Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Marketing

Job Profile

Sr Manager, Brand Marketing

Management Level

Sr Manager - People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Can work remotely anywhere in the specified country

Travel %

Yes, 50% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $119,600.00 - $199,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

Cox Automotive is currently looking for a Senior Manager, Strategy and Distribution, to join our team.  This is a remote, work-from-home position.

The Role:

We’re redefining automotive journalism - and we need a strategic leader to help drive that change.  As Senior Manager, Strategy and Distribution, you’ll lead how we plan, distribute, and amplify content using AI, multimedia, data, and technology to grow our audience.

This role connects what we create to who it’s for.  The Senior Manager ensures our stories reach the right people, in the right places, at the right time - across platforms, search, and syndication. 

They lead with insight.  Every decision - from planning to publishing - is grounded in audience needs and brand values. 

AI search is a must-win space.  The Senior Manager will drive our generative engine optimization (“GEO”) prominence, making sure we’re visible in tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and more - and build strategies to support it. 

They’ll also shape how we show up visually.  From our domains to YouTube, the Senior Manager will help us tell stories that go beyond text - interactive, visual, and platform-native. 

This role is a hub.  The Senior Manager will collaborate across editorial, GEO/SEO, PR, product, and analytics to make sure our content is not just created - but discovered and remembered. 

Who We Need:

A strategic thinker with a pulse on platforms, a love for audiences, and a bias for action. 

How We Work:

Editor-First AI: AI supports, never replaces, human creativity.

Smart Brevity: We write to be read - fast, clear, and useful.

Extreme Ownership: Everyone leads. Everyone grows.

Multimedia-First: Every story is visual, interactive, and dynamic.

Responsibilities:

Lead by Example

Model resilience, curiosity, and adaptability.

Model extreme ownership.

Model personal growth and development.

Own Your Space

Align strategy with audience growth - partnering across marketing, PR, product, and analytics.

Lead content distribution across onsite, earned, social, and emerging platforms.

Embed AI into planning, performance, and workflows.

Drive multimedia-first storytelling - video, visuals, interactivity.

Measure What Matters

Track and drive adoption of AI, automation, and analytics tools that enhance speed, accuracy, and insight.

Track and improve performance across social platforms, aggregators, and third-party channels.

Use data to guide decisions and improve performance.

Grow the Brand

Build your professional social presence.

Cultivate sources and access that elevate our reporting.

Build partnerships that expand reach and brand authority.

Grow our press events and press fleet programs to ensure our expertise remains best-in-class.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in related discipline and 8 years’ experience in a related field with at least 3 years’ experience in management or leadership role.  The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 6 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years’ experience in a related field; or 12 years’ experience in a related field.

Track record of leading cross-functional growth initiatives.

Deep knowledge of SEO, content lifecycle, and platform-native formats.

Passion for digital innovation.

Strong Proficiency with AI tools, digital platforms, and publishing technology.

Clear communicator with a bias for action.

Curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset.

Skilled in analytical thinking, business acumen, customer focus, effective presentations, and project administration and management.

Advanced at building positive relationships, driving innovation, focusing on execution, guiding team success, and leading with vision.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in automotive space.

Strongly prefer experience related to content strategy and/or digital distribution.

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. 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.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.

 

 Application Deadline: 07/25/2025