Responsibilities

• Product Planning & Distribution: Support seasonal product strategies by managing product buys, forecasting, allocations, order tracking, and distribution across grassroots basketball programs.
• Product Seeding: Lead product seeding for grassroots teams, athletes, coaches, and key basketball events while ensuring execution aligns with approved product budgets and seasonal plans.
• Budget & Financial Management: Manage budget tracking, financial reporting, invoicing, expense reconciliation, and forecasting to ensure spending aligns with approved plans and brand priorities.
• Operational Planning: Maintain product calendars, seeding plans, activation schedules, and internal reporting to enable timely and accurate execution across grassroots initiatives.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Coordinate with footwear, apparel, brand, and product teams on product creation, testing, launches, promotional product, and category initiatives.
• Partner & Athlete Management: Build and maintain relationships with 3SSB and adiSelect program directors, coaches, agents, athletes, and key partners while serving as a primary operational point of contact.
• Athlete & Partner Insights: Capture and communicate athlete and partner insights to help inform product development, testing, and basketball category strategy.
• Administrative Operations: Coordinate order tracking, filing, correspondence, travel, expense reimbursement, meeting logistics, and other administrative activities supporting Sports Marketing operations.
• Compliance: Partner with Legal and relevant stakeholders to support compliance with NCAA, conference, school, state, and applicable NIL requirements.
• Activations & Events: Support athlete appearances, retail activations, partner meetings, grassroots events, and other basketball initiatives, including execution during peak seasonal periods.

Requirements

• Four-year college or university degree, preferably with an emphasis in marketing or business, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 2-5 years of related experience in Sports Marketing, Athlete Management, Brand Marketing, Collegiate Athletics, NIL Operations, or a related field.
• Extensive knowledge of the basketball industry, NIL environment, high school and collegiate basketball ecosystems, and broader basketball culture.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and conflicting deadlines while working effectively across teams.
• Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and relationship-building skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at different organizational levels.
• Ability to maintain professionalism and adaptability in fast-paced and changing environments.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Ability to travel extensively and work additional hours during peak periods, with travel requirements of up to 40%.

Preferred

• Direct experience working within basketball, high school sports, collegiate athletics, or athlete representation.
• Experience supporting athletes, teams, coaches, agents, or sports marketing partners.
• Experience working with NIL-related programs, regulations, or athlete partnerships.
• Experience coordinating product seeding, sports marketing activations, grassroots programs, or athlete events.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage including HSA with employer funding or FSA options, dental, vision, and prescription plans.
• Adoption, surrogate, and fertility support programs.
• Short and long term disability coverage.
• Basic life and AD and D insurance with supplemental employee paid options.
• 401(k) plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match or applicable adidas contributions.
• Education assistance for eligible full time employees.
• Paid parental and other eligible leave programs.
• Flexible Time Off accrued at 0.4388 hours per day for employees with less than five years of service, increasing with tenure.
• Twelve Company-Designated paid holidays, including a Floating Holiday, plus milestone Service Time Off for eligible employees.
• Employee product discounts and access to wellness and Employee Assistance programs.