Join our Email List - Participate in RRM Surveys Email:  
The world's leading information source for road race organizers and the industry that serves them
Road Race Management 

 

Job Openings

 

Job vacancy: head of AIU investigations & intelligence

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) is looking for a head of investigations & intelligence.

The AIU is responsible for the implementation of World Athletics' anti-doping and integrity programmes globally.

The head of AIU investigations & intelligence will lead investigations, intelligence gathering and strategic integrity assessments across the integrity space in international athletics.

Job description: English | French

To apply, candidates should send the following in English to emploi@worldathletics.org before 27 October 2024:

• Letter of application, highlighting your motivation for the post and your relevant experience
• Up-to-date curriculum vitae
• Details of current remuneration
• Names and contact details for three referees (referees will not be contacted until final interview stage)

 

The McCourt Foundation/LA Marathon Seeks Activation Coordinator

September 25, 2024

Job Location: Los Angeles/In-office

Job Description

The Activation Coordinator is a new role that includes various sponsorship and event activations including signage, branding, vendor management, run of show, credentials, and other aspects of TMF events. This role coordinates with sales, marketing, operations and nonprofit departments of the company to fulfill activation obligations and create a positive experience for all event stakeholders.

Reports To

This position reports to the Activation Manager with a dotted line report to the heads of the sales, marketing, operations, and nonprofit departments.

Duties and Responsibilities

SIGNAGE OPERATIONS

•         Manage TMF’s signage installation contractor and signage production vendor(s)

·         Assist Marketing with budgeting of all signage needs and production

·         Coordinate with the installation contractor for the installation of all signs in event areas including expos and finish festivals

·         Manage the ordering process for all signage and branding assets, including submission of orders, quantities, delivery of files, specs for signage, and fulfillment timelines

·         Process payments for orders following all TMF financial procedures

·         Coordinate with Marketing to produce new signage needs, or to replace damaged or lost signage

·         Maintain positive vendor relationships, including routine outreach about upcoming event timelines, keeping a list of accurate contacts, products/services offered, and understanding of standard fulfillment timelines

·         Coordinate with all company departments to determine their specific sign-making

requirements, estimated cost of printing and provide order details and information each department

With signage installation contractor and production vendors:

•         Inventory and maintain all signage and items required for installation (fasteners, ties, backerboards, sticks, truss, inflatables, brackets, frames, etc),

•         Organize signage within warehouse by event and type per TMF processes,

•         Ensure signage assets are well-maintained and ready for deployment

•         Prepare packing lists, sort, and pack signage and items required for installations in vehicles and containers per plans for each TMF event

•         Coordinate logistics plans and timelines for delivery of signage assets to and from event sites with Operations

VENDORS/ORDERING/CONTRACTORS

·         Manage vendors including orders and deliveries for Operations Department

·         Assist Operations to manage payroll company for contractors

·         Send out staff contracts and track the return/signatures.

CREDENTIALS & PARKING PASSES (Marketing responsible for design)

·         Order, and distribute staff event credentials, area access stickers, wristbands, and parking passes

·         Order, and distribute vehicle course passes

STAFF APPAREL (Marketing responsible for design)

·         Coordinate with Sales to order and manage delivery of participant, staff and volunteer event shirts, apparel, and footwear.

·         Assemble and distribute staff bags including apparel, footwear, credentials, and parking passes

MEDALS & AWARDS (Marketing responsible for design)

·         Order and monitor delivery of event medals and awards

·         Inventory medals upon arrival

·         Organize all medals by distribution area (5K vs Marathon)

VIDEOBOARDS and SPECIAL DISPLAYS

·         Source and order video boards for all event areas

·         Source and manage special display projects such as Wall of Giving

RUN OF SHOW

·         Coordinate with Marketing and other team members to select and arrange for national anthem singers

·         Coordinate with all departments to develop event run of shows and circulate final run of show to all necessary staff and contractors

·         Manage on-site event announcers including travel, transportation, pre-race meetings.

OTHER

•         Participate in appropriate team meetings

•         Collaborate with all internal departments to ensure that all job responsibilities are met

•         Support general day-to-day warehouse operations procedures as needed

•         Other duties as assigned

Skills/Qualifications:

·         Bachelor’s or AA degree Comparable education and experience will be considered.

·         Experience with event production, although not required, is a plus.

·         Participation or interest in running or endurance sports, although not required, is a plus.

·         Excellent writing and grammar skills and general communications abilities, written and verbal, are required (a writing sample may be requested)

·         Excellent analytical skills for tracking, measuring and reporting.

·         Requires a high level of personal and professional integrity and accountability.

·         Superior judgment and decision-making skills.

·         Ability to communicate effectively across all company departments.

·         Ability to lift 50 pounds.

·         Results Orientation: Prioritizes projects to meet required deadlines; ability to manage several projects at once focusing on the desired end result.

·         Stress Management: Is a capable multi-tasker and problem solver who can prioritize matters while delivering high level results. Remains calm under pressure.

·         Demeanor: Must appropriately represent The McCourt Foundation professionally as it relates to conduct, behavior and appearance/attire.

·         Flexibility: Open to different and new ways of doing things; willing to modify one’s preferred way of doing things. Adaptable to the changing nature of the business.

This is an entry-level full-time salary position working 40 hours per week with events on 5-10 weekends per year. The minimum annual salary in Los Angeles is $66,560. The position is in-office located near downtown Los Angeles. We offer a benefits package including health, dental, vision, matching retirement plan, paid holidays, and generous PTO.

Please provide your salary requirements, resume, and a cover letter when you apply to be considered for an interview for this position.

Apply for this job at: solutions@mccourtfoundation.org

The McCourt Foundation (TMF) empowers communities to build a healthier world through research, education, and events. TMF’s mission is to cure neurological diseases while empowering communities to build a healthier world. TMF makes a difference by donating to neurology research, hosting educational forums, and using our events such as the Los Angeles Marathon, Rose Bowl Half Marathon & 5K, Santa Monica Classic, Boston Waterfront 5K, and Tour de South Shore, as platforms to raise funds for over 105 nonprofit charity partners.

Established in 1992, TMF is a 501 (c)(3) with offices in Boston, MA and Los Angeles, CA. TMF is a drug free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 


 

Brooks Running

Footwear Innovation Developer I

Ho Chi Minh City

Footwear – Footwear Product Development (Asia) /

Full Time /

On-site

Apply for this job

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

  • Runner First 

We act in the best interest of the runner

  • Word is Bond

We do what we say we’ll do

  • Champion Heart

We give our all in everything we do  

  • There is no “I” in Run

We stay generous with our humanity

  • Keep Moving

We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement — because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

Your Job:

The Brooks innovation group is a team of world-class innovative minds collectively focused on improving the performance running experience through product, experiential and biomechanical innovation. They constantly challenge assumptions of how products are made and together they shape the future of running footwear. They stretch the limits of science and human performance with every innovation and are relentlessly focused on changes that benefit the Brooks runner. They pioneer relationships with manufacturing partners and suppliers, uncovering new partnerships with global industry leaders to create innovations and bring new Brooks innovations to life. The team operates across the full range of product creation, merchandising, brand strategy, sourcing and new business development to relentlessly pursue methods to make better-performing, higher-quality and sustainable products faster and more efficiently than ever before.

As our Footwear Innovation Developer I, you will develop your skills as you collaborate on a daily basis with other Footwear Innovation team members to investigate new technologies, explore new designs, and implement new manufacturing processes that will help us create footwear that runners will love, with the lowest environmental impact possible. You will be part of the Footwear Innovation process, driving research, sample material acquisition, prototype building, concept validation, and factory collaboration, supporting the delivery of ready for in-line product and technologies. You will work with a global, cross-functional product creation team from the collection of insights through commercialization to deliver products that provide new running experiences and exceed runner expectations. You will collaborate with strategic partners outside of Brooks to cultivate new ideas and deliver groundbreaking products that challenge and shape the future of running.

In this role you’ll partner closely with more senior members of the Footwear Innovation team to hone your technical footwear expertise.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Participate in multiple innovation projects from Portfolio Review, Brief & Research through Design, Development & Validation and into Commercialization & Manufacturing. Understand when to bring in additional support to continue to drive product decisions forward.
  • Assist on the creation and execution of project development plans/ schedules according to the strategic critical dates that lead to on–time delivery of samples in support of key meetings and milestones including validation, technology transfers and final product/ technology confirmation
  • Manage the prototyping, testing and validation of concepts through problem solving and product creation skills which include:  pattern making and construction techniques; blueprints (technical packages), mold creation and midsole/ outsole making; Lab, fit, wear and biomechanical testing; and manufacturing processes used in the creation of our product
  • Partner with design, product management, engineering, manufacturing and vendor/ partners to ensure that products exceed runner expectations, are manufacturable and meet performance and quality objectives of the organization
  • Build capability to act as a technical consultant to product teams on materials, components and construction decisions to meet product’s functional goals, as well as assure product performance integrity through product testing (physical and field testing)
  • Continuously grow knowledge of the product creation and manufacturing processes, allowing for new ideas that will enhance product performance.
  • Initiate and participate in meetings with product teams during various phases of development to review, evaluate, update and ultimately drive the decision-making process that leads to on–time production confirmation and margin goals
  • Utilize creative thinking and formulate proposals to transfer new ideas into concept creation and product implementation
  • Participate in development trips, 3 – 4 per year, to work with manufacturers and suppliers on existing and current development projects
  • Create and build a knowledge base and stay informed about vendor capabilities and performance, factory relationships, quality issues, materials pricing and lead times. Special focus on sustainable materials, manufacturing technologies, recyclability techniques and post-consumer downcycling strategies

