Under Armour Hiring for Specialist, Global Brand Marketing – Compete Job at Baltimore, MD Full Time

Position Summary

Support the Global Brand Marketing, Compete Category Director, Sr Manager & cross-functional teams to ensure plans are aligned with Category strategy and vision. A qualified candidate must be obsessed with athletes, attitude, authenticity, and all things digital, at every customer touchpoint. He or she must have a passion for the health and fitness space and willingness to learn about the competitive marketplace/keep up with current trends.

The ability to think strategically, manage many tasks at once, and deliver high-quality output every time, on time is critical in this role. Responsibilities include: Assisting in the execution of the yearly activation plans to include all marketing deliverables in digital/ecomm, media, print, events, retail and social media, helping the cross-functional team exceed the expectations of the consumer and work to see that campaigns are followed to completion. Be able to collaborate with other business units and across departments to establish and support the creative direction.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the category in writing marketing plans and strategy presentations; including, compiling necessary data and insights and building-out of deck or brief in PowerPoint and Keynote.
• Coordinate, schedule, create agendas and own recaps for cross-functional meetings
• Champion the SMS and seeding order process for the category, understand the process inside and out, help in sharing Category menus to cross-functional partners and execute as well as track category orders
• Assist in photo shoot planning and execution; work with creative team to understand product needs, create any additional looks with merchandising and gather and organize product for shoot shot list.
• Support the team in creation and execution of a comprehensive seeding plan for the year; identify athletes and influencers, key products and looks as well as seeding box design.
• Own execution and share-out of research projects pertaining to training trends and the Compete focused performers allowing the team to be consumer-centric in everything we do.
• Work closely with partners across all departments (apparel, footwear, PR, ecommerce, consumer engagement, account marketing) to develop and deliver 360 marketing plans that reach consumers where they are
• Work with the social media team to activate campaigns and offer the consumer experiences unique to Under Armour
• Maintain business unit calendar and coordinate events
• Ensure GHL apparel, footwear, & accessories are being represented in all photo and video shoots
• Other duties may be assigned

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Must have an interest in the health and fitness market
• Experience in the apparel industry & a sports backgrounds are a plus
• 2-5 years’ experience of traditional business computer skills, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint / Keynote, Word). Mac experience a plus
• Prior Experience in handling multiple tasks to meet challenging deadlines
• Ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing, create accurate reports, and work cross functionally with other departments such as apparel, footwear, and Category marketing
• Knowledge of media is a plus

Education And / Or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 2 years related marketing experience, advanced degree without experience, or 6 years equivalent combination of education and related experience

Other Requirements

• Must have a willingness to travel and the ability to travel about 35% of the time, to include weekends
• The ability to lift and work with items that could weigh up to 30 Lbs.
• Return To Work Designation: 2 days a week in-office, the remainder of work week remote.

Relocation

• Relocation may be provided up to a certain amount