Ford Motor Company · 15 hours ago
Manager, Global Ford Racing Motorsport Communications
Dearborn, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expFord Motor Company is seeking a Manager for Global Ford Racing Motorsport Communications. The role focuses on storytelling and communications for Ford's racing activities, requiring collaboration with various stakeholders and the development of strategic communication plans.
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Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
Company
Ford Motor Company
We don't just make history -- we make the future.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$16.23BKey Investors
US Department of EnergySoros Fund Management
2025-07-29Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-08-17Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2023-06-22Debt Financing· $9.2B
Leadership Team
James Farley
Chief Executive Officer
Efrat Barit
COO
Recent News
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