Digital Marketing / Communications Manager

USA (On-site)

$92K/yr – $154K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own multi-channel digital campaigns and cross‑functional activation, aligning budgets and timelines to ROI while mentoring teammates and shaping internal and external communications.

  • Own end-to-end campaign planning and optimization across Google Ads, Meta, YouTube, TikTok, CTV and DSPs, with ROI focus.
  • Lead cross-functional alignment and stakeholder management while maintaining timelines and risk mitigation.
  • Mentor team members and drive process improvements, including playbooks and tooling.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the end-to-end planning, execution, and optimization of digital marketing campaigns across platforms such as Google Ads, Meta, YouTube, TikTok, CTV, and other DSPs
  • Take full ownership of complex, multi-channel initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives
  • Establish project timelines, workflows, and execution plans while proactively identifying risks and driving resolution
  • Oversee campaign budgets, forecasting, pacing, and performance optimization to maximize ROI
  • Ensure consistency, quality control, and adherence to best practices across all campaign deliverables
  • Support the development and execution of internal communication strategies to effectively inform and engage employees
  • Drive external digital communication initiatives that increase brand visibility, customer engagement, and revenue growth
  • Serve as a key point of contact for communications strategy across cross-functional initiatives and campaigns
  • Act as an advocate for organizational priorities, ensuring alignment across stakeholders and initiatives
  • Provide ongoing mentorship and guidance to selected team members, supporting both technical skill development and customer-facing soft skills

Requirements

  • BS/BA degree and 6 years of experience, Master's degree preferred with 4 years of experience, or Ph.D. with 1 year of experience, or 8 years of experience without a degree in digital marketing, communications, advertising, or a related field
  • Demonstrated experience managing and supporting complex digital marketing campaigns or projects across multiple channels
  • Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, and stakeholders simultaneously
  • Advanced knowledge of digital advertising platforms (Google Ads, Meta, YouTube, TikTok, CTV, programmatic, etc.)
  • Proven ability to mentor or guide team members and contribute to team development
  • Strong understanding of campaign lifecycle management, ad operations, and performance metrics
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Willingness to travel up to 25% based on business or client needs

Preferred

  • Supporting cross-functional initiatives or programs from planning through execution
  • Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence without direct authority
  • Experience building or improving processes, workflows, or playbooks

Benefits

  • The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations
  • seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year
  • up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members
  • bereavement leave
  • time off to vote
  • jury duty leave
  • volunteer time off
  • military leave
  • parental leave
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Cox Automotive Inc.

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Cox Automotive is the world’s largest automotive services and technology provider. Fueled by the largest breadth of first-party data fed by 2.3 billion online interactions a year, Cox Automotive tailors leading solutions for car shoppers, auto manufacturers, dealers, lenders and fleets. The company has 29,000+ employees on five continents and a portfolio of industry-leading brands that include Autotrader®, Kelley Blue Book®, Manheim®, vAuto®, Dealertrack®, NextGear CapitalTM, CentralDispatch® and FleetNet America®. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc., a privately-owned, Atlanta-based company with $22 billion in annual revenue.

Founded in 1997
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
11K employees (680 in marketing)
76% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
14.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$13.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
9.2%
Direct
83.3%
Referral
6.3%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
542 (5% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
6.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7

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