Qualifications:

  • 3+ successful years of experience managing product development of high-performance footwear projects
  • Bachelor’s Degree in English Language, Engineering, Design, Biomechanics or other applicable technical degrees or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
  • Experience and technical knowledge in sustainable materials, footwear development, and post-consumer strategies is a plus.
  • Technical experience in footwear product development with a strong understanding of the total footwear construction process including outsole/midsole drawing, pattern engineering, material construction, testing and costing.
  • Understanding of manufacturing techniques, anticipating issues, and problem solving with timely resolution.
  • Proven ability to drive a decision in a collaborative, cross-functional and complex global environment without command/control to meet strategic objectives.
  • Keen attention to detail in planning, organization and execution of tasks (self and through others). Willingness to dive into the details to better understand the “why.”
  • Early ability to anticipate how a decision made can affect our customers, our partners, our products or other departments’ operations and/or morale; “connecting the dots.”
  • Demonstrated ability to develop highly productive relationships with individuals and teams that are made up of diverse disciplines and cultural backgrounds resulting in effective working relationships across the company
  • Experience managing relationships with existing T1, T2 and T3 suppliers. Learn how to communicate complex ideas and promote innovative thinking in our partner network.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate new ideas, concepts and functional expertise within project teams and to external stakeholders.
  • Presentation skills. Professional knowledge of PowerPoint, Keynote or other electronic means to communicate new concepts or ideas. Technical writing capability a plus.
  • Curious and open minded; always open for a challenge, inventive, creative. With the ability to challenge the status quo – always looking at improving our products and processes while also displaying a willingness to dive into the details.
  • Strong computer skills including experience with Illustrator, MS Office software.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.
  • Passionate participation in Brooks’ sports activities a plus, overridden by the ability to understand and empathize with the runner in order to develop loyal, engaging relationships with our customers and the Brooks community.
  • Embraces and lives the Brooks values!

Position Location: Vietnam, HCMC

Reports to: Manager, Innovation Development

At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), honorable discharge or military status, protected citizen status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained guide dog by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.

 


Designer II, Specialty Concept Footwear Design

Full-Time
Posted 4 weeks ago (2024-09-13)
Apply for job Visit Website

Designer II, Specialty Concept Footwear Design

US, Washington, Seattle

Footwear – Footwear Design /

Full Time /

Hybrid

Apply for this job

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

  •  Runner First 

We act in the best interest of the runner

  • Word is Bond

We do what we say we’ll do

  • Champion Heart

We give our all in everything we do  

  • There is no “I” in Run

We stay generous with our humanity

  • Keep Moving

We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement — because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

Your Job:

As a Brooks Running Designer II, Specialty Concept Footwear Design, you will create design solutions for footwear-design projects such as inline extensions, lifestyle and heritage additions, brand partnerships and collaborations, and special/regional footwear make-ups. In this role, you will create the perfect balance between inspiring designs driven by consumer stories and the performance nature of our running brand identity.

As a Designer II, Specialty Concept Footwear Design, you will elevate the specialty design concepts by identifying and executing new Color, Material, and Trend ideas backed by market research and a deep understanding of consumer mindsets. Your creative choice and your ability to embellish the material with exciting graphic solutions and original textile prints will drive the aesthetics for all Specialty Concept projects while still executing against Brooks’ Fit, Feel, Ride, and Crafted Beauty quality standards.

As a Designer II, Specialty Concept Footwear Design, you will work closely with the Manager, Specialty Concept Footwear Design, Footwear Merchandising Team, Brand Creative Team, Apparel Graphic Design, and Brand Marketing to identify trends and stories for events, causes, annual celebrations, collaborations, and inline extensions as well as regional special make-ups through branding, color, graphic, material, and finishes to footwear.

As a Designer II, Specialty Concept Footwear Design, your role will lead a clear design communication to the Footwear Merchandising Team and the Product Development Team. With your strong professional experience in designing beautiful footwear, you will play a central role within the footwear design team to ensure that Brooks is the most LOVED brand for runners worldwide.

Your Responsibilities:

DESIGN

  • Own key product designs of performance footwear by creating and presenting sketches for specialty concept products based on direction provided by the Merchandise briefs.
  • Apply identity principles to maximize perceived value to drive superior aesthetic competitiveness.
  • Influence and research direction of work with your design POV on storytelling, color, material, textile, finishes, market, and lifestyle trends to grow the appeal of Brooks Running footwear.
  • Stay current in the athletic footwear market, different category trends, and product design innovations across the global network
  • Create and manipulate original textile prints on shell patterns and footwear tech packs to connect with our creative foundation CRAFTED BEAUTY.
  • Present trend, color palette, and textile graphics at concept debut, PAC meetings as needed, key retailer pre-lines, and sell-in and sales meetings.
  • Prepare region-specific color palettes through market awareness and trend/color research.
  • Create regional color renderings of specialty concept footwear for review and presentation.
  • Ensure Pantone and CSI colors are handed off to Development for each color included in the season to development
  • Finalize product details and proactively follow through on the execution of color/print for each product.
  • Organize and deliver product design presentations, both physical and digital work including exploratory process, using your evaluation, judgment, and interpretation to select the right course of action.
  • Develop a strong point of view and bring forward your own creative ideas; have a clear understanding of what’s trending in the market and translate to product concepts
  • Provide feedback and guidance to Associate Designers and Designer 1.
  • Seek out mentorship from more tenured Designers.
  • Respond to design critique with multiple design solutions.

TEAM COLLABORATION

  • Partner within a product creation team and work across product categories on a wide range of complex projects and products to deliver industry-leading products and stories.
  • Act as a main point person for Specialty Concepts using your color expertise to create unique color palettes differentiated from in-line and execute original print/patterns for footwear placement.
  • Collaborate with Design, Product Marketing, Development and Material Designers to focus on color and print/pattern solutions for success in the market.
  • Work closely with the 3D CAD Design Team to ensure a constant flow of information.
  • Work closely with the Material Design Group and Product Assessment to ensure new specialty concept footwear material selection meets our fit, feel, and ride quality standards.
  • Collaborate with Apparel Graphic Design on head-to-toe product execution within specialty concepts of MRA’s.
  • Partner with Creative Services of Marketing teams on execution of Event/Collaboration footwear to execute brand vision.
  • Work towards becoming a design expert and design leader across other teams – facilitate conversations, lead by example, and show the “how”.
  • Assist sales reps with any color and trend needs throughout the season.
  • Be a trusted partner to the development teams in Asia and our oversea production sites.

ACCOUNTABILITY

  • Maintain calendar/timelines/deadlines that result in timely completion of each product and/or collection
  • Use your strong design knowledge to partner with your product teams.
  • Answer critique with a curious mindset – propose alternative options after more design exploration.
  • Have a strong understanding of the design jet stream to keep informed on what’s trending and how this may influence our design.
  • Apply your knowledge of prototyping and ability to use handmade models to demonstrate proof of ideas.
  • Conduct factory visits once or twice a year to gain insights and maintain a high level of understanding of the footwear manufacturing process.
  • Travel as necessary to Asia, Europe, trade shows, races, retailers, or other external events.

Qualifications:

  • 4-year college or university degree in industrial, graphics, apparel or footwear design, an equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree
  • 5+ years of experience creating color/material/textile programs and future vision in a retail/manufacturing environment.
  • Thorough knowledge of art and design with clear understanding of visual design or any design-related environment
  • Proven experience creating and leading the execution of vision and strategy
  • Ability to understand design concepts and think conceptually
  • Ability to understand design conceptually across product categories
  • Ability to create designs that meet category needs and commercial opportunities
  • Ability to operate in a fast-paced, ever changing work environment
  • Ability to build and foster relationships in a team environment. This position requires employee to engage with many stakeholders, as well as manage various information and relationships
  • Ability and desire to push themselves, others, and the brand forward.
  • Ability to influence and collaborate with key business partners
  • Keen attention to detail in planning, organization, and execution of tasks (self and through others), while still seeing the big picture and understanding how all the pieces fit together and affect one another.
  • Demonstration of innovation and initiative – always looking at improving our products and processes while also displaying a willingness to dive into the details and help wherever necessary.
  • Passionate participation in Brooks’ sports activities is a plus, overridden by the ability to understand and empathize with the runner to develop loyal, engaging relationships with our customers and the Brooks community.
  • Mastery of Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop
  • Competent using Apple Mac Operating system
  • Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • 3D is not required, but a plus
  • Embraces and lives the Brooks values!
  • Travel 10% (Domestically/Internationally)

Compensation:

The pay range for this position, based out of the Brooks Seattle HQ, is $102,173 – $153,260 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Other:

Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families!

Benefits– including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.

Paid Time Off– Brooks offers generous time off including three to five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave.

Bonus– in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.

Perks– including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.

Location– You will spend 3 days per week in our Seattle offices, as we believe our organization flourishes when connections, collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and celebrations happen in person.

At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), honorable discharge or military status, protected citizen status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained guide dog by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.

