Lead, Field Rep, Sports Marketing, Baseball

Information about benefits can be found here.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will report to the Senior Manager of Nike Diamond Sports Marketing and work alongside the broader Pro Baseball Sports Marketing team. Additionally, you will closely partner with Baseball 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, and team personnel among others.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for someone with deep knowledge and a passion for the sport of baseball, as well as demonstrated ability to build unbreakable relationships with athletes, coaches and partners. As part of our Baseball Sports Marketing team, the Pro Baseball Athlete Field Rep role will be based in Chicago and execute on the strategic vision for Nike Baseball, elevating athlete service, athlete integration, and development of our Athlete Portfolio. You’ll leverage athlete and industry insights and partner with the brand and business to develop marketing plans, while ensuring product, service, marketing, and contractual fulfillments are met for all athletes and partners.  You will make recommendations and decisions to shape the future of our baseball portfolio, aligned to the vision and global strategy of the Diamond Sports Marketing team, across professional and NIL. The ideal candidate will be an inclusive, collaborative, strategically minded, highly effective teammate and be able to operate and drive clarity in a dynamic environment through critical thinking and problem-solving.

•  Bachelor’s degree or combination of relevant education, experience, and training
• 5+ plus years proven experience in Sports Marketing, Brand Marketing, or closely related field
• Proven ability to develop meaningful relationships that drive and achieve business objectives in conventional and innovative ways
• True passion, understanding, and interest in Baseball
• Knowledge of the Baseball landscape across Professional, NCAA, and Grassroots levels.
• Portfolio management, critical thinking, and negotiation skills
• Ability to exercise independent judgement and decision making and communicate in a compelling manner to internal/external partners
• Experience successfully collaborating as part of a team to achieve key objectives
• Enterprise thinking, end-to-end business knowledge, and organizational and operational excellence

Preferred:

• Familiarity with the brand marketing and sports marketing functions at NIKE  
• Established network of athlete, agent, coach, and industry contacts
• Fluent in Spanish
• Proven ability to identify and evaluate talent
• Proficiency in MS Office, Keynote, and Nike systems

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

• Cultivate and maintain significant relationships and networks with athletes, agents, teams, and other industry strategic partners within the Baseball community, as well as Nike Sports Marketing, Brand, and Business teams.
• Support the Baseball Sports Marketing strategy, including day-to-day athlete service for footwear, apparel and equipment needs, relationship management, talent identification to inform invest/divest decisions for athlete portfolio, and the successful negotiation of endorsement contracts.
• Partner with cross-functional internal partners to ensure our Baseball partnerships align to strategic product, business, and marketplace priorities, and Nike garners maximum value from our athlete partnerships.
• Maintain updated athlete information and manage periodic updates to systems.
• Lead with collaboration, a growth mindset, and remain passionate about key priorities.
• Execute athlete and partner service strategies at key events including Spring Training, World Baseball Classic, All-Star Game, Key Sports Moments and more.
• Product expert and conduit across multiple product categories and functions, including cleated, training, gloves, equipment, and accessories.

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.