Account Specialist, Basketball Sports Marketing

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.  This role is responsible for supporting the execution of the overall service strategy for our portfolio of Basketball athletes, teams, and partners.  You will work closely with Lead Professionals to ensure seamless execution when leveraging our portfolio to drive brand and business priorities for Nike.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

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. 

• 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, including Keynote, Excel, AirTable, Box, and Slack.

• 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. 

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You will work closely with Sports Marketing Leads, Nike category teams and cross-functional partners to integrate product opportunities for athletes across all facets of Nike, including product, innovation, brand, purpose, entertainment marketing, and communications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops strategies and plans to promote products and services to individuals or other organizations.

• Supports business growth via creative development, market research, and disseminating materials that promote a favorable view of offerings.

• Focuses on efforts to seek, sign and service sports assets as well as the management of the portfolio of individual and team/club endorsements.

• Manage athlete/team requests via the athlete request intake portal and respond to requests in a timely manner upon receipt. 

• Manage athlete/team 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 opportunities and moments when needed, to ensure a pinnacle experience for our athletes.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.