 


 

Brooks Running

Senior Manager, Run Research

Full-Time
Posted 3 weeks ago (2024-09-18)
Apply for job Visit Website

Senior Manager, Run Research

US, Washington, Seattle

Footwear – Footwear Run Research Lab /

Full Time /

Hybrid

Apply for this job

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

  • Runner First 

We act in the best interest of the runner

  • Word is Bond

We do what we say we’ll do

  • Champion Heart

We give our all in everything we do  

  • There is no “I” in Run

We stay generous with our humanity

  • Keep Moving

We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement — because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

Your Job:

The mission of the Run Research Team is to create and leverage novel, scientific concepts and runner-driven product performance insights to create amazing products to help everyone run their path.

As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for developing and leading senior members of the Run Research Team at Brooks, providing leadership, direction and career development opportunities for managers on the team. You will lead and manage relationships with our external research partners to develop a holistic view of our runners, deepen our understanding of Run Signature, and develop new processes, methods and technologies to optimize our products for all who run.  You take pride in being able to think outside of the box, challenge methods, results and applications to find creative and innovative solutions that will advance our current state of art running laboratory. You will identify the most critical goals and identify opportunities that will keep Brooks at the forefront of running research. You will identify and lead research initiatives that will bring data collection outside of the lab and out with the runner, on and off the run.  You will utilize your proven leadership skills and your advanced knowledge of running, scientific method and running insights to develop and manage teams in the creation and execution of research programs.

In this role, you will work collaboratively within the Run Research Team (Run Performance, Run Perception, Data Science) to define the future of the run and create the best performance running product in the industry.  Specifically, you will connect the dots between inline product creation, innovative product creation and the future of human movement data collection on the run. Cross functionally you will act as an information liaison between our multi-departmental infrastructure including Development, Design, PLM, Merchandising and Manufacturing as you connect the innovation of new product and process with the inline creation process. You will ensure goal alignment between new concepts and proven best practices.

Your Responsibilities:

Talent Management & Development

  • Work across Footwear to create and foster a culture of unity, empowerment, curiosity, optimism, and leadership.
  • Lead the project work of up to seven senior Run Research team members for both product creation and research exploration.
  • Instill the ability to challenge the status quo, think outside the box, and translate findings and concepts into tangible opportunities, projects and technologies to enhance and advance our products.
  • Provide direction, coaching and training for direct reports to ensure job satisfaction, retention and to identify and develop bench strength.
  • Monitor team performance, promote career development and be proactive on team dynamics within the group.
  • Establish a highly effective and collaborative team culture across Brooks.
  • Create a long-range talent management plan addressing the growth and development of the team while planning for future demand.

Management and Advancement of Run Perception Research Program

  • Partner with senior members of the Run Research team to develop, maintain, and implement a 3-5 year strategic goal and action plan for run research. Ensure goals are aligned with the strategic brand vision.
  • Establish guidelines to assign priority to projects and define research agendas aimed at improving product performance and maximizing the use of testing resources across inline and innovation sectors. Monitor and adjust processes to meet the brand initiatives and demands.
  • Lead and manage Brooks’ human performance research programs that lead to new insights and technologies to improve product performance. These programs relate to inline and innovation footwear and athlete.
  • Lead research initiatives focused on capturing human movement outside of the laboratory and use learnings to translate to innovative product technology that can scale to commercialization.
  • Identify and lead key external academic collaborators that align with the Brooks vision and strategic business objectives, innovating for the runner. Manage outside researcher portfolio and contracts.
  • Lead the evolution of human movement data collection on and off the run. Identify possibilities for both research and personalized product creation utilizing runner-specific data. Ensure methodologies support innovation and inline product creation needs.
  • Effective translation of research direction to Senior Level Leaders . Provide articulate, persuasive, and actionable conclusions on how projects will drive a positive business impact.
  • Manage and encourage new ideas from staff to foster improvements in our processes, products and data collection methods.

Provide Business Recommendations and Vision

  • Collaborate with cross-functional senior leaders to ensure the inline product line represents the voice of the runner rooted in Run Signature.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional senior leaders to ensure the innovation concepts and products will be adopted inline at tech transfer.
  • Collaborate with mangers on the Run Research Team to create clear storytelling opportunities as product is developed, from compound creation through advanced concept creation and ultimately in go-to-market product.
  • Provide leadership in the adoption of agile methodologies from innovation to inline. Resolve the risks and issues that present a barrier to the adoption of new methods or products transferring from innovation to inline.
  • Understands the Brooks point of view as it relates to the entire brand as well as the competitive market.
  • Identify opportunities in the market based on trends and consumer needs related to biomechanics and human movement that will give Brooks a competitive advantage.
  • Network with industry leaders and participate in key industry functions to communicate Brooks’ points of view that help shape the current thinking of running biomechanics.  Opportunities to present at national and international conferences.
  • Initiate and lead meetings with senior level members  to identify growth opportunities for run research and how they support the multi-year business objectives.
  • Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals. Adapts the strategy to changing conditions.
  • Lead collaborations with other departments (sales, eCommerce, marketing, communications) to share data, gather various forms of footwear feedback, and allow for optimal use of the run research programs company-wide.
  • Other responsibilities as required.

Qualifications:

  • Ph.D. with a background in biomechanics, kinesiology, physiology, engineering and/or exercise science or an equivalent analytical field and 5+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent combination of education, experience and training (e.g. Masters and 7+ years or Bachelors and 9+ years)
  • 7+ years experience with scientific methodology and project management skills with a keen sense of detail in planning, organization and execution of tasks (self and through others).
  • 5+ years proven track record leading or mentoring high functioning reports. Desire to support people in their career growth.
  • Proven track record of creating a strategic research and applied vision, agenda, and leading teams towards a common goal.
  • Proven track record of collaborative leadership across multi-department organizations.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop highly productive relationships with teams that are made up of diverse disciplines, resulting in effective working relationships across the company.  Ability to align departments on a set of aligned goals.
  • Curious and open minded; always up for a challenge, inventive and creative. Ability to challenge the status quo- always looking at improving our people, products and processes.
  • Detail oriented. Strong organizational and time management skills are a must.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment, anticipating and resolving problems in a timely manner.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an advanced ability to communicate a point of view concisely and functional expertise within project teams and to external stakeholders.
  • Expert MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access skills are required as well as experience working with PDM or other databases.
  • Embraces and lives the Brooks values!

Compensation: The pay range for this position, based out of the Brooks Seattle HQ, is $153,675 – $245,880 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Other:

Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families!

Benefits– including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.

Paid Time Off– Brooks offers generous time off including three to five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave.

Bonus-in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.

Perks– including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.

Location– You will spend 3 per week in our Seattle offices, as we believe our organization flourishes when connections, collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and celebrations happen in person.

At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), honorable discharge or military status, protected citizen status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained guide dog by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.

 


 

New Balance

HR Manager

Full-Time
Posted 3 weeks ago (2024-09-18)
Apply for job Visit Website

HR Manager

Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Category: Administration
Job Type: Full time

Job Id: R33147

Who We Are:

Since 1906, New Balance has empowered people through sport and craftsmanship to create positive change in communities around the world. We innovate fearlessly, guided by our core values and driven by the belief that conventions were meant to be challenged. We foster a culture in which every associate feels welcomed and respected, where leaders and creatives are inspired to shape the world of tomorrow by taking bold action today. At New Balance, We Got Now.

THIS ROLE WLL BE HYBRID, BASED IN OUR MISSISSAUGA OFFICE.

FRENCH AND ENGLISH FLUENCY REQUIRED.

JOB MISSION:

This position is based in the Mississauga, Ontario office working in a hybrid work schedule. The Human Resource Manager is responsible for providing a wide range of HR support to the North America region which includes retail stores and the wholesale business units.  This role promotes a positive associate experience by ensuring we have the right associates in the right roles, as well as managing associate relations issues. This role will also manage and execute various HR projects, programs, and initiatives to promote associate movement and org changes.

MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  • As a bi-lingual HR Manager, fluent in both French and English, this role promotes a positive work environment by reinforcing New Balance values.
  • Serve as business partner to assigned business units; influence and support business objectives and people strategies; resolve employee relations issues when appropriate.
  • Update job descriptions and ensure that positions are posted internally and externally. Partner with the Compensation team to ensure jobs are paid competitively in the market.
  • Update policies and procedures to ensure that New Balance remains complaint with new labour laws in each of the Canadian provinces.
  • Ensure the talent acquisition team and retail store managers are creatively sourcing top talent in the Canadian market.
  • Leverage NB established campus relations in Ontario and internship programs and oversee local internships to ensure proper adherence with NB policies and procedures.
  • Using Workday, create and communicate reports to understand trends with hiring, turnover, and internal movement.
  • Review and optimize the new associate onboarding program to create a more social/digital experience with an emphasis on getting new associates connected to NB values, their peers, and our community.
  • Provide ongoing support to Senior HR Managers with projects and initiatives.
  • Create and communicate associate announcements, while partnering with NB managers and internal communications when larger organizational announcements coincide.
  • Assist with the annual NB performance review process and ongoing talent initiatives.
  • Demonstrate NB Core Values and foster and environment of positive, collaborative working relationships.
  • Assist in the planning and execution of company events and projects.

