Manager, Brand Corporate

overview

purpose: serve as an event marketing expert through developing and managing strategic event marketing plans that elevate the visibility of the adidas brand to our employees, consumers, customers, and partners.

• develop, manage, and execute events across the brand experience business. This includes gtm, employee, consumer, purpose and retail.
• collaborate with cross-functional team partners to develop experiential strategy, production, and event creative.
• manage agency partners to ideate and execute assigned event activations.
• develop event briefs, event overviews, event recaps and workbacks.
• responsible for direction and oversight of rooming lists, transportation manifests, beos and other hospitality documents.
• responsible for management and communication of event budgets
• responsible for pos
• provide timely responses and follow up as needed. Escalate if guidance needs to be provided.

• strong project management skills, oral communication, able to deliver clear, concise information tailored to specific (and potentially varied) target audiences.
• intermediate knowledge of meeting planning skills (hotel contracts, room sets, catering, production, av, etc).
• ability to work within and successfully navigate a cross-functional team.
• proficiency in budget management.
• proficiency of industry-standard software, including the microsoft office suite (excel, power point, and word).
• ability to travel domestically by aircraft as needed.

• four-year college or university degree, emphasis in marketing or communications preferred.
• minimum 3-year meeting planning or event marketing experience.
• ability to cope with change and be flexible.
• ability to effectively communicate to all levels within the organization.
• ability to work independently under minimal guidance.
• ability to manage up to effectively communicate information and raise concerns or request for support.

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an equal opportunity employer.

adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including hsa (health savings account) with employer funding or fsa (flexible spending account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and ad&d insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and stock purchase plan with employer match.

Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and service time off during milestone years.

at adidas we offer a hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office monday through thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on friday. The working location of this position is portland, oregon.

though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is english.

at adidas we have a winning culture. But to win, physical power is not enough. Just like athletes our employees need mental strength in their game. We foster the athlete’s mindset through a set of behaviors that we want to enable and develop in our people and that are at the core of our unique company culture: this is how we win while playing fair.

• courage: speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need.
• ownership: pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• innovation: elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• teamplay: win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• integrity: play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
• respect: value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

at adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (dei) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.

– culture starts with people, it starts with you –

by recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.