Senior Professional, Media Relations & Employee Communications

The NIKE Inc. Communications team develops establishes and strengthens authentic connections with diverse audiences through the lens of innovation and sport. The team creates premium brand stories builds corporate reputation and brand equity and engages audiences including employees media athletes and partners.

WHO YOULL WORK WITH
This role is part of the Nike Communications team in Paris reporting to the Director of Communications France. The position works closely with EMEA and Global Communications Brand Marketing Sports Marketing HR Events and a broad range of internal partners to support Employee Engagement and Football communication priorities.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Were seeking a dynamic and experienced communications professional to join our Paris Communications and Media Relations team as a Senior Professional with a dual focus on Employee Engagement and external Football communications.
The ideal candidate brings strategic rigor creative instinct and executional excellenceable to design highimpact engagement experiences for employees while also driving bestinclass Football storytelling that resonates in sport and culture.
A genuine passion for football and sport is essential. While direct professional experience in football communications is not required a deep personal connection to the game its culture and its communities is key to building credibility and creating meaningful work with Nikes teams athletes partners and audiences.
Were looking for someone who can generate fresh ideas experiment with new formats and platforms and craft inspiring moments rooted in sport product innovation brand storytelling and Nikes mission.

Requirements:

• Strong experience in communications ideally within sport brand or performancedriven environments.
• Proven ability to develop communication strategies that foster engagement alignment and cultural cohesion.
• Solid understanding of football culture in France and its impact on sport media and society.
• Demonstrated ability to build and deliver narrativeled storytelling and engagement plans.
• Ability to apply new storytelling approaches and emerging platforms to deepen connections around sport and football.
• Creative problemsolver with the ability to develop scalable and impactful communication solutions.
• Experience contributing to ideation processes and driving innovative strategies concepts and partnerships.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across a complex matrixed organization.
• Strong writing and storytelling capabilities across internal channels and multiple content formats (written visual digital).
• Ability to shape internal voice and turn complex strategies into simple human and memorable employee communications.
• Experience managing relationships with media athletes partners executives and internal stakeholders.
• Strong projectmanagement skills including planning execution budgeting and partner or agency oversight.

WHAT YOULL WORK ON
You will build and execute communications strategies that strengthen engagement alignment and shared purpose across teams in France while elevating Nikes leadership in Football communications. This includes driving Football narratives Employee Engagement initiatives media relations and key Football moments in France. You will also manage and evolve internal channels to deliver timely inspiring stories for employees and support the EMEA editorial engine.