REQUIREMENTS  FOR SUCCESS:

  • Bi-lingual – fluent in French and English
  • Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
  • Knowledge of Canadian employment laws
  • Experience using Workday is a plus
  • Project management skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills that exhibit confidence in self and others
  • Strong conflict management skills
  • Well organized and able to manage multiple conflicting priorities simultaneously.
  • Adaptable to competing priorities and environmental changes; “roll up your sleeves” approach to contributing and completing necessary tasks, large and small.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills that demonstrate a clear, concise and direct approach.
  • Ability to build rapport and trust with all levels of associates.
  • Professional demeanor and ability to exercise good judgement.
  • Ability to use discretion and maintain confidential information.
  • Travel on occasion to retail stores in Canada and NB corporate office in Boston.

Flexible Work Schedule

For decades we have fostered a unique culture founded on our values with a particular focus on in-person teamwork and collaboration. Our hybrid model encourages rich in-person experiences, showcasing our commitment to teamwork and connection, while providing high levels of flexibility to associates. North American office-based associates are expected to come into the office on Wednesdays, with other occasional in-office days for in-person meetings and events as needed. Our offices are fully open and amenities are available across our North American office locations.

Equal Opportunity Employer

New Balance provides equal opportunities for all current and prospective associates and takes affirmative action to ensure that employment, training, compensation, transfer, promotion and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment are provided without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, handicap, genetic information and/or status as an Armed Forces service medal veteran, recently separated veteran, qualified disabled veteran or other protected veteran.

 

 

Brooks Running

Home / Product Marketing Manager

Product Marketing Manager

Full-Time
Posted 3 weeks ago (2024-09-18)
Apply for job Visit Website

Product Marketing Manager

US, Washington, Seattle

Footwear – Footwear Business /

Full Time /

Hybrid

Apply for this job

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

  •  Runner First 

We act in the best interest of the runner

  • Word is Bond

We do what we say we’ll do

  • Champion Heart

We give our all in everything we do  

  •  There is no “I” in Run

We stay generous with our humanity

  • Keep Moving

We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement — because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

Your Job:

The Product Marketing Manager is responsible for developing core product marketing positioning, messaging and assets as well as sales and marketing tools across Apparel, Bras, and accessories for sell-in with retailers and to support our direct-to-runner channels. Working with the PLM’s as well as the internal creative, sales and marketing teams, the key deliverables include product positioning for key styles, copy, photography, video, packaging and collateral support, and product signage for Brooks Shop-in-Shop that support our product goals, advance our leadership position and drive the overall business and brand.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Develop strategy for ongoing product and tech storytelling that informs our marketing and eCommerce plans.
  • Attend the seasonal SPAM & Calibration Meetings to understand the key product stories for each season and identify the timing and market location of product releases.
  • Craft product positioning and messaging for all key product categories and communicate the value proposition of our products to differentiate us in the market, solidify our leadership position, resonate with runners and balance performance, technology and our brand platform.
  • Partner with the internal creative team, marketing and eCommerce teams to create product and technology storytelling content (product videos, tech videos, copy, photography etc.) Lead the development of the seasonal sell-in brief in consultation with Sales and Marketing teams, identifying key stories and required sales materials leading into Sales Meeting
  • Partner with the footwear product marketer to execute head-to-toe strategy, positioning, and storytelling.
  • Become immersed in the details of product creation, including research, product team offsites, and travel to factories and inspiration trips.
  • Work with the product marketing and apparel leadership team to map out multi-year strategies for brand positioning.
  • Work with director and project manager on innovating the process for product positioning documentation, workbook, sell-in tool briefing, packaging, and product claims.
  • Provide directional guidance on sell-in materials including product display, Tech Sheets, Trend Sheets, Reviewer’s Guide, workbook, etc.
  • Work with product and research teams on product and color naming and to develop product packaging and labelling that aligns with our brand stories.
  • Consult with Legal team for trademark approvals.
  • Provide oversight on; Product content accuracy (ongoing), Product merchandising accuracy (ongoing), Brooks-owned retail initiatives (Trailhead, Shop-in-Shop)

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in brand or product marketing, consumer-packaged goods preferred.
  • Proven experience in cross-functional collaboration and partnership across multiple divisions.
  • Strong creative, planning and conceptual skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating effective listening through concise, clear verbal and written communication.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills that inspire and build trust resulting in effective working relationships across the company.
  • Keen attention to detail in planning, organization and execution of tasks, while still seeing the big picture and understanding how all of the pieces fit together and affect one another.
  • Ability to anticipate how a decision made can affect our customers, our partners, our products or other departments’ operations and/or morale; “connecting the dots.”
  • Demonstration of innovation and initiative – always looking at improving our products and processes while also displaying a willingness to dive into the details and help out wherever necessary.
  • Passionate participation in Brooks’ sports activities a plus, overridden by the ability to understand and empathize with the runner in order to develop loyal, engaging relationships with our customers and the Brooks community.
  • Embraces and lives the Brooks values.
  • Availability to travel 5 – 10%.

Compensation: The pay range for this position, based out of the Brooks Seattle HQ, is $96,358 – $144,538 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Other:

Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families!

Benefits– including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.

Paid Time Off– Brooks offers generous time off including three to five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave.

Bonus-in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.

Perks– including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.

Location– You will spend 3 per week in our Seattle offices, as we believe our organization flourishes when connections, collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and celebrations happen in person.

At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), honorable discharge or military status, protected citizen status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained guide dog by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.

 


 

 

Brooks Running

Director, Consumer Insights & Innovation

Full-Time
Posted 3 weeks ago (2024-09-18)
Apply for job Visit Website

Director, Consumer Insights & Innovation

US, Washington, Seattle

Marketing – Brand Marketing & Communications /

Full Time /

Hybrid

Apply for this job

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

  •  Runner First 

We act in the best interest of the runner

  • Word is Bond

We do what we say we’ll do

  • Champion Heart

We give our all in everything we do  

  •  There is no “I” in Run

We stay generous with our humanity

  • Keep Moving

We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement — because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

Your Job:

The Run-Sight Lab (RSL) is the Consumer Insights ‘engine’ of Brooks. The team applies design thinking and a mixed-method research approach to unlock a deep understanding of the key wants and needs of all who run and are active. That understanding is used to anticipate future needs of consumers, empower internal teams with deep insights and recommendations to transform how we create innovative products and strategies.

As the Director, Run-Sights Lab, you will lead and manage the RSL, including Design Research, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research and Program Management teams along the insight journey harnessing collective wisdom and perspective to uncover the most meaningful consumer insights. You’ll oversee all research and consumer innovation projects and collaborate cross-functionally with other departments and leaders throughout the organization to determine the enterprise consumer research needs and prioritization.  You will own the development of a 3-year research roadmap and vision that articulates the strategy (including RSL capabilities) that will bring us closer to our consumers, uncover more meaningful insights, and translate them into more actionable outcomes and initiatives.

You and your team will curate travel to key global markets to conduct deep empathy and ethnography research with consumers in their environment and explore and utilize innovative methods and tools to facilitate effective research with those who are active in virtual environments. Through their eyes you will uncover key motivations, aspirations, challenges, and triumphs along their fitness journey. Armed with these powerful insights you will empower your teams to dream big and generate game-changing ideas that will make their journey better than it is today. You will utilize creative synthesis techniques to distill ideas into the most impactful propositions that can be prototyped. You will create collaborative environments where teams can be fearless to build, test and learn quickly as they refine the prototypes into game changing concepts for the brand to bring to consumers. You will cultivate relationships and conversations with other leaders across the company to understand their consumer and business challenges that can be explored and solved through insights-based research. Outside the walls of Brooks, you’ll be the external face of our consumer research, spreading and evangelizing our insights outside of our walls to our partners in the industry.

As the RSL Team continues to mature, you’ll oversee the development and expansion of RSL program management practice, processes, and tools, to accelerate the work and capabilities of the team. This includes standing up a new consumer innovation practice that unlocks insights to transform how we use them to create game-changing outcomes that impact consumers and the way they think, feel, and interact with the brand.

Your Responsibilities:

Innovative Thinking Practice

  • Bring an innovation spirit to our research process by pushing our techniques, approach, and research design to the next level
  • Champion innovating for the consumer across the company by leveraging design thinking to build a new framework for identifying innovation concepts and a process to vet and execute them. In year-one in role, stand-up a new research pod to test out the framework and develop a plan to support three to ten-year growth drivers and unlock innovation across the long-term horizon
  • Lead cross-functional teams through the consumer innovation process, teaching and modeling behaviors that produce the desired result in each phase while simultaneously challenging norms and expectations
  • Create and maintain an environment of harnessing collective wisdom by facilitating productive discussion with multiple points of view, and perspectives. Championing looking at things through different lenses that push the work and conversations to new territories

Strategy & Planning

  • Lead development of 3-year Strategic Roadmap that articulates the long-term vision for the Run-Sight Lab, including project strategy, capabilities, innovation roadmaps and regional practices
  • See the big picture to connect dots between the consumer, the brand, the business and use strategic thinking to guide the team in generating big ideas and recommendations

Leadership

  • Manage and mentor functional leaders who oversee qualitative research, quantitative research, program management and design research teams to become the ‘expert’ on consumer desires and behaviors and distill ideas and large sets of data into actionable insights
  • Lead the Run-Sight Lab cross functional Steering Co with apparel, footwear, and marketing business leaders to achieve maximum alignment on project prioritization, content, and timing of projects
  • Serve as the face of the RSL, internally and externally
  • Play an integral role in leading change management and resourcing to scale RSL team

