Assistant Manager Communications, Basketball at adidas | Los Angeles, CA | $78K/yr – $86K/yr

adidas

Assistant Manager Communications, Basketball

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$78K/yr – $86K/yrManager1+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive Brand Communications support for basketball campaigns and GTM initiatives by coordinating cross-functional plans and budget across the BU.

Own Go-to-Market promos, sample ordering, and seasonal process management.
Strong project management with budget tracking, timelines, and cross-functional coordination.
Maintain a central Brand Comms calendar, RID communications, and asset archives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Assist Brand Communications in developing integrated marketing and communications plans that support business unit objectives and drive effective communication activities.
Contribute to short and long-term communications strategy aligned to the global SBP and BU priorities, including development of channel strategies based on consumer and marketing objectives.
Manage timelines, workflows, and communication across cross-functional partners to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.
Maintain detailed status reports, action items, and deliverables to ensure executional excellence.
Support campaign performance evaluation through post-mortems, KPI analysis, and coordination of research, consolidating insights and best practices into clear reports.
Support budget management through tracking and reconciliation of estimates, invoices, and project spend as needed.
Create and maintain presentation materials for internal and external updates.
Build, manage, and maintain an archive of Basketball campaign creative tools and assets.
Maintain strong awareness of consumer trends and represent the consumer voice throughout campaign development.
Own Go-to-Market promo and sample ordering for campaigns, moments, and shoots, including seasonal process management and end-of-season liquidation.

Requirements

Minimum 1 year of marketing, communications, or related experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, or related field preferred.
Digital and/or communications experience preferred.
Strong passion for sports and familiarity with U.S. Basketball culture.
Understanding of consumer behavior, brand building, and integrated campaign planning.
Strong project management, organization, and attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).

Preferred

Digital and/or communications experience preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, or related field preferred.

Benefits

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 support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage.
Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match.
Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.

adidas

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