Marketing, Account and Client Services Manager

Diamond Bar, CA (On-site)

$85K/yr – $95K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the client relationship engine and translate multiple internal signals into cohesive marketing bets for a portfolio of partners. You’ll manage end-to-end campaigns with cross-functional input, turn data into client actions, and lead post-mortems for continuous improvement.

  • Responsibilities: Client facing ownership, cross-team campaign orchestration, and post-campaign learnings.
  • Requirements: 5+ years in marketing/client management, strong cross-channel literacy, and solid project management.
  • Preferred: automotive aftermarket or nonprofit sector experience to accelerate stakeholder alignment and program impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the main point of contact for internal clients, building and nurturing strong relationships to understand their goals, challenges, and preferences. Consistently communicate with SEMA business unit leaders and stakeholders to nurture and maintain positive client relationships.
  • Assist in the development and execution of comprehensive marketing strategies and campaigns tailored to meet the specific objectives of each client.
  • Partner with Marketing Directors and department stakeholders in Events, Sales, Membership, Education, Research, Government Affairs, SEMA Data, SEMA Garage and SEMA’s various business units to assist development and implementation of approved marketing strategies, campaigns, and tasks to achieve SEMA’s priority objectives while continuously improving how SEMA connects with its members.
  • Support needed follow up for approved content/collateral to complete marketing projects and tasks.
  • Collaborate closely with internal teams, including operations, creative services, web services, digital marketing, email marketing, social media, public relations, communications to develop integrated marketing campaigns that align with client goals and deliver measurable results.
  • Partner with the Operations Manager on timelines and resource management to ensure timely and successful execution of campaigns.
  • Own client communication and accountability for timelines, ensuring feedback and approvals are delivered on time and that all marketing outputs align with the approved brief.
  • Collaborate with channel leads to understand campaign performance, translating data and reporting into actionable insights and recommendations for clients/stakeholders.
  • Lead post-campaign reviews and retrospectives, partnering with internal teams and stakeholders to evaluate performance, capture key learnings, and identify opportunities for optimization and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher
  • Proven experience (5+ years) in a marketing role, with a focus on account and client management, preferably within an agency environment. Expertise in building and maintaining strong client relationships.
  • Strong understanding of marketing principles, techniques, and best practices across various channels, including digital, social media, content, and traditional media.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate ideas clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing.
  • Exceptional client service skills, with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
  • Strategic thinker with a solutions-driven mindset and the ability to translate client objectives into actionable marketing strategies.
  • Highly organized with strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple clients and projects simultaneously.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools.
  • Knowledge and experience with marketing analytics and reporting tools.
  • Data driven and highly analytical, capable of making metric-based decisions.

Preferred

  • Experience in automotive aftermarket industry or nonprofit industry a plus.
    Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) logo

    Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA)

    A love for cars, trucks and SUVs is the motivating force behind the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA). This trade association consists of a diverse group of manufacturers, distributors, retailers, publishing companies, auto restorers, street rod builders, restylers, car clubs, race teams and more.SEMA members make, buy, sell and use all kinds of specialty parts and accessories to make vehicles more attractive, more unique, more convenient, faster, safer, more fun and even like-new again.

    Founded in 1963
    Diamond Bar, California, USA
    219 employees (35 in marketing)

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    206.2M
    Monthly Google Ads Budget
    $202.6K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    20.5%
    Direct
    52.7%
    Referral
    4.5%
    Social
    22.1%
    Paid
    0.1%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~221

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    26 (12% of company)
    Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
    2

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