Consumer Segmentation

  • Collaborate with SVP, CMO and VP, Global Brand Strategy & Marketing to build and evolve our brand wide consumer segmentation framework
  • Work closely with VP, Global Brand Strategy & Marketing and Quantitative Research Team to update our Global bi-yearly Brand Equity Study with the latest consumer logic and methodology and present results to key stakeholders throughout the organization

Project Leadership

  • Guide and consult on Run-Sight Lab projects at a macro level to ensure maximum impact for the consumer and organization
  • Support broader marketing organization by overseeing all external marketing research agencies on all outsourced qualitative and quantitative projects

Training

  • Lead the vision and strategy of our internal consumer innovation bootcamps and training and oversee our external outreach to key universities, retailers, and partners via consumer innovation bootcamps, project partnerships, and research presentations

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business or a related field preferred
  • 12+ years’ experience conducting and leading consumer research projects
  • 7+ years management experience leading a strategy, planning, creative or consumer insights team
  • Experience leading or being heavily engaged in enterprise-level innovation projects or workstreams
  • Working knowledge of the sportswear and/or fitness industry is desired
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills – skilled presenter (using MS Presentation tools)
  • Strong analytical skills and experience
  • Proven ability to influence, persuade and negotiate to achieve progress toward goals – skilled communicator
  • Results-oriented person with the ability to balance numerous tasks and utilize all available resources with a high sense of urgency and self-motivation
  • Demonstrated ability to conceive/create new thinking and ideas pertaining to the consumer and the product line – skilled “product eye”
  • Ability to work professionally and efficiently within the team and across departments
  • Ability to travel at least 20% during year

Compensation: The pay range for this position, based out of the Brooks Seattle HQ, is $165,928 – $265,505 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Other:

Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families!

Benefits– including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.

Paid Time Off– Brooks offers generous time off including three to five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave.

Bonus-in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.

Perks– including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.

Location– You will spend 3 days per week in our Seattle offices, as we believe our organization flourishes when connections, collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and celebrations happen in person.

At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), honorable discharge or military status, protected citizen status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained guide dog by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.

ABOUT GOODR

Strategic Product Manager

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-09-25)
Apply for job Visit Website

Strategic Product Manager

Los Angeles

 

We create and sell $25 active sunglasses for anyone. No slip, no bounce, all polarized, all fun. Interested in joining our team? Keep reading.

OUR VALUES: We have two core values: Fun & Authenticity.

  • FUN = Being sh*tty isn’t fun. Agreed? Taking pride in your work, finding joy in being GREAT, and celebrating wins… and losses. Now, that’s fun!
  • AUTHENTICITY = Focusing on being authentic over being liked. (Next-level guru stuff. Count it.)

Fun Fact: We do not allow email to be sent internally. Carrier pigeons only. JK, we use Slack.

AUTONOMY: We practice autonomy, empowerment, and accountability so that every team member can be in control of their own life.

  • HYBRID WORKING: Most roles are only required to be in office every Tuesday and Thursday with the occasional third day thrown in.

PURPOSE: We want to leave the world better than we found it in ways that are unique to an individual’s personal journey. But, what does that even mean??? It means:

  • PURPOSE PROJECTS: Team members have the opportunity to create their own project for making the world a better place.

Fun Fact: One purpose project resulted in a team member raising over 1 million dollars to build a track for a Los Angeles school!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you tired of people referring to you as a Product Manager? Do you wish they’d refer to you as the more accurate title of Playful, Poised, Praiseworthy, Product Professional? Did the business card maker say your role name was too long for the 3.5 inch piece of paper? (Well screw you business card maker, no one uses paper these days anyway! Tree Killer!)

But we digress. If you love all things product strategy and management, then goodr’s got the job for you! As our Strategic Product Manager, you’ll conduct product evaluation, identify growth opportunities, and create custom product reports to keep track of it all. So join the team and help create the best products possible, build hype, and sell some bad*ss shades.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manage overall strategy of Inline Product Category
  • Oversee planning of the launch calendar including the strategy for introducing and phasing out category skus
  • Participate in the Tri-Annual Review presentation for the category
  • Research trends and new product options to drive sales and achieve business targets
  • Track and analyze sales performance, margins, and other key metrics to identify opportunities
  • Generate regular reports on inline product performance and regularly present insights/ recommendations to key role holders
  • Manage all company wide communication for the category
  • Ensure alignment and effective execution of inline product plans through cross-department coordination
  • Conducts market specific assessments of competitors, vendors, and customers to support inline product decisions
  • Collaborate with multiple departments to develop enhanced marketing and sales plans and promotions
  • Conduct product evaluation and comparisons to identify alternates
  • Provides recommendations to optimize new product introductions, distribution, price and promotional options
  • Provide ad-hoc product management reporting, trend analysis, customized reports, and special projects for key role holders
  • This role is in the Product Strategy team and will report directly to the Director of Product Strategy
  • Perform other related duties as assigned

ABOUT THE IDEAL CANDIDATE 

  • May or may not have a degree…we don’t care (bonus points for Basset Hound Science or Dinosaur Law)
  • Loves everything above
  • Asks a lot of questions
  • 5+ years of working experience in CPG or category management
  • Bonus points for sunglasses/activewear industry experience
  • Knows how to rock the room with their proficient public speaking/presentation skills
  • Proficient in Excel/Google Sheets
  • Understands sales and customer data
  • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
  • A self-starter who can rely on their skill in prioritizing and organizing their workflow to coordinate multiple departments
  • Dependable with the willingness to take the initiative to work collaboratively and with a sense of urgency
  • Loves the work more than a paycheck
  • Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
  • Thinks planning and organizing are fun
  • Loves getting and giving feedback
  • Is into personal growth
  • Thinks Fun is being great (not partying)
  • Is proactive and an independent problem solver! (Can you google a question?)

WHAT YOU GET

  • A role at a company that is going to the moon
  • The opportunity to show up every day and have fun
  • The ability to learn and grow as a person
  • Paid vacation (we encourage you to take time off!)
  • Flexible work environment (want to go for a run at 11am on Wednesday, go for it!)
  • .. obviously. Salary range: $100K – $115K, final number dependent on experience
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
  • 401(K) with company matching
  • Financial Wellness Counseling
  • Duh.

**No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position.

NEXT STEPS

Here’s what we expect the hiring process for this role to be, should all go well with your candidacy. This entire process is expected to take 8 weeks to complete and you’d be expected to start on a specific date.

  1. Application
  2. Fill out a form with basic questions
  3. 20 minute introductory meeting with HR team member
  4. 20 minute culture interview with a HR team member
  5. 90 minute in-person interviews with peers and manager
  6. Final assignment and presentation
  7. Offer!

TO GET THE PROCESS STARTED, SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING: 

  • Resume
  • Cover letter showing your personality. Seriously. No boring corporate speak allowed.
  • Links to projects or groups you’re involved with (if you have them)
  • A drawing of an octopus fighting a pirate (not joking)*

*We accept submissions using accessibility tools.

 


 

DMSE Sports


Accounting Specialist

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-09-27)
Apply for job Visit Website

DMSE Sports is an industry leader in event management operations and logistics. From road races to charity walks, we pride ourselves on producing safe and technically excellent events by creating trusted relationships, paying attention to every detail, and executing flawlessly. DMSE strives to produce the highest-caliber experience, whether consulting on existing events or building and managing them from the ground up.

We are currently seeking an accounting specialist to support our team (flexible schedule and hybrid remote work environment). The accounting specialist will be responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, reimbursements, general ledger maintenance, monthly close, and special projects as needed. The accounting specialist will work closely with the part time CFO, the company’s owners, and the team to ensure that all aspects of accounting are completed efficiently, effectively, and with the highest levels of integrity and controls. The accounting specialist will also be engaged in the operations of our events and be a full member of the team.

Details
Role Type: Full Time

Rate: $60,000 to $85,000, depending on experience

Location: Remote with regular meetings and visits at the office in Stoughton, MA (1-2 times per month)

Responsibilities

  • Accounts payable: ensuring all bills are entered, approved, and paid in a timely manner
  • Accounts receivable: supporting the team on generating invoices, following up with customers as needed, providing AR reports to internal stakeholders, etc.
  • Monthly close: with the CFO, establishing and following a monthly close process that allows for timely reporting to the management team
    Establishing and maintaining event budgets, and ensuring that budget to actuals reports reflect all related expenses
  • Tracking reimbursements: ensuring that all reimbursable amounts are tracked to the project and reimbursed by customers
  • Tracking events: ensuring that all revenue and expenses is classed to the appropriate event
    Managing rental and event inventory and supplies
  • Preparing financial statements: generating monthly financial statements and reports on key financial indicators, with direction from the CFO
  • Establishing, documenting, and maintaining accounting processes and procedures, with the CFO
  • Being a member of the overall event management team. Duties could include overall event management, registration management, customer service, logistical planning, operations planning, event operations.

Qualifications and Skills
* 2+ years of accounting experience in a small business environment, preferably in a related industry
* Excellent analytical skills
* Experience with Quickbooks and integrated applications
* Experience with Google Suite and similar software
* Effective written, verbal and virtual communication skills
* Passion for and prior participation in sporting events and related interests

email to apply: matt@dmsesports.com


 

Alanic Job: Business Development Manager – Endurance Events

August 21, 2024

Alanic Activewear, a leading running apparel brand and partner of prestigious events like Super-Bowl, FIFA World Cup, IRONMAN, San Francisco Marathon, and many more, is experiencing significant growth.

