above the median base salary for Brand Marketing Manager roles in the United States ($103K).

Brand Marketing Manager median pay in the United States

$105K/yr

Most pay falls between $90K and $121K. Based on 86 salaries.

See all K&N Engineering salaries

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
21 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
4 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
686.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$18.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
60%
Direct
32.5%
Referral
3.8%
Social
2.4%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~652
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Brand Marketing Manager

K&N Engineering · Corona, CA · Unknown