Sports Marketing Coordinator

Carlsbad, CA (On-site)

$27/hr – $29/hrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 9 days ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deliver marketing campaigns that drive education and growth to accomplish company goals
  • Identify new media, advocacy and partnership/collaboration opportunities to support product launches and manage the day-to-day relationship and asset distribution
  • Coordinates creative materials and production to support sales and marketing initiatives
  • Assists with marketing support at all trade shows and events while acting as a company representative.
  • Assists with online marketing and social media initiatives.
  • Coordinates marketing-related campaigns for both online, print, and out of home.
  • Use deep knowledge of brand and product to develop and deliver unique and creative ideas to activate campaigns, product launches, events, in a unique way to communicate key points.
  • Researches, organizes and maintains internal and external marketing inventory, including promo items, sales incentives, event supplies, etc.
  • Works closely with brand managers, project managers, and legal team to secure necessary legal and licensor approvals for solicitations and advertising materials.
  • Collaborate with Content, Digital Marketing, and Sports Marketing Team to create fresh content that highlights Upper Deck athletes, celebrates their milestones and markets existing and upcoming product

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing or a closely related field or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in marketing, social media, promotions, advertising or related area.
  • Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
  • Competent knowledge of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, etc.
  • Competent knowledge of commonly used marketing, promotional and administrative support concepts, practices, and procedures.
  • Ability to move from concepts to concrete expression of ideas.
  • Strong focus on executing overall marketing objectives and strategies.
  • Knowledge of sports and entertainment, trading card or game industry a plus.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal, problem solving, customer service and relationship building abilities.
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The Upper Deck Company

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Upper Deck, headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., is a worldwide sports and entertainment company built on the pillars of quality craftsmanship, authenticity and innovation with a dedication to creating products that turn memorable moments into collectibles. Upper Deck revolutionized the sports trading card industry with anti-counterfeit holograms, high quality card stock and stunning photography in its inaugural 1989 baseball set, and since then its mission has been to capture the excitement of the game and deliver it to fans of all ages. The cornerstone of Upper Deck’s business, which opened in 1989, is based on sports trading cards. As its brand has evolved to include other products over the years, the company now creates exclusive memorabilia, gaming products, collectible cards and a wide array of sports trading cards.Find more information at www.upperdeck.com, www.upperdeckstore.com, www.UpperDeckBlog.com or follow us on Facebook (UpperDeck), Twitter (@UpperDeckSports and @UpperDeckEnt), and YouTube (udvids).

Founded in 1988
Carlsbad, California, USA
609 employees (298 in marketing)
24% recommend to a friend
53% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
148.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50.4%
Direct
41.6%
Referral
4.4%
Social
2.9%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~610

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
98 (16% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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