Due to support our expansion, we are seeking a Business Development Manager with deep knowledge of the running industry and a strong desire to advance within our organization on long term basis.

ALANIC website: http://alanic.com

Parent Company: https://diozgroup.com/

Key Responsibilities:

Client Acquisition, Lead Generation and Prospecting.

Sales Planning and Execution.

Market Research and Strategy.

Relationship Building.

Presentation and Proposal Development.

Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 years in sales, specifically within the running or endurance event industry.

Proficient in Microsoft Office and Outlook.

Exceptional communication and telephone skills.

Proven organizational and time management abilities.

Results-driven with a proactive “Will Do” attitude.

Team-oriented with a meticulous eye for detail.

Strong passion for both personal growth and organizational success.

Compensation:

$60,000 base salary plus commission on all sales

Potential total earnings of $90,000 to $120,000.

Benefits include paid leave and health insurance.

Work Hours:

Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM from Beverly Hills, Penthouse office.

No remote work will be considered.

Application Contact:

Johnny Beig

Email: johnny@dioz.com

 

 

Beyond Monumental / Monumental Marathon Seeks Strategic Partnerships Director

August 28, 2024

Beyond Monumental is a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization whose primary purpose is to actively support youth health and well-being by providing access to exceptional events and programs.

Beyond Monumental plans and executes three signature running events in the greater Indianapolis area (the CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, the Indy Half Marathon at Fort Ben and the Monumental Mile), as well as a youth health and wellness program (Monumental Kids Movement), and is searching for a passionate new team member.

Position Summary

The Strategic Partnerships Manager reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for specific duties in business development, sponsorship sales, race operations and marketing & communications. The Strategic Partnership Manager’s responsibilities will include overseeing all sponsor and partner relationships including selling, fulfilling and renewing sponsorship agreements, seeking new sponsorships, and building the Monumental Corporate Cup.

 

In Business Development and Sponsorship Sales, the Strategic Partnerships Manager will:

·         Develop and deploy a strategic sponsorship plan, including sales and fulfillment;

·         Manage the development and implementation of a strategic partnership plan, including targeting downtown businesses and those along the courses;

·         Identify and target potential sponsors at an array of levels including, but not limited to, high level cash sponsors, value in-kind sponsors, mile marker sponsors, and advertisers across various resources;

·         Identify and develop additional sources of revenue for programs and events, including grant funding, etc.;

·         Create and distribute post-event proof-of-performance reports for sponsors and other relevant partners;

·         Build and maintain a sponsorable asset database that includes features to track deliverables by both category and by partners;

·         Ensure accurate invoicing and accounting for all sponsorships and accounts receivable relating to strategic partnerships;

·         Other business development duties as identified or assigned by the Executive Director.

In Race Operations, the Strategic Partnerships Manager will:

·         Assist Executive Director and Race Director with operations including, but not limited to, details associated with the Monumental Health and Fitness Expo and other race related events and promotional events with special emphasis on the following:

o   Activate and fulfill sponsorships at the Indianapolis 5K & Monumental Mile, Apex Benefits Monumental Kids 5K, IndyHalf Marathon & 5K at Fort Ben and during the CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon;

o   Collaborate with Expo Coordinator to ensure successful vendor relationships

In Marketing and Communications, the Strategic Partnerships Manager will:

·         Contribute to communications (eNewsletters, social media, etc.) as they relate to sponsor and partner fulfillment;

·         Manage and coordinate expo activation and registration drives at other events;

·         Ensure all partnership information is up to date across all platforms (websites, apps, etc.);

·         Assist in providing accurate and up to date information for the Race Weekend Guide, Fan pass, etc.;

Ideal candidates have a passion for the sport of distance running and experience in the sport and/or the event industry and have the following competencies:

·         Proven track record of developing relationships with the ability to sell sponsorships and fundraise;

·         Microsoft Office proficiency, especially Microsoft Excel;

·         Familiarity with email marketing;

·         Experience with graphic design software (Adobe Illustrator or other);

·         Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;

·         Commitment to outstanding customer service skills;

·         A desire to contribute to a committed team, working hard to support the Indianapolis running community;

·         Willingness to work nights and weekends as necessary,

Interested candidates should send a letter of interest and resume to careers@beyondmonumental.org.

 

Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.)

Technical Course Director

Full-Time
Posted 1 day ago (2024-09-26)
Apply for job Visit Website

ABOUT BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote a healthy lifestyle through sports, especially running. The B.A.A. is committed to a world where all people can access and benefit from running and an active lifestyle. The B.A.A. advances its mission and vision by organizing mass-participatory running events such as the Boston Marathon, creating or supporting community fitness events, and sponsoring a running club that serves the greater Boston area.

ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting to the Chief of Race Operations and Production, the Technical Course Director will lead the planning and execution of signature B.A.A. events, including the Boston Marathon. They will partner closely with multiple parties, from key vendors to volunteers, to manage all course planning, logistics, and execution. They will help to ensure that the Boston Marathon, and the B.A.A. Distance Medley events meet or exceed all expectations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

·       Manage, organize and direct B.A.A. events, as assigned by the Chief of Race Operations and Production. Play a key role in executing technical race operations for the Boston Marathon and B.A.A. Distance Medley events.

·       Supervise and lead the Boston Marathon and Distance Medley course management team, overseeing event elements and the related support groups including, but not limited to:

  •    Hydration
  •    Pro-hydration
  •    Course Equipment Distribution and Storage Management
  •    Clean up and Road Re-opening Program
  •    Lead Vehicle and Cycling programs

·       Oversee and support relevant Organizing/Race Committee members with planning for their area(s), ensuring that committee members are communicating with one another effectively.

·       Drive successful marathon planning, Organizing/Race Committee, and other relevant meetings. Serve as a key contact, representative and liaison for the B.A.A. in these engagements; leading and presenting at meetings, as appropriate.

  • Serve as Chair of the Course Disruption Marathon Planning Group; ensure all course evacuation locations and plans are developed, updated and implemented for marathon emergency action plans.

·       Partner with relevant parties from the Cities and Towns along the Boston Marathon course and all other relevant and necessary jurisdictions for B.A.A. events, such as Police Departments, Department of Public Works, etc. – for all permitting and permissions needed for course approval, as well as an overall effective working relationship.

·       Integrate and align all City and Town personnel for activities such as equipment distribution, medical tent locations, signage placement and traffic planning.

·       Partner closely with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency to determine and meet City and Town needs.

·       Collaborate with internal parties, such as Corporate Partnerships/the sponsorship team, to ensure all requirements are adequately integrated into course planning and delivered to satisfaction.

·       Help to maintain a robust plan for community outreach and engagement regarding B.A.A. events, such as outreach to residents, businesses and other institutions along the course routes. Ensure the Operations team plays a role in executing such a plan, as appropriate, and identifies opportunities for the B.A.A. to inform and involve stakeholders proximate to course routes.

·       Lead course budget projections, maintenance and management.

·       Maintain a firm understanding of World Athletics / USATF / USADA / MTOFA rules and regulations.

·       Implement appropriate course accommodations for Pro and Para Athlete divisions, inclusive of but not limited to:

  •    Pro Men and Women
  •    Wheelchair participants
  •    Duo participants
  •    Vision and hearing-impaired participants

·       Oversee all course changes, measurements, and certification processes.

·       Support new organizational initiatives and event elements, such as cheer zones.

·       Manage, coach and develop B.A.A. staff who support technical course programming. Directly manage up to 2-3 employees in this space.

·       Other duties as assigned.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
There are innumerable ways to learn, grow and excel professionally. We know people gain skills through a variety of professional, personal, educational, and volunteer experiences. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work. This said, we are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate the majority of the qualifications and experiences listed below.

  •  6 or more years of related work experience in a race director, road racing management role, or the endurance event industry – with a record of achieving excellent event outcomes.

– 8 or more years preferred.

  •  Comprehensive knowledge of the communities within the Greater Boston area and along the Boston Marathon course.
  •  Exceptional relationship management and influencing skills; able to build and maintain relationships with a diverse set of constituents. Strong customer service abilities.
  •  Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  •  Exceptional planning and organizational skills, with an ability to prioritize in advance and in the moment.
  •  Demonstrated success in helping to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and/or accessibility.
  •  History of inspiring others and leading by example. Genuine enthusiasm for meeting, motivating, and involving people toward shared outcomes.
  •  Proficient in Microsoft 365 tools, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Experience in Salesforce a plus.
  • Flexibility to attend night and weekend events.

WORK EXPECTATIONS AT B.A.A.
We are a hands-on team and seek employees who are passionate about our work and service to our community and sport. The Technical Course Director role is a 40 hours/week, exempt position. The role will require working weekends and evenings throughout the year. There will be longer work hours surrounding event production and B.A.A. events, such as the 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and Boston Marathon. Local travel required.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The salary range is competitive and commensurate with lived and professional experience. The B.A.A. will promote your professional growth and development by providing access to:

  •  Competitive health and dental insurance plans.
  •  Life insurance, short term, and long-term disability plans funded 100% by the B.A.A.
  •  401(k) matching dollar-for-dollar up to 4% after one year of service, elective deferrals may begin upon hire.
  •  An annual allotment of professional development funding (up to $2,000 per calendar year).
  • Paid vacation based on years of service.
  • 11 paid holidays, 9 scheduled and 2 floating.

HOW TO APPLY
To apply to this position, please prepare a resume and cover letter to the attention of the B.A.A. Human Resources team and submit your materials to Opportunities Opportunities@baa.org.

