Director, Marketing

Downers Grove, IL (On-site)

$120K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and drive Roadrunner's marketing and communications strategy while evolving brand, attracting owner-operators, and creating year-round driver engagement across channels.

  • Define integrated plans aligned to business priorities
  • Build recruitment and engagement programs for owner-operators
  • Partner with leadership to shape strategic recommendations

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Marketing Strategy & Brand Leadership
  • Lead Roadrunner’s overall marketing and communications strategy across customers, drivers, employees, prospective employees, and the broader market.
  • Protect and evolve Roadrunner’s brand positioning, voice, visual identity, and messaging across every channel and touchpoint.
  • Translate Roadrunner’s Smart Network™, technology, service model, culture, and owner-operator opportunity into compelling stories people remember.
  • Build integrated marketing plans tied to clear business priorities rather than disconnected campaigns and activities.
  • Serve as a strategic marketing partner to executive leadership and bring strong recommendations, not simply execute requests.
  • Ensure every Roadrunner communication reinforces a consistent, differentiated brand.
  • Driver Recruiting Marketing
  • Owner-operators are the engine of our network. Build the marketing engine that attracts them.
  • Lead the marketing strategy supporting Roadrunner’s recruitment of linehaul solos, teams and local owner-operators.
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Roadrunner

2.2 Glassdoor

Roadrunner is the smart choice for shippers looking to move freight quickly and reliably at a great value. Our optimized, data-driven network moves direct from metro to metro without rail and with full visibility. As the most flexible nationwide LTL long haul carrier, we partner with experienced owner operators and teams drivers. More than 1,000 IC drivers leverage our network to empower their businesses and are motivated to deliver freight on time, intact, and damage free. With 1,250 employees, Roadrunner specializes in Smart Long HaulTM, metro-to-metro shipping and has more direct routes between its 36 service centers than its traditional hub and spoke peers. Demonstrating a significant reduction in rail use, 100% of Roadrunner’s miles are run by drivers. Roadrunner's Net Promoter Score (NPS), an indicator of customer willingness to recommend a company’s services, jumped 26%. Roadrunner was recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies in 2022.

Founded in 1984
Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
818 employees (21 in marketing)
33% recommend to a friend

Salaries

Posted range

$120K/yr – $150K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$50M
Last Raise
$50M
Private Equity, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2021
    Private Equity • $50M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$18K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.6%
Direct
44.7%
Referral
7.4%
Social
0.9%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~822

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Director, Marketing

Roadrunner · Downers Grove, IL · On-site