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Adidas SENIOR MANAGER BRAND COMMS US SPORTS 
Portugal, Porto 
608141483

06.09.2024

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

Key Accountabilities:

  • 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
  • Lead 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
  • Coach and develop direct report on both technical marketing skills as well as leadership competencies
  • Present key communication concepts and plans to both internal and external audiences

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:

  • Proven people leader with a passion for team development
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to communicate category vision and execute the plan
  • Passion for sports, familiarity/expertise with US Football a strong benefit
  • Understanding of consumer behavior, brand building, demand creation and campaign planning
  • Understanding of an ever-changing marketing landscape
  • Experience in writing detailed and informative briefs, managing feedback through to approval and execution
  • 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):

  • Degree in marketing, advertising or related field required. Master’s Degree / MBA a plus.
  • Minimum six (6) years of marketing-related experience
  • Minimum three (3) years of people leadership-related experience
  • Digital and/or communications experience preferred
  • Fluent written and spoken English language skills

*adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility supportof paid parental leave.

*Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance and RSU offering. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, eleven paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.

*We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Portland, Oregon.