Manager, Global Ford Racing Motorsport Communications
About The Position
The Manager, Global Ford Racing Motorsport Communications, will be responsible for the storytelling and communications of Ford's global communications for all of our racing activities including, but not limited to Ford's return to F1 in 2026 with Oracle Red Bull Racing and VCARB Ford's Sports Car racing with Mustang including WEC, IMSA, Hypercar, NASCAR, Australian Supercars, GT3, GT4 and Dark Horse R Ford's off-road racing programs including Dakar, Baja 1,000 and more Ford Racing demonstrators' programs such as SuperVan and SuperTruck The role will include working with and managing Ford's Agency partner for Motorsports, Campbell Communications as well as our Hypercar and F1 comms execs in the UK The role will report directly to Communications but will interface on a daily basis with the Ford Racing organization This role will collaborate and work hand in hand with the Ford Racing Motorsports global marketing managers, engaging with motorsport as well as non-motorsport media, mining for new stories to tell around our motorsport business priorities and monitoring the competitive landscape. The role will also include development of strategic plans for the future of Ford Racing Communications and working with agency partners to deliver on these plans. Understand the media landscape - automotive, motorsports and consumer / lifestyle media with strong media relations Use data to inform decision making - working with marketing, agencies and CGI teams to assist us in making data-based decisions Collaborate with stakeholders from across the enterprise including Marketing, PD, Finance, Purchasing and leadership Develop a deep understanding of social media including the role of influencers and content creators Continuous personal development of functional competencies and leadership agilities Established and active employee resource groups
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in relevant subject matter (Comms, Marketing, Business or equivalent education)
- 5-7+ years of communications experience or equivalent experience
- Be available to work weekends and travel within the US and beyond as required by the role.
- Have a passion for motorsports and a desire to learn and develop in this area
- Have a focus on excellence in materials creation (words, images and video)
- Have a focus on delivering to the strategy with a focus on storytelling that ladders up to our business priorities
- Have an ability to always focus on the bigger picture of how what we do ladders up to the motorsport and broader company objectives - be results driven.
- Have a focus on all key stakeholders including internal (leadership, employees, dealers) and external (traditional media, social media, influencers etc.)
- Possess excellent abilities in key office tools such as PowerPoint, Word and Excel
- Have a passion and desire to travel and be open to working weekends to attend races in the US and beyond
Benefits
- New Hire Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
