Social and Cultural Commerce Director

Austin, TX (On-site)

$155K/yr – $207K/yrDirector/ExecutiveSalaried Ft

Posted 6 days ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define TRUECar's overarching social, cultural, and creator strategy.
  • Translate the TRUECar brand vision and mission into how the company shows up in social, content, and culture.
  • Build a clear point of view around the role TRUECar can play in helping consumers save time and money.
  • Turn automotive trends, pricing intelligence, consumer questions, and cultural conversations into useful, engaging content.
  • Identify where TRUECar has the credibility and authority to participate — and where we can create something genuinely valuable.
  • Build a connected strategy across social, creators, content, search, and commerce.
  • Establish clear measures connecting audience growth, usefulness, trust, and cultural relevance to consumer and business outcomes.
  • Develop and lead a dedicated YouTube strategy for TRUECar.
  • Build YouTube into a trusted destination that helps consumers navigate car buying more easily and confidently.
  • Create original programming and recognizable franchises around vehicles, pricing, savings, technology, ownership, and the realities of buying a car.

Requirements

  • A strategist and builder, not simply a channel manager.
  • Someone who understands that great content starts with solving a consumer problem.
  • Deep understanding of digital culture, creators, communities and changing consumer behavior.
  • Strong understanding of YouTube as a content, search, and audience platform.
  • Experience connecting brand strategy, content, social and growth.
  • Strong creative judgment combined with analytical and commercial thinking.
  • Ability to work closely across Brand, Product, Creative, Consumer Growth, Performance Marketing and SEO.
  • Someone excited to build a capability and a playbook from the ground up.
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TrueCar, Inc.

3.7 Glassdoor

At TrueCar, we’re all drivers. Our Crew is made up of passionate, ambitious people who are united in our mission to reimagine the car buying experience for consumers and dealers. Every mile is special when you’re behind the wheel of a car you truly love. That’s why we’re committed to making buying a new car feel just as good as driving one. Our shopping tools make it easy to shop various brands online, compare real, transparent pricing data and get exclusive discounts. We are transforming car buying so that every TrueCar shopper that walks into one of our trusted dealers can feel confident knowing they’ll be driving off with their best deal. But we can’t do this alone. Our network of Certified Dealers plays an essential role in helping car shoppers feel supported and empowered throughout this process. We’ve evolved how we work with our dealers and are committed to continue to innovate in order to fuel their growth. Beyond just a listing site, we’re a partner that creates custom solutions designed to help them turn car shoppers into confident buyers.At TrueCar, we’re all drivers, and rather than wait for change, we create it. If shaping the future of car buying sounds exciting to you, then check out our open roles and learn what it's like to be part of the TrueCar Crew.

Founded in 2005
Santa Monica, California, USA
382 employees (19 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
57% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$155K/yr – $207K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
7 (2% of company)
Median Tenure
4.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$340.4M
Last Raise
$30M
Post IPO Equity, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2022
    Post IPO Equity
  • Dec 2013
    Series Unknown • $30M
  • Sep 2011
    Series Unknown • $200M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.7M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.5M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.5%
Direct
20.7%
Referral
30.9%
Social
1.3%
Paid
4.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~382

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Social and Cultural Commerce Director

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