Responsibilities

• Work onsite at events to grow Garmin product awareness and revenue
• Be an energetic and authentic brand ambassador for Garmin along with being creative, outgoing, social and have a positive can-do attitude
• Manage the day-to-day responsibilities related to Garmin’s sponsorships, promotions, and events
• Proactively look for new sponsorship opportunities to grow Garmin’s business
• Be the main point of contact to sponsored athletes/events and ensure the fulfillment of their obligations to Garmin
• Evaluate unsolicited in-coming marketing sponsorship opportunities and act on those that are deemed relevant to Garmin’s marketing objectives
• Attend/represent Garmin’s interest at sanctioned sponsor events and other grass roots and non-sponsored events
• Establish ROI goals for various activation components and track performance against objectives
• Maintain budgets, create detailed reports of all activation programs, and create a process to activate locally at events
• Evaluate qualitatively/quantitatively each event/program and continuously improve measures of success

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Advertising, Communication, Journalism or related field AND a minimum of 1 year marketing or Garmin experience
• Work proactively/effectively with periodic supervision and demonstrate excellent follow-up skills with proven success in meeting deadlines
• Demonstrates strong and effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to organize, interpret and present various sponsorship data
• Build presentation materials and present plan to management
• Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and manage time in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
• Demonstrates mathematical aptitude to ensure accuracy of accounting documents and sponsorship/event schedules
• Demonstrates proficiency in using Microsoft Office programs including PowerPoint and Excel

Preferred

• Marketing internship experience
• Experience in the running industry
• Need for Passion for running

Benefits

• This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits