Marketing Manager at Motorcycle Dealership

Eden Prairie, MN (On-site)

$60K/yr – $70K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

Job Summary

Lead the blended marketing function, owning team development, hands-on campaigns, and operations to drive website performance, CRM programs, and cross-functional project delivery.

  • Own and develop a small marketing team while directing major campaigns and vendor management.
  • Focus on digital channel optimization, lifecycle marketing, and budget coordination.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Team Management (25%)
  • - Manage and coach the marketing team.
  • - Assign work and balance team workloads, removing roadblocks to help team members succeed.
  • - Foster collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • - Work with the Marketing Director on hiring, onboarding, and employee development.
  • Hands-On Marketing Execution (50%)
  • - Plan and execute major marketing campaigns, dealership promotions and seasonal initiatives.
  • - Write marketing copy and promotional messaging.
  • - Own website performance as Simply Ride's primary digital sales channel, leading ongoing optimization, user experience improvements, SEO/AEO and conversion performance.
  • - Own digital marketing, including customer lifecycle campaigns, email, text messaging, automated journeys and ongoing CRM and performance optimization.

Requirements

  • 3–5+ years of marketing experience with at least 1–2 years in a management or team-lead capacity
  • Hands-on experience owning a website as a revenue/lead-generation channel — SEO, UX, conversion optimization (not just content updates)
  • Experience with CRM-driven marketing — lifecycle campaigns, email/text automation, lead nurture workflows
  • Demonstrated project management skills — running multiple concurrent campaigns/initiatives against a calendar and deadlines
  • Strong marketing copywriting ability
  • Comfort managing vendor relationships and holding outside partners accountable to deliverables

Preferred

  • Experience in automotive, powersports, or another high-consideration retail/dealership vertical
  • Familiarity with EOS/Traction or a similar operating system (Rocks, Scorecards, L10s)
  • Experience evaluating or implementing AI tools in a marketing context
  • Budget management experience — building, tracking, and adjusting a departmental budget
  • Experience coaching or developing a small marketing team (1–3 people)

Benefits

  • 401(k) matching
  • Bonus based on performance
  • Company parties
  • Competitive salary
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee discounts
  • Free food & snacks
  • Health insurance
  • Opportunity for advancement
  • Paid time off
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Simply Ride

4.6 Glassdoor

Welcome to Simply Ride - Minnesota’s largest and widest selection of pre-owned motorcycles and new Yamaha dealer! Simply operates around 5 core values: Premier, Passion, Family, Grow and Integrity. We build our team to exhibit these core values. From a customer service standpoint, it’s our priority to provide every guest of ours with the Premier Motorcycle Experience. We pride ourselves on this and it shows – We have been awarded numerous Powersports Business Top 50 Dealer and DealerNews Top 100 Dealer awards. We asked our guests why they shop with us and here is what they said:1) Our enthusiastic crew strives to deliver Premier Service in everything we do2) We offer the widest and largest selections of used motorcycles for sale in Minnesota 3) We buy used motorcycles more than any other dealer around4) We are a leader in the motorcycle community5) Our Eden Prairie, MN dealership location is easy to access and minutes from anywhere

Founded in 2006
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
21 employees (3 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend
1% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$60K/yr – $70K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($65K) is 26% below the median base salary for Marketing Manager roles in the United States ($88K).

Marketing Manager median pay in the United States

$88K/yr

Most pay falls between $75K and $105K. Based on 1,189 salaries.

See all Simply Ride salaries

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (14% of company)
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
20.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$4.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
68.3%
Direct
25.9%
Referral
1.9%
Social
2.5%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~21
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Marketing Manager at Motorcycle Dealership

Simply Ride · Eden Prairie, MN · On-site