Specialist, NA Media Relations, Basketball

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $69300.00 in our lowest geographic market to $137000.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidates location qualifications skills and experience.

Information about benefits can be found here.

Specialist North America Media Relations

Nike North America Communications New York NY

Become a Part of the NIKE Inc. Team

NIKE Inc. does more than outfit the worlds best athletes. It is a place to explore potential obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow think dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers leaders and visionaries. At Nike its about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

At Nike the Global Communications function is responsible for creating authentic connections with audiences around the globe through sport and athletes.We are a community-minded and purpose-driven team focused on delivering breakthrough innovative brand stories. Together we inspire action drive conversation craft new and engaging ways to motivate athletes* and communities and protect our corporate reputation and Nikes brand equity.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Were looking for a Media Relations Specialist North America who will be responsible for media engagement and helping to build audience-right media strategies and engaging communications storytelling and experiences to help Nike reach new audiences and amplify the brands reach.

This role is responsible for media relations and communications with audiences and communities across the United States and Canada with a sharp focus on basketball carving resonant storytelling and influence for the Nike brand.

In addition to helping build cut-through media strategies the role will help redefine cultivate and develop expressions of sport and style that challenge convention and permeate culture in new and inventive ways. The output of this work should ignite purposeful conversations around Nikes most powerful basketball stories and help build new innovative and creative networks. This person will also be responsible for bringing a forward-looking approach to communications strategies that leverage the ever-changing media and highly engaged consumer landscape.

The candidate would benefit having a passion for sportan ability to deliver new ways of thinking and a desire to deepen and evolve Nikes sport-culture relationship with media and consumers. The individual should be proactive creative and solutions oriented. Being culturally curious sport obsessed having an eye for design and trends and an appreciation for art and understanding of popular culture is a must.

Successful candidates will bring a positive team-oriented mindset be curious have strong strategic instincts and exceptional relationship skills and be able to handle ambiguity to work across a global corporate matrix.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Our workencompasses written oral visual and digital communication. We focus on information and connection what is created and how it is managed distributed and consumed to accelerate brand growth. Our audiences include athletes business partners consumers employees catalysts collaborators institutions retailers investors media and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

We work across North America and the globe to drive energy through inspiration innovation and growth stories centered around sport and athletes. We are looking for individuals with the ability to expand the boundaries of communications and define the future and who can connect influence and deliver new levels of creative and strategic thinking.

As a member of the media relations team youll contribute at every stage of the planning process and help shape the direction of the broader communications teams work from the beginning to ensure that strategy and execution move together as part of one integrated approach.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Youll work closely with communications peers across the consumer product brand sport corporate and employee functions as well as in partnership with Nikes integrated brand and sports marketing teams. The individual will also contribute to global and regional media events when necessary as well as support media train and staff Nike spokespeople (designers athletes catalysts collaborators and etc.) where relevant. This role is part of the NA media relations team an extension of the North America communications team.

WHAT YOU BRING

Bachelors degree in PR English communications business advertising & marketing psychology or related field.Will accept any suitable combination of education experience and training

3 years professional experience in fast-paced high profile corporate communications or public relations roles supporting global brand organizations.

Knowledge of North American and international media landscape and the needs of different media and communication tools for social digital print and broadcast.

Proven skills across communications strategic planning creative solutions and agency management with additional experience in helping to develop and support proactive creative communications strategies.

Proven ability to communicate plans across a complex matrix on a corporate regional and functional basis.

Experience initiating and driving the ideation process to contribute meaningful innovative strategies to the business at concept stage.

High aptitude for creative thinking balanced against bottom line business needs.

Successful experience working effectively with senior leaders and management.

Interest in and knowledge of footwear or apparel industry.

Proven cultural acuity and ability to work across large diverse teams.

High taste level and natural aptitude for current trends in popular culture.

Strong written and oral English skills ; knowledge of second language is beneficial.

Experience working on high profile consumer brands.

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for in-person interviews closed captioning and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover as you navigate our application process that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.

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