VP, Integrated Marketing

Responsibilities

• Architect the holistic marketing strategy that drives live match viewership, audience growth, digital engagement, and brand affinity.
• Oversee full-funnel brand marketing campaigns spanning owned channels and paid channels to move audiences through the funnel and maximize fan conversion around League and global tentpole moments.
• Own the experiential marketing strategy for owned tentpole events, ensuring Season Kickoff and Championship activations are created and leveraged as earned media and cultural relevance opportunities. Drive alignment between events, content, and partnerships around our highest-stakes matches.
• Partner closely with the Content team to ensure marketing strategy and content strategy operate as one system — driving tune-in, fan acquisition, and brand affinity through the same storytelling engine.
• Champion platform strategy for long-form fandom development, ensuring channel investment and distribution decisions are driven by audience growth and commercial outcomes.
• Collaborate across Broadcast, Commercial, and Content teams to align activations with consumer campaigns and maximize business impact across League and partner goals.
• Own the marketing relationship with broadcast and streaming partners, aligning storytelling and driving increased promotion around priority matches and tentpole moments.
• Lead external media, growth, and creative agency partners, ensuring deliverables map to League OKRs, campaign benchmarks, and brand standards.
• Partner closely with Communications to ensure earned media strategy connects to audience growth — turning press moments, cultural conversation, and player storylines into measurable reach and fan acquisition.
• Partner with the Digital team to optimize the fan experience across League platforms, and leverage CRM infrastructure to build personalized fan journeys that deepen engagement, drive retention, and convert growth audiences into long-term NWSL fans.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive marketing leadership, including substantial executive-level experience leading multi-channel integrated campaigns, growth marketing, or tune-in strategies within major sports properties, entertainment networks, streaming platforms, or global DTC brands.
• 7+ years building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing cross-functional marketing teams
• Demonstrated mastery of full-funnel media strategy, paid acquisition, performance marketing, CRM/owned audience architecture, and digital fan engagement.
• Deep command of marketing technology (MarTech) platforms, multi-touch attribution modeling, audience segmentation, and performance analytics.
• Proven track record of operating at the C-suite/Board level, managing multi-million dollar budgets, and aligning commercial, broadcast, and team-side stakeholders around a shared strategy.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: $195,000 - $250,000 (Salary is contingent upon candidate qualifications and functional business needs).
• Time & Flexibility: Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO), sick days, and an end-of-year office closure.
• Hybrid Work Model: Three days in-office and two remote days per week.
• Robust Health Coverage: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Mental Health benefits for employees and dependents.
• Financial Future: 401k with employer match and safe harbor contributions.
• Comprehensive Benefits & Perks: Commuter Benefits, Short/Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Gym On-Site, Voluntary Pet Insurance, and more!