Performance Manager (Automotive, aka Marketing Strategist)

USA (Hybrid)

$65K/yr – $85K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 6 months ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Omnichannel Strategy Development Across Multiple Partners: Architecting integrated marketing roadmaps that align with partner business objectives, identifying the ideal "marketing mix" across (e.g. SEO, SEM, Paid Social, Email, and Content).
  • Budget Allocation & Forecasting: Analyzing historical data and market trends to recommend optimal budget distribution across channels to maximize Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) and Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC).
  • Audience & Market Research: Conducting deep-dive research into buyer personas, competitor landscapes, and industry trends to ensure messaging and targeting are laser-focused.
  • Campaign Performance Analysis: Aggregating data from various platforms (Google Analytics, CRM, Ad Managers) to provide a holistic view of campaign health, moving beyond surface-level metrics to find true business impact.
  • Continuous Optimization: Proactively identifying "friction points" in the marketing funnel and recommending A/B tests, landing page tweaks, or creative pivots to improve conversion rates.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Acting as the bridge between Account Management, Creative, and Technical teams to ensure that the "big picture" strategy is executed accurately and that downstream impacts are managed.
  • Partner Reporting & Consultation: Translating complex data sets into "human" insights for clients, explaining not just what happened, but why it happened and what the next strategic move should be.
  • Strategic Troubleshooting: Serving as the lead "problem solver" when a campaign underperforms, diagnosing whether the issue lies in the audience targeting, the creative, the landing page, or the technical setup.
  • If local to Easton, Maryland, the ability to work on a hybrid 3+2 office/work-from-home model (5 days at the office for the initial 90 days).
  • All other duties as assigned by iFrog Leadership.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field.
  • 3+ years marketing agency experience.
  • Working knowledge of the automotive industry.
  • Ability to create comprehensive marketing strategy, execute, and optimize it.
  • Ability to review, synthesize, and provide actionable insights on marketing performance.
  • Working knowledge of marketing strategies, metrics, analyses, and interpretations.
  • Proficient in Google Analytics and/or Google Ads and/or other ad platforms
  • Recent Google Analytics certification(s).
  • Excellent written and spoken English skills.
  • Comfortable presenting and talking to management.

Preferred

  • Automotive Products such as (e.g. Facebook AIA, Google VLAs)
  • Experience in project management.
  • Working knowledge of dealer specific CRM and/or DMS

Benefits

  • Valuable medical, dental, and vision insurance: We also contribute towards your premiums.
  • Company paid life insurance coverage
  • Ample paid time off: Take advantage of paid vacation, sick time, and observed holidays.
  • Invest in your future: Benefit from our 401(k) plan, enhanced by a company match.
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We're Born in a Dealership®, and automotive is in our DNA. Providing industry-leading automotive marketing solutions since 2015.

Founded in 2015
Easton, Maryland, USA
72 employees (39 in marketing)
24% recommend to a friend
29% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50.8%
Direct
30.9%
Referral
4.9%
Social
12.1%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~72

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
27 (38% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
5.6 years