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Senior Professional, Sports Marketing, Womens Global
NikeWHQfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Sept 2024
About the role
Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. TeamNIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.Nike exists to innovate and serve athletes. Nike Sports Marketing professionals provide the vital linkage between the company and Nike-sponsored athletes, clubs and federations worldwide. Sports Marketing employees partner with premier athletes to collect insights about existing and future products, gather inspirational stories about sport, and nurture long-term relationships between the athletes and the company. The team develops and executes Sports Marketing strategies, obtains endorsements and licensing agreements, and provides meaningful services & experiences to the best athletes on the planet.WHO WE ARE LOOKING FORAs part of Global Sports Marketing, the Senior Professional will be a critical component to the success and execution of strategies and building relationships within this Field of Play. This team mate will play a critical role in servicing our Trainers, order entry execution, and day to day portfolio management.As with all jobs in Sports Marketing, a proactive, collaborative and detail-oriented team mate will be foundational to this role. The ability to gain trust and build relationships with trainers, cross-functional partners, all while prioritizing multiple competing tasks and requests will be the keys to success. This team mate is a self-starter, embodies a team mentality, and is passionate about serving athletes.WHAT YOU WILL WORK ONIf this is you, you’ll be responsible for but not limited to: managing product orders, day to day portfolio management, occasional travel, and athlete reimbursements. You will ensure our trainers feel supported and have the resources they need on a relationship and product level. You will field product questions from Trainers, curate and ship seasonal product packages and drops in a high touch manner, and aid with onboarding and assistance with Nike Elite, Aravo, and Nike Travel for Trainers.WHO YOU WILL WORK WITHThe senior professional will work closely with Global Fitness Sports Marketing, Geo Sports Marketing partners, and Global Product, Global Brand, Activity, and NDDC teams.WHAT YOU WILL BRING/DO
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications or closely related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 3 years experience in brand marketing and/or sports marketing
- Day to day portfolio management of Trainer relationships
- Trainer reimbursements, Trainer travel, and general coordination of events/appearances/activations within Fitness
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including meeting facilitation and presentations, including Keynote, Zoom, Excel, Google Suite, Box, etc.
- Experience in SAP order entry and Excel
- Ability to manage external partner communication and comfortability delivering good news as well as bad
- Ability to juggle multiple time sensitive priorities while providing transparent communication
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