The B.A.A. is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

 

 

BOLDERBoulder Job: Partnerships Manager

August 19, 2024

JOB TITLE: PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

ABOUT US:

Every year team BOLDERBoulder works closely with the Boulder community to put on 2 special and unique road races, the BOLDERBoulder and the ColderBOLDER, that see a combined total of more than 45,000 runners, walkers, and joggers.

The Races

The BOLDERBoulder, named America’s All-Time Best 10K by Runner’s World takes place on Memorial Day in beautiful Boulder, CO. Finishing at Folsom Field, this race is one for the bucket list and continues to amaze participants, spectators, and VolRUNteers year after year.

The ColderBOLDER, our holiday invitational and open races, takes place in (sometimes) chilly December on the picturesque CU Boulder campus. This sold-out race encourages participants, friends and family to celebrate a little cold sweat, the holidays and staying BOLD all year round.

ABOUT THE POSITION:

As a key member of the team, the Partnerships Manager plays a pivotal role in driving sponsor revenue growth and ensuring the successful execution of sponsorship programs. Reporting directly to the Race Director, you will be responsible for setting and achieving both short-term and long-term sponsor revenue goals, developing operational plans, and overseeing the activation and outcomes of sponsorship agreements.

This position demands strong leadership skills to effectively collaborate with internal colleagues and engage with external partners, sponsors, vendors, and agencies. You will work closely with the race leadership team to establish, maintain, and expand mutually beneficial sponsor relationships, ensuring alignment with the Race’s strategic objectives.

As a member of the Key Leadership Team, you will contribute to the organization’s success by providing strategic insights, creative solutions, and collaborative problem-solving. Your role is crucial in shaping and growing the Race’s sponsorship landscape, driving impactful results, and fostering long-term partnerships.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

1. Sponsorship Strategy and Sales:

• Drive the Race’s overall sponsorship and partnership strategy through proactive selling and servicing of sponsorships.

• Cultivate and expand existing sponsor relationships while identifying and securing new, long-term sponsors.

• Snack bag item procurement.

2. Relationship Management:

• Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with sponsor contacts and key decision-makers.

• Oversee the fulfillment of all sponsorship agreements and ensure sponsor satisfaction.

3. Research and Proposal Development:

• Conduct ongoing research to identify potential sponsors and opportunities.

• Create, develop, and present compelling and professional sponsorship proposals and post- event reports.

4. Financial Management:

• Manage financial aspects of sponsor relationships, including budget assistance, tracking payments, and conducting financial analysis.

• Collaborate with the Race Director on budgeting and financial planning related to sponsorships.

5. Sponsor Activation:

• Focus on activating sponsor benefits to enhance the Race’s value while meeting sponsor objectives.

• Ensure all sponsorship deliverables are executed effectively.

6. Expo/Exhibit Management:

• Lead the planning, sales strategy, and execution of Expo/Exhibit elements.

7. Coordination with Internal Teams:

• Act as the liaison between sponsors and the Race’s internal teams, including marketing/PR, Expo, accounting, registration, and logistics.

ABOUT YOU:

You are a hard worker with sound and decisive judgment, have excellent communication skills, are patient, collaborative and professional. You are happiest being a part of a community and build relationships with ease. You are organized, excited by creative problem solving and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

Our ideal candidate…

• Three to five years of experience in sponsorship or business development with proven record of managing end to end sales and activation.

• Ability to cultivate rapport and effective relationships with decision makers.

• Experience in event or sports related industry a plus.

• Open minded collaborator and leader who brings out the best in colleagues and contributes to the team.

• Experience reacting to unforeseen opportunities quickly and evaluating unfolding strategies and plans.

• Enjoys working in a small company where your efforts are greatly valued and appreciated.

• Wants to be part of a strong, energetic team tasked with fulfilling sponsor’s objectives, to deliver a first-class experience to our sponsors/partners, at times in a fast paced, dynamic and changing environment.

• Is someone whose expertise results in excellent relationship management and a positive brand image.

• Enjoys working hard and having fun!

NUTS AND BOLTS:

The Partnerships Manager reports directly to the Race Director. This is a full-time, year-round, exempt position. Maximizing in-office interaction and coordinating schedules, work is done in our headquarters office in Boulder, CO. Occasionally there will be times that require working on nights and weekends including BOLDERBoulder, annual Warehouse Sale, and ColderBOLDER weekends. Some short-term travel can be expected.

Compensation

Base Pay – $65,000 to $75,000 annually on semi-monthly pay dates. Eligible for discretionary bonuses.

Benefits

• Paid time off

o 18 days

o 7.5 days – Holidays

o 3 days – Time off between Christmas and New Year’s Day

• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits (eligibility after 30 days of employment)

• 401(k) – Retirement Plan + Employer Matching upon eligibility

• Short-term and Long-term Disability

• Life Insurance – Employer covered and supplemental coverage

• Education Reimbursement

• Employee Assistance Program

• 125 Dependent Care Benefit

• Official BOLDERBoulder Race Merchandise

• Other miscellaneous benefits

ADDITIONAL:

In the office environment, you must be able to sit, stand, bend at the waist, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push/pull, lift, talk, and hear with or without reasonable accommodation. The warehouse environment includes working with products, inventory, and potentially slippery surfaces. Lifting (up to 30 lbs.) and carrying, bending, and reaching overhead may be required.

HOW TO APPLY

Submit application materials to jobs@bolderboulder.com by August 30.

 

Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.)

Athlete Support Coordinator

Full-Time
Posted 1 week ago (2024-09-17)
Apply for job Visit Website

ABOUT BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote a healthy lifestyle through sports, especially running. The B.A.A. is committed to a world where all people can access and benefit from running and an active lifestyle. The B.A.A. advances its mission and vision by organizing mass-participatory running events such as the Boston Marathon, creating or supporting community fitness events, and sponsoring a running club that serves the greater Boston area.

ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting to the Director of Athlete Services, the Athlete Support Coordinator provides excellent service and support to B.A.A. athletes and stakeholders on a wide variety of inquiries. The Coordinator manages the timely intake, prioritization, tracking, and responses to all athlete requests with the utmost care, respect and enthusiasm. The position assists in developing and managing support resources for athletes, such as frequently asked questions on the B.A.A. website. Through direct service to athletes—before, during and after events—this position helps the B.A.A. deliver the best experience possible for each unique athlete.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Respond to athlete inquiries in a compassionate and timely manner, answering questions, addressing concerns, and reporting trends and/or items needing escalation. Leverage an inclusive, solutions-oriented approach to athlete support across various communication channels.
  • Assist with Salesforce case management, and create data export files as needed.
  • Proactively curate and manage the content of the baa.org FAQ page, updating and adding new topics as they arise.
  • Provide primary support for Boston 5K Registration, working closely with the Salesforce and Communications teams to manage race registration in addition to coordinating onsite race day logistics for Athlete Services.
  • Assist the Director of Athlete Services with waiver management activities, such as distribution to large stakeholder groups, tracking of waiver returns, and troubleshooting waiver service requests.
  • Assist the Athlete Services Data Manager with communications to various programmatic groups, such as Consecutive Boston Marathon athletes.
  • Manage monthly Waiver Committee meetings, including, but not limited to scheduling and communications.
  • Responsible for post-race items, including awards programs, mailings and/or follow up from virtual events as needed.
  • Assist the Director of Athlete Services with other projects and tasks as needed, such as qualifying time verification and bib stuffing projects, providing support and ensuring timely resolution of emerging issues.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
There are innumerable ways to learn, grow and excel professionally. We know people gain skills through a variety of professional, personal, educational, and volunteer experiences. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work. This said, we are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate the majority of the qualifications and experiences listed below.

  • 1-2 years of experience in an athlete services role, customer service position, or other related field preferred.
  • Exceptional athlete/customer service skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders in an inclusive manner.
  • Excellent planning and organizational skills, with an ability to prioritize and pivot in the moment (e.g., a new or urgent set of inquiries arises).
  • Strong communication skills, especially written correspondence.
  • Can work well independently, in a team environment, and at live outdoor events.
  • Genuine enthusiasm for supporting people (internal and external) at events, particularly sports and running-related experiences.
  • Proficient in Microsoft 365 tools, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Experience in Salesforce encouraged.
  • Flexibility to attend night and weekend events.

WORK EXPECTATIONS AT B.A.A
We are a hands-on team and seek employees who are passionate about our work and service to our community. The Athlete Support Coordinator is a 40 hours/week, exempt position. The role will require flexibility to work on some weekends and evenings throughout the year. Additionally, there will be longer work hours surrounding B.A.A. race events. Limited local travel required.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The salary range is competitive and commensurate with lived and professional experience. The B.A.A. will promote your professional growth and development by providing access to:

  •       Competitive health & dental insurance plans
  •       Life insurance, short term, and long-term disability plans funded 100% by the B.A.A.
  •       401(k) matching dollar-for-dollar up to 4% after one year of service, elective deferrals may begin upon hire
  •       An annual allotment of professional development funding (up to $2,000 per calendar year)
  •       Paid vacation based on years of service
  •       11 paid holidays, 9 scheduled and 2 floating

HOW TO APPLY
To apply to this position, please prepare a resume and cover letter to the attention of the B.A.A. Human Resources team and submit your materials to Opportunities Opportunities@baa.org.

The B.A.A. is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.


 

Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.)

