Marketing Support Specialist II

Hamilton, OH (On-site)

$20/hr – $30/hrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own local field marketing by shaping on-site presence, client outreach, and sales enablement for auction locations while aligning with brand guidelines and budget goals.

  • Location ownership: manage signage, website and social channels, and point of sale materials.
  • Client engagement: drive in-lane promotions and proactive outreach to targeted buyers.
  • Execution and reporting: weekly performance recaps, cross-team collaboration, and tool-based measurement of location impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partners with Sr. Manager/Manager, Field Marketing to understand objectives and goals of assigned auction location(s).
  • Executes tactical marketing efforts including email, phone outreach, social media, and sales enablement.
  • Coordinates and delivers on the overall presence of assigned location ensuring physical and digital signage and other point of sale materials are properly placed and visible to clients and aligns with Manheim brand guidelines.
  • Influences the sale day experience by engaging with clients in the auction lanes and facilitates in lane promotions and activities.
  • Contacts targeted clients via phone to discuss special sales, feedback, or respond to a specific business need (as needed).
  • Builds relationships with auction leadership, field sales, and key dealer and commercial clients.
  • Manages giveaway/promotional items and performs monthly audits on allotment.
  • Effectively manages auction location(s) website, social media platforms, and sales enablement content.
  • Provides weekly recaps on sale and client performance to field and auction leadership.
  • Understands monthly budget expectations and ensures spend is expensed appropriately.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma/GED and 3 years experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as any level degree/certification beyond a HS diploma/GED in a related discipline and up to 1 year of experience; or 5 years experience in a related field.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills required.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite required.
  • Ability to work in a high-performing, fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to adapt to an ever-changing industry and react to change in a positive manner.
  • Ability to work under time constraints and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time.
  • Occasional exposure to outdoor weather conditions as well as noise, dust, and fumes in auction lanes where applicable.
  • Full-time, onsite Monday through Friday.
  • Some travel may be required to Manheim locations, regional meetings, and/or home office.
  • Ability to work in a loud auction environment with exposure to hot and cold conditions during sale days (for approximately 2 hours per event).
  • Requires physical ability and mental acuity to execute the duties of the position successfully within required timeframes in order to meet business requirements.

Preferred

  • Bachelors in marketing, advertising or business preferred.
  • Experience in the automotive industry preferred, but not required.
  • Knowledge of Salesforce or other CRM platform preferred.

Benefits

  • Employees are eligible to receive a minimum of sixteen hours of paid time off every month and seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
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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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