Senior Associate, Marketing

Job Title: Senior Associate Marketing

Supervisor: Senior Director of Marketing

Department: Marketing & Communications

Salary Range: $55000 - $65000

Overview

The U.S. Soccer Foundation helps young people embrace an active and healthy lifestyle and cultivate critical life skills through soccer. The Foundations programs are the national model for sports-based youth development in underserved communities. Since its founding in 1994 the Foundation has impacted thousands of children through its cost-effective high-impact initiatives which offer safe environments where kids and communities thrive. For more information visit . The Foundations headquarters are located in Washington D.C. Remote candidates will be considered.

We commit to building a workplace where every team member feels safe valued and empowered tobring their authentic selves. Through collaboration innovation and respect for diverse perspectives westrive for excellence drive community-led change and support one another in pursuit of our sharedmission.

About the Role

We are seeking a Marketing Senior Associate that will heavily support the execution of the Foundations programmatic in-person events corporate partnerships and community activations across the country. This role will provide hands-on experience in event planning project management partnership activation and cross-departmental collaboration.

The Senior Associate will work closely with the Marketing Manager and collaborate with colleagues in Marketing & Communications Development and Programs to ensure seamless execution of high-quality high-visibility events activations and partnerships that highlight the Foundations mission and impact. The Senior Associate will also lead smaller local and regional events with external and internal partners.

About the Team

The Marketing & Communications Department is a nine-person team responsible for shaping the U.S. Soccer Foundations brand overseeing all external communications and events and highlighting the organizations work to engage key audiences. The Marketing and Communications Team is part of the Revenue Group and is critical to the positioning of the Foundation to external stakeholders including corporate partners and individual donors. The Marketing & Communications Department works collaboratively with all other Departments to enhance their unique content while ensuring the organization communicates a consistent narrative. The Marketing & Communications Department is responsible for organizational messaging and branding program and organizational marketing strategies digital strategy media relations speechwriting thought leadership storytelling public event planning and execution graphic design video production and annual individual campaigns.

Responsibilities

Event Execution & Support:

• Assist in planning coordinating and executing high-visibility events nationwide including Just Ball Unity Cups and large complex community soccer celebrations and partner activations.
• Lead the planning coordinating and executing smaller regional and local events including mini-pitch openings player appearances and other local events.
• Support logistics such as vendor management run-of-show development staffing and onsite execution for large-scale events. Lead these elements for smaller local events.
• Manage collateral signage and other branded or co-branded materials.
• Coordinate the execution of corporate partner deliverables at events and proactively communicate areas of opportunities as they arise.
• Support all funder marketing and events related deliverables and report results back to key internal and external parties.
• Work collaboratively with the Marketing & Communications team and external photographers and videographers to capture content stories and other assets from events.
• Maintain event and partnership calendars timelines and task trackers using Asana.
• Assist in the development of event recaps and impact reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support overall event and partnership budgets by tracking expenses reconciling costs and ensuring projects stay within budget.
• Process code and track vendor invoices and payments in a timely manner.
• Develop strong relationships with external partners such as corporate partner marketing and communications teams and consultant groups and work collaboratively to execute events and other marketing deliverables that achieve social impact and business objectives.
• Travel evening and weekend work is sometimes required (approximately 30% travel; approximately 10 events a year occur on weekends or evenings).

General Marketing:

• Draft copy for event invitations partner communications and recap reports
• Gather and organize photos videos and testimonials to share with internal and external teams
• Assist with social media content related to events
• Support preparation for presentations one-pagers or toolkits for partners

About You

• At least three years of experience in event management marketing partnerships or related field.
• Bachelors degree or higher or equivalent experience
• Excellent project management and organizational skills; ability to manage projects from ideation through execution.
• Ability to support the execution of multiple large events at once (20 annually nationwide) with the opportunity to take on leadership of smaller-scale events over time.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to professionally represent the Foundation to key partners executives funders community representatives and other stakeholders.
• Enjoys and excels in the fast-paced environment of public-facing events and initiatives.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple projects with an open innovative and efficient perspective; possesses a strong work ethic as well as the ability to work independently or as part of a team; enjoys creative problem solving and adaptability.
• Committed to bettering the lives of children though sports-based youth development.
• Committed to working on a diverse team and helping build a culture of inclusion internally and externally.

Salary

The Foundation offers competitive compensation package. We are committed to incorporating DEI practices and accounting for inequities as we conduct an annual salary planning process to include merit increases promotions bonuses and equity analysis across the entire organization. Foundation benefits include generous medical and dental insurance plans; 401(k) retirement plans with employer match; professional development; mobile data plan reimbursement; and generous vacation.

If you need any accommodation during the interview/hiring process please email .

Required Experience:

Manager