Responsibilities

• Support and execute Nike's Cross-Sport Athlete Development Strategy, leveraging golf and other engagement platforms to deepen athlete relationships and create distinctive athlete experiences
• Serve as a primary point of contact for inbound cross-sport athlete requests and opportunities across Sports Marketing and enterprise partners
• Identify, coordinate, and execute athlete integration opportunities across key business initiatives, including NikeSKIMS, Nike Strength, Nike Swim, Nike Underwear, and future growth platforms
• Partner with internal stakeholders to bring athletes into strategic employee and culture initiatives, including opportunities such as Just Do It Day on Campus and other enterprise engagement moments
• Coordinate athlete participation in key strategic relationship-building platforms around multiple sports
• Flawlessly execute to build trusted relationships with athletes, representatives, and internal stakeholders while ensuring premium service across all touchpoints
• Manage communications, logistics, timelines, and stakeholder alignment for athlete engagements and activations
• Partner with Sports Marketing, Brand Marketing, Communications, and Product Creation teams to facilitate storytelling opportunities, content creation, product seeding, athlete appearances, and feedback loops
• Develop and maintain systems, processes, and tracking tools that improve visibility and scalability of athlete integration requests and opportunities
• Capture and share athlete insights, trends, and opportunities that help inform athlete strategy, brand initiatives, product priorities, and relationship-building efforts

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Sports Marketing, athlete relations, partnership management, brand marketing, project management, or a related field
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Sports Management, Communications, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training
• Proven ability to manage athlete and internal/external stakeholder relationships
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, relationship-building, and cross-functional leadership skills
• Experience coordinating events, activations, product seeding, storytelling moments, or athlete servicing programs preferred
• Passion for sport, athlete culture, and creating premium athlete experiences