Nike
Senior Professional, Sports Marketing, Signature Athlete Account Specialist
Beaverton, Oregon · Senior
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About the role
- WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH The Basketball Sports Marketing team is responsible for ensuring our athletes are integrated into all facets of NIKE, Inc., driving value for both the athlete and for Nike.
- WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON You will work closely with the Sports Marketing, NIKE Category and cross-functionally to integrate our athletes into all facets of Nike, including product, innovation, brand, purpose, entertainment marketing, and comms.
- Complexity: Integrates and communicates moderately complex information, sometimes to audiences who are not familiar with the subject matter.
Responsibilities
- Manage Signature athlete requests via the athlete request intake portal and respond to requests in a timely manner upon receipt.
- Plan and script product buys that support Nike and Brand seasonal offerings and initiatives.
- Develops strategies and plans to promote products and services to individuals or other organizations.
- Manage athlete profiles in SMARTE to ensure they are up-to-date and accurate.
- Ensure the accuracy of portal data and reporting. Create dashboards and a monthly reporting tool from data in the Athlete Intake Portal and the Athlete Profile Database (SMARTE).
- Support key projects and events for the Sports Marketing function that help further advance our portfolio leverage.
- Support Sports Marketing and Athlete Integration opportunities and moments when needed, to ensure a pinnacle experience for our athletes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field.
- 2+ years' account/project management and internal/external relationship management experience, preferably in the Sports Industry.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and proven ability to use concise and clear communication tactics with stakeholders.
- Proficiency with systems and software, Keynote, Excel, AirTable, Box, and Slack.
- Ability to juggle multiple time sensitive (both macro and micro) priorities.
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
Skills
- Evaluates and selects the right course of action.
- sophisticated research, analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills
- Uses a variety of skills including but not limited to: sophisticated research, analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills
Company info
- The ideal candidate must be able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the ability to work across multiple internal and external stakeholders, including athletes.
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training
- 2+ years' successful experience navigating a complex matrix and building key relationships to achieve business results.
- Detail-oriented & strong organizational skills. Ability to juggle multiple time sensitive (both macro and micro) priorities.
- Proactive and solution-oriented and a general willingness to solve problems, in partnership with the team.
- True passion, understanding and interest in the Sports industry.
- You will work closely with the Sports Marketing, NIKE Category and cross-functionally to integrate our athletes into all facets of Nike, including product, innovation, brand, purpose, entertainment marketing, and comms.
- Scope: Multiple teams, smaller projects/ programs, and/or mid-size external customers.
Equal opportunity
- application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
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