Assistant Manager Brand Communications - US Sports

Purpose

Support the development and implementation of integrated marketing campaigns for key US Sports initiatives across players, partners, moments and product campaigns.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the US Sports Communications lead in the development and execution of key initiatives and campaigns with a focus on coordinating the final execution and delivery of advertising and digital media materials in partnership with internal and external agency partners
• Manage timelines, budgets and communication flow amongst the cross-functional team to ensure all team members are informed on latest updates and deadlines, etc.
• Maintain an updated status report on all marketing elements with clear action items and deliverables and follow-up with cross-functional team members as needed to ensure all project elements are on track
• Coordinate campaign recaps and postmortems, identifying and sharing key learnings, analytics, delivery against KPIs and best practice sharing
• Track and reconcile all project budgets, estimates and invoices
• Support and facilitate digital/retail activation toolkit development and deployment for Trade partners
• Create and maintain presentation materials (PPT, images, videos, etc.) to support internal and external campaign updates and sell-in meetings
• Build and maintain an archive of campaign and category creative tools and act as “go to” for the cross-functional team for sourcing those tools
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge on trends impacting the target consumer and be the voice of that consumer within the cross-functional team throughout the development of the marketing programs
  
  

Key Relationships

• US Sports BU Leaders & NCAA Leadership
• NAM Category Brand Communications Teams
• adidas Local Markets
• adidas Finance / Controlling
• adidas Procurement
• Creative Agencies / Freelancers
• External Partners / Key Accounts
  
  

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Passion for sports, familiarity/expertise with US Football/Baseball/Softball/Tennis/Volleyball a strong benefit
• Understanding of consumer behavior, brand building, demand creation and campaign planning
• Understanding of an ever-changing marketing landscape
• Solid project management, process and organizational skills with a heightened attention to detail
• Ability to work across teams and manage priorities to accomplish multiple tasks with conflicting deadlines
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and decision-making skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook)
  
  

Qualifications (Minimum Required Education And Experience)

• BA in marketing, advertising or related field required.
• Minimum one (1) year of marketing-related experience
• Digital and/or communications experience preferred
  
  

**At adidas we offer a hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week**

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