Lead Professional, Jordan Sports Mktg, Field Rep, Jordan Brand Basketball & Women’s

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NIKE, 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 is about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving the game.

Nike & Jordan Brand exist to innovate for athletes. Nike & Jordan Brand 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 serves as Nike & Jordan Brand ambassadors to the sports community worldwide. Their relationships build the foundation of product creation: Nike & Jordan Brand create exceptional products because its employees listen to exceptional athletes.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As our Jordan Sports Mktg Field Rep Basketball & Women’s, you'll directly manage Jordan Brand’s relationships with the best basketball players in the world. You'll serve the top tier basketball athletes by developing deep, influential relationships and ensure that product, service, marketing and contract fulfillment are met. You'll work with the Sr Director Sports Marketing, Basketball & Women’s to identify the right assets for Jordan Brand, create recruitment/negotiation strategies and present the annual draft strategy to senior management. In addition, you’ll lead in the execution of marketing/utilization plans of leading athletes, work with the Team/Player Marketing Manager to create plans for each player and ensure execution, manage operational/process components and understand total resource allocation including forecast spending and budget ownership.  You will build and manage external relationships with WNBA,NBA teams, agents, managers and publicists.  You will also work closely with Nike Basketball to expand Jordan Brand grassroots basketball infrastructure and relationships.  You will travel the world and work on some of the big basketball moments, including WNBA/NBA All-Star Weekend, EYBL Girls and Boys, Olympics/FIBA, Jordan Brand Classic and more.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

• Cultivate and maintain significant relationships and networks with athletes, agents, teams, and other industry strategic partners within the Jordan Basketball community, as well as Jordan Sports Marketing, Brand, and Business teams cross functionally.
• Lead the strategy and planning for the Jordan Brand EYBL programs across men’s and women.
• Execute the budget with accountability for Jordan WNBA All-Star.
• Partner with the footwear and business leads to ensure product needs are being met for all our basketball athletes across women’s and men’s.
• Support the overall basketball strategy by managing the day-to-day relationships with players, agents, coaches and helping to identify the next up talent.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will report to the Sr Director Sports Marketing, Basketball & Women’s, and work alongside the broader Basketball Sports Marketing team, and partner closely with various Sports Marketing leaders. Additionally, you will work with Jordan Brand Product Innovation, Marketplace, and Product Merchandising teams to ensure Sports Marketing efforts are in service of brand and business objectives. Externally you will work with athletes, agents, team personnel, program directors, coaches and event management partners among others.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or related field
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years' work experience in athlete service, marketing, representation or operations 
• 2 additional years' experience in lieu of a degree
• Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including meeting facilitation and presentations
• Strong relationships in basketball world
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects at one time
• Ability to motivate and mentor others within a work group
• Strong knowledge of athletic industry and trends in the marketplace, preferably basketball
• Strong knowledge of Men's & Women’s Basketball
• Professional or collegiate basketball experience is preferred
• Experience in Apparel, Footwear, and/or Equipment is preferred
• SAP order management skills a plus
• Advanced degree is preferred
• Strong understanding of the Nike matrix and product lines is preferred
• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time and work irregular hours

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