Athlete Services Data Manager

Full-Time
Posted 1 week ago (2024-09-17)
Apply for job Visit Website

ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting to the Director of Athlete Services, the Athlete Services Data Manager is responsible for key data management processes, primarily related to event registrations. The position leads all registration functions in the B.A.A.’s customer relationship management system (Salesforce), and ensures timely, accurate processing and reporting of registration data for B.A.A. events. In addition, the Athlete Services Data Manager is the lead project manager for onsite activities, such as bib distribution and race-day registrations. Through their work on the Athlete Services team, they positively impact the experience of the B.A.A.’s participants.

  • RESPONSIBILITIES
    Manage race registration submissions, verification, and entry fee processing.
  •  Manage the Boston Marathon qualifying time verification process during pre-verification and registration periods.
  •  Manage programs and initiatives, including, but not limited to:
  • Oversee communication and bib identification needed for various programs and groups of athletes.
  • Consecutive Program, including verification of results and issuance of invitational entry instructions.
  • International Tour Program, including relationship management with the Operators, implementing formal terms and agreements, conducting revenue analysis, and assisting with all race registration aspects.
  • Registration Protection program.
  • Lead registration and entry tracking for non-marathon events, and assist with bib assignment and distribution in partnership with the Director of Athlete Services.
  • Manage Bib and Timing Tag Program, including bib order, bib assignment, preparation and bib distribution, and verification of timing tags, ensuring accuracy and functionality.
  • Serve as primary support for Boston 10K and Half Registration, working closely with the Salesforce and Communications teams to manage registration in addition to coordinating onsite race day logistics for Athlete Services.
  • Maintain the qualifying race results database to include communications to race directors, verification of USATF certifications, and adaptation of all necessary procedures within Salesforce.
  • With the Director of Athlete Services, liaise with Operations and Communications Teams to support adjudication and results for all events.
  • Collaborate creatively with the Salesforce Team to drive innovation in Athlete Services’ Salesforce processes and reporting dashboards, while maintaining and enhancing data management strategies to ensure accuracy and integrity.
  • Support the Director of Athlete Services with timelines and work processes to assure clear communication and functionality of race registrations.
  • Manage public-facing functions of Athlete Services throughout race weekends to provide superior customer service.
  • Collaborate with Athlete Support Coordinator to identify and track trends or opportunities from athlete feedback and recommend improvements related to Salesforce case management, registration or the participant experience.
  • Assist with creating data export files for vendors.
  • Other duties as assigned.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
There are innumerable ways to learn, grow and excel professionally. We know people gain skills through a variety of professional, personal, educational, and volunteer experiences. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work. This said, we are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate the majority of the qualifications and experiences listed below.

  •        3-5 years’ experience in database management, or equivalent experience with customer relationship management platforms.
  •        Excellent analytical skills and the ability to navigate complex data sets.
  •        Effective communication skills, including the ability to summarize or visualize key data points.
  •        Strong organizational and time management skills.
  •        Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced environment as well as collaboratively across teams.
  •        Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, and Salesforce strongly preferred[TC8] [CA9] [TC10] .
  •        Willingness to advance and develop Salesforce capability through training required.
  •        Running industry knowledge and experience working at/for events preferred.
  •        Experience with credit card processing preferred.
  •        Willingness to work weekends and evenings, as needed.

WORK EXPECTATIONS AT B.A.A
We are a hands-on team and seek employees who are passionate about our work and service to our community. The Athlete Services Data Manager is a 40 hours/week, exempt position. The role will require flexibility to work on some weekends and evenings throughout the year. Additionally, there will be longer work hours surrounding B.A.A. race events. Limited local travel required.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The salary range is competitive and commensurate with lived and professional experience. The B.A.A. will promote your professional growth and development by providing access to:

  •       Competitive health & dental insurance plans
  •       Life insurance, short term, and long-term disability plans funded 100% by the B.A.A.
  •       401(k) matching dollar-for-dollar up to 4% after one year of service, elective deferrals may begin upon hire
  •       An annual allotment of professional development funding (up to $2,000 per calendar year)
  •       Paid vacation based on years of service
  •       11 paid holidays, 9 scheduled and 2 floating

ABOUT BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote a healthy lifestyle through sports, especially running. The B.A.A. is committed to a world where all people can access and benefit from running and an active lifestyle. The B.A.A. advances its mission and vision by organizing mass-participatory running events such as the Boston Marathon, creating or supporting community fitness events, and sponsoring a running club that serves the greater Boston area.

HOW TO APPLY
To apply to this position, please prepare a resume and cover letter to the attention of the B.A.A. Human Resources team and submit your materials to Opportunities Opportunities@baa.org.

The B.A.A. is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

 

Apply for job Visit Website

Brooksee is a fast-growing endurance event company committed to elevating the event experience for endurance athletes. We currently operate the REVEL Race Series, the Portland Marathon, the Las Vegas Marathon, and the Mesa Marathon.

We are seeking a Expo Sales Coordinator to push our vendors and partnerships to the next level. This position will be responsible for driving expo revenue across all Brooksee properties. You will engage in prospecting, research, and client development efforts that support consistent business growth and comply with internal sales tracking and reporting requirements. This position is responsible for contributing to the company objectives of revenue growth and profitability, while also growing existing and new relationships with local businesses.

Potential candidates should have a passion for endurance events and solid business acumen. Prior experience is a plus. This is a full-time position for in-house employment at our offices in Pleasant Grove, Utah. This position offers a hybrid work schedule.

Overview of Responsibilities:

  • Weekly outreach to prospects and clients for new and renewal expo business
  • Prompt follow ups on any inbound inquiries
  • Gaining and maintaining working knowledge of key attributes that drive sales decisions
  • Logging weekly sales activity in tracking system
  • Reviewing, analyzing, and discussing weekly reports and sales efforts
  • Developing new ideas and programs to increase expo sales
  • Fostering new relationships with businesses in local markets where events take place
  • Prepare compelling and creative proposals to attract new business opportunities
  • Source Budget Reducing In Kind (BRIK) and Value In Kind (VIK) deals for events
  • Work alongside VP of Partnerships onsite at events to help execute expo activations
  • Execute sponsorship deliverables produced by partnership contractors
  • Secure and manage relationships with expo venues for each event
  • Manage and maintain relationships with our hotel partners

Position Requirements:

  • Ability to multitask while dealing with crucial deadlines
  • Travel to all company events
  • Travel as needed to meet with vendors and attend expos
  • Effective communication, presenting, and writing skills
  • Must be able to work independently and collaboratively
  • Positive attitude, commitment to succeed, and willingness to go above and beyond
  • Strong leadership and management skills
  • Endurance athlete preferred

Preferred:

  • 2+ years work experience in a role focused on sales and/or working within a sales team
  • Experience working in mass participation events, or large scale event management

Compensation:

$50,000 + Commissions

Applicants should email their resume to jobs@brooksee.com


 

 

Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.)

Operations Coordinator

Full-Time
Posted 6 days ago (2024-09-12)
Apply for job Visit Website

ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting to the Director of Technical Operations and serving on the Race Operations and Production team, the Operations Coordinator will help ensure B.A.A. events are planned and executed to the highest level. They will assist and facilitate a variety of tasks that directly impact the experience of the B.A.A.’s participants, Race Committee members, vendors, and many others who are involved in B.A.A. events.

  • RESPONSIBILITIES
    Support the Director of Technical Operations with the management and maintenance of the B.A.A. Racing App, medical tracker, and other Race Operations-related software/app solutions, as assigned. Provide user training to internal and external parties.
  • Help to maintain the B.A.A. inventory platform by supporting data entry, process documentation and user training, as needed.
  • Facilitate timely contract management, ensuring appropriate approvals and steps are taken on contracts related to the Medical Contributor Program, Course Medical tents, and others, as assigned.
  • Facilitate contract, vendor, and personnel administration for the Race Operations Center (ROC).
  • Coordinate and assist with both internal and external meeting series, such as Public Safety, Race Committee, and the Race Operations and Production team meetings. Ensure related tasks are planned and executed on time and within budget, including, but not limited to the following elements: meeting schedules, venues, food and beverage programs, check-in procedures, agendas, participant communications, etc.
  • Support the development and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Provide support on event day(s) to expedite racecourse set up, product distribution, and logistics, as assigned by the Chief of Race Operations and Production. Assist with overall event execution.
  • Help conduct evaluations to identify areas for improvement post-event.
  • Facilitate the medical device transportation and usage program from B.A.A. races.
  • Provide ad hoc support to the Race Operations and Production team, and perform other related duties as assigned.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
There are innumerable ways to learn, grow and excel professionally. We know people gain skills through a variety of professional, personal, educational, and volunteer experiences. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work. This said, we are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate the majority of the qualifications and experiences listed below.

  • 1-2 years of related work experience in an event operations, hospitality, or related field preferred.
  • Excellent planning and organizational skills, with an ability to prioritize and pivot in the moment (e.g., during events or meetings).
    Strong communication skills, including public speaking.
  • Exceptional customer service skills with the ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders in an inclusive manner.
  • Can work well independently, in a team environment, and at live outdoor events.
  • Genuine enthusiasm for supporting people (internal and external) at events, particularly sports and running-related experiences.
  • Proficient in Microsoft 365 tools, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.Experience in Salesforce a plus.
  • Flexibility to attend night and weekend events.
  • Must be able to frequently lift and/or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds.

WORK EXPECTATIONS AT THE B.