Expert, Jordan Streetwear Brand Management, Global

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Soul, performance and style take flight at Jordan Brand. With its deep roots in basketball, the Jordan Brand began as an homage to one player: Michael Jordan. Since then, Jordan has become synonymous with peak performance and an endless pursuit of greatness. Employees in merchandising, product branding, sports marketing and sales bring creativity, innovation and audacious design to footwear and apparel, all with one mission in mind: help athletes fly on and off the court.

Jordan Brand’s Global Marketing team sets the brand tone—delivering world-class storytelling and experiences that elevates Jordan Brand innovation, athletes, and culture through brand strategy, narrative voice, and art direction—across a range of digital, social, events and retail channels

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a Brand Expert for Global Jordan Streetwear to join our Beaverton-based team. You’ll help create the future of Jordan streetwear, serving consumers across the Globe. The candidate should have a nuanced expertise of streetwear and its intersection with sport, culture and fashion.

As part of our Global Streetwear Brand team, the Streetwear Brand Expert will be responsible for managing our brand plans and driving functional excellence within the Global Marketing team. Reporting directly to the Global Director of Streetwear, this role will deliver brand plans that grow the business while creating deeper, lasting relationships with our consumer.

The candidate should have comprehensive grasp of the streetwear landscape along with the ability to lead multiple projects and build strong working relationships across a matrixed organization. An understanding of all functions of marketing is a requirement.

They should be comfortable with ambiguity and be ready to dig in, work collaboratively and bring a positive attitude always. They should be solution oriented, a team first collaborator, empathetic, curious to learn and an energy giver. They should be also strategic, digital minded, passionate about streetwear – bringing deep knowledge to shape the Brand.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

You will partner with our Global Brand Director and marketing leaders to lead our brand plans and key consumer concepts including marketing briefs, strategic tools and marketing initiatives that fuel our seasonal initiatives and long-term consumer concepts.

You will work across global and geographies to drive deep seasonal marketing plans, with an emphasis on product storytelling. You find opportunities to continually build new consumer experiences that accelerate brand and business growth internally and externally.

As the Global Streetwear Expert, you will:

_Be tasked to support bringing the Global Streetwear Consumer plan to life.

_Lead development of annual and seasonal marketing plans.

_Stay connected and drive relationships within the Streetwear industry, and represent the ethos of the Brand

_Facilitate an end-to-end process to gain insight from consumers including cultural trends.

_Manage collaboration throughout the Consumer Code process to engage with our key cross-functional and cross-dimensional partners.

_Oversee product integration into Global Brand Seasonal plans, and work x-functionally with product and merchandising teams to manage.

_Manage creative partnership and handoff to Geos and Functions.

_Manage campaign progress measurement. Recapping teardowns.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

As the Global Streetwear Brand Expert, you will report directly into the Global Brand Director of Streetwear.

You will work within a team of Global Brand Management Directors and Managers to build and plan marketing programs that drive brand strength, fuel consumer demand and build our connection with consumers.

You will collaborate with teammates across Jordan Brand to build more effective and efficient ways to encourage and connect with streetwear communities across the Globe.

You will also collaborate and partner with the following key internal and external partners:

_Streetwear, Energy and Brand Initiative Brand Teammates

_Ops and Planning

_Brand Creative

_Retail Marketing

_Digital and Social

_Integrated Media and Comms

_Sports & Entertainment Marketing

_Geo and City Marketing Teams

_Merchandising

_Product Management

WHAT YOU BRING

Qualifications:

_ Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training

_8 years of experience in consumer marketing or related experience in retail marketing and/or digital brand marketing.

_A passion for Jordan Brand and its role in the global cultural landscape.

_Demonstrated genuine passion and deep understanding of Streetwear, Basketball culture and fashion.

_Dedication to respect, inclusivity, and valuing different perspectives.

_Strong written and verbal communication skills.

_Experience working within teams and a team-first mentality.

_Ability to lead initiatives and project teams.

_Ability to balance creativity with organization and discipline in fast moving, ambiguous environment.

_An upbeat, positive, and collaborative working style

_Strong attention to detail.

Functional Competencies

Core: Strategy, Project Management, Relationship building, Asset management

Art: Creativity and Inspiration

Science: Digital & Retail Channel Understanding, Product Knowledge

Passion: For Streetwear and the Women’s Streetwear Consumer

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.