Brand Manager, Brand & Collaborations

Indianapolis, IN (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and lead ambassadorships and brand collaborations across sports, fashion, and entertainment, coordinating planning, partnerships, and activation programs end-to-end while ensuring brand alignment and timely delivery.

  • Own workstreams for Fitted Fest and Fanatics Fest activations
  • Develop influencer and ambassador strategies, briefs, and activation plans
  • Coordinate calendars, cross-functional timelines, and partner communications

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead day-to-day planning and execution for ambassadorships, special projects across sports, fashion, music, entertainment, and creator communities.
  • Lead day to-day management and internal and external partner communication for marquee brand moments that fall under brand and collaborations umbrella including Fitted Fest, Fanatics Fest collaboration programs, launch events, ambassadorships, seeding initiatives, and other tentpole activations.
  • Manage the updating and maintaining of brand and collaboration calendars.
  • Manage cross-functional collaboration timelines, deliverables, product needs, marketing assets, event requirements, launch plans, and partner communications.
  • Manage regular and campaign driven seeding initiatives for ambassadors, influencers, and brand partners.
  • Partner with merchandising and product teams to support collaboration assortment strategy, storytelling, product positioning, and go-to-market readiness.
  • Develop influencer, ambassador, and activation plans that translate collaboration concepts into clear consumer-facing narratives across retail, digital, social, PR, and experiential channels.
  • Manage the day-to-day communication with external PR agency
  • Talent, Ambassadorship, & Influencer Strategy
  • Support the strategy, recruitment, onboarding, and management of P1 talent, brand ambassadors, influencers, athletes, creators, and culture drivers.

Requirements

  • 4–6 years of experience in brand marketing, events, talent partnerships, influencer marketing, experiential marketing, or related fields.
  • Strong understanding of sports culture, headwear, streetwear, fashion, creator communities, and cultural collaboration ecosystems.
  • Experience managing influencer campaigns, event activations, and talent/ambassador partnerships.
  • Ability to develop creative and visually appealing decks.
  • Extremely strong organization and time management skills with the ability to be proactive, productive, and a self-starter without being overly managed.
  • Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple timelines, stakeholders, deliverables, and priorities simultaneously.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop briefs, recaps, presentations, and partner-facing materials.
  • Creative instincts with a practical understanding of how ideas move from concept to execution across retail, digital, social, PR, and live experiences.
  • Familiarity with influencer contracting, usage rights, content deliverables, seeding logistics, and campaign reporting.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities, tight timelines, and high-visibility brand moments.

Preferred

  • Existing relationships within sports, fashion, entertainment, creator, athlete, or streetwear communities.
  • Experience supporting major fan events, festivals, pop-ups, product drops, or limited-edition collaboration launches.
  • Ability to identify emerging talent and cultural opportunities before they become mainstream.
  • Strong presentation skills and comfort working with senior leaders, external partners, agencies, and talent representatives.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Retirement plan
  • 100% employer-paid benefits, including short-term and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Time Off
  • Generous employee discount and exclusive perks
  • Ongoing career development, including discounted secondary education courses
  • A collaborative, innovative, and team-oriented work environment
  • Early Wage Access options
  • Bonus eligibility depending on position level
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Lids

Sitting at the cross roads of fan and fashion, Lids provides headwear and apparel across North America, Europe, and Australia.Operating out of Indianapolis, IN, Lids retail stores and affiliated concepts offer officially licensed headwear from collegiate teams and major professional sports teams, as well as branded headwear and other specialty fashion categories in the latest styles and trends in over 1,200 locations.------- Recruitment Fraud Alert ------- • Lids never requests a transfer of money for any purpose during or after the hiring process. • The hiring process involves at least one interview (virtual or in-person). Lids will not request for or conduct an interview on any instant messaging applications.• The Lids Recruitment team corresponds from email addresses with the domain “@lids.com”. However, there is also a possibility of scammers displaying the sent email domain address as “@lids.com” fraudulently. Nevertheless, receiving emails will be possible only with the legitimate “@lids.com” domain. In case any generic email ID ending with Gmail/Yahoo domain is copied while receiving a job offer or interview call, please be alert to the likelihood of a scammer.• The Lids Recruitment team does not request or require personal documents like bank account details, tax forms, or credit card information as part of the recruitment process.If you are unsure about the source of job offer, please login to the Career section on the Lids website to verify the job offer or application. If you have been a victim of recruitment fraud, please contact law enforcement.

Founded in 1995
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
5K employees (100 in marketing)

Salaries

Brand Manager median pay in the United States

$99K/yr

Most earn $83K to $115K. Based on 160 salaries, including bonus and equity.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
62 (1% of company)
Median Tenure
2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$49.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.8%
Direct
48.4%
Referral
4.6%
Social
2.6%
Paid
0.4%

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Current headcount: ~5K

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Brand Manager, Brand & Collaborations

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