Director of Marketing

Brookings, SD (On-site)

$185K/yr – $215K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive Daktronics' global B2B marketing strategy and revenue-aligned demand generation across segments, with executive communications oversight.

  • Must-have: 15+ years in progressive B2B marketing with senior leadership experience.
  • Standout: End-to-end demand generation, revenue attribution, and cross-functional alignment.
  • Standout: Experience guiding a NASDAQ-listed public company’s communications and executive messaging.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Developing and owning a comprehensive corporate marketing strategy that aligns with Daktronics’ long-term business objectives, ensuring consistent brand identity, value proposition, and market positioning across all segments and geographies.
  • Leading brand positioning and messaging that reinforces Daktronics’ reputation as the industry’s most trusted and innovative experiences for audiences using technology and services.
  • Collaborating and executing an integrated B2B marketing strategy aligned with Daktronics’ revenue goals across all business segments (Commercial, Live Events, High School/Park & Recreation, Transportation, International and Service Business).
  • Accountable for marketing’s measurable contribution to revenue, including pipeline quality, conversion performance, and sales adoption of marketing programs.
  • Overseeing the Corporate Communications function, including internal communications, executive communications, media relations, crisis communications, and the company’s public narrative as a NASDAQ-listed organization.
  • Overseeing demand generation programs — including digital marketing, content marketing, trade shows, industry events, and account-based marketing — to drive qualified pipeline for the key sales channels.
  • Owns lead strategy, qualification standards, and handoff governance to ensure Sales receives timely, high-quality opportunities aligned with revenue priorities.
  • Partnering closely with Sales and Service leadership to lead marketing strategy for software, services, and subscription offerings, including value articulation, lifecycle marketing, and alignment with evolving revenue models.
  • Managing product marketing efforts, including go-to-market strategies for new product launches, competitive positioning, and sales enablement tools.
  • Leading, mentoring, and growing a high-performing marketing team.
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Daktronics

Honest. Helpful. Humble. Our core values are shown through our people, products and processes. We are...•Growth-oriented college students & hands-on makers•Innovative engineers & designers•Solutions-focused sales & support professionals...from every part of the world. We develop solutions that have become the standard in the LED video and messaging display industry through reliable quality with a laser focus on our customers' challenges. Wherever you look - from main street to a major league stadium - Daktronics is there. If that sounds like you, you sound like us! It's time to brighten your career with Daktronics. www.daktronics.com/jobsFind us on social media by searching "Daktronics" on Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram.

Founded in 1968
Brookings, South Dakota, USA