Automotive Marketing Consultant

Are you passionate about the automotive industry and energized by helping dealerships grow? iHeart

Media Automotive is seeking an experienced Automotive Marketing Consultant who understands the dealership business, thrives in face-to-face client relationships, and knows how to build innovative marketing strategies that drive traffic, leads, and vehicle sales. We're looking for someone who has spent time in dealerships, around dealerships, or working directly with automotive retailers. The ideal candidate understands the challenges dealers face every day, from inventory fluctuations and market share battles to lead generation and fixed operations growth.

They can confidently sit across the table from Dealer Principals, General Managers, Marketing Directors, and agency partners, uncover business opportunities, and recommend solutions that produce measurable results. This is more than a media sales role. It's an opportunity to become a trusted business advisor backed by the industry's largest audio platform, exclusive automotive advertising solutions, proprietary audience targeting technologies, advanced attribution capabilities, and industry-leading automotive research resources.

As an Automotive Marketing Consultant with iHeart

Media Automotive, you will help dealerships grow market share, increase showroom traffic, generate leads, and ultimately sell more vehicles.

You will:

• Develop and grow relationships through consistent in‑person dealership visits, networking, prospecting, referrals, and business development activities.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with Dealer Principals, General Managers, Dealer Operators, Marketing Directors, and agency partners.
• Conduct discovery meetings to understand dealership objectives, competitive pressures, inventory concerns, fixed operations opportunities, and growth goals.
• Create customized marketing strategies that help dealers drive awareness, shopper engagement, traffic, leads, sales, and service revenue.
• Leverage iHeart
  
  Media Automotive's comprehensive automotive marketing stack, including:
  • Broadcast Radio
  • Streaming Audio
  • Podcasts
  • Connected TV (CTV)
  • OTT Video
  • Social Media Solutions
  • Display Advertising
  • Influencer Marketing
  • Proprietary Automotive Audience Targeting
  • Automotive Attribution & Matchback Reporting
  • Dealer Traffic Generation Programs
  • Exclusive Automotive Consumer Insights & Research
  • Proprietary Automotive Advertising Solutions
• Utilize industry‑leading automotive research resources, shopper insights, audience intelligence, and consumer behavior data to identify growth opportunities and build strategic recommendations.
• Present creative, innovative marketing ideas that dealers love and that help their stores stand out in highly competitive markets.
• Collaborate with automotive strategists, campaign specialists, creative teams, and product experts to develop integrated programs that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Deliver compelling business presentations supported by market intelligence, automotive data, consumer insights, and performance reporting.
• Conduct ongoing business reviews and campaign recaps that clearly demonstrate results, ROI, and future growth opportunities.
• Consistently exceed revenue goals through consultative selling, exceptional client service, and long‑term relationship development.

• 3+ years of experience working directly with automotive dealerships, dealer groups, OEM programs, automotive agencies, automotive technology providers, or automotive marketing organizations.
• Proven experience managing advertising, marketing, or lead‑generation programs for automobile dealers.
• Deep understanding of the dealership business and the factors that drive vehicle sales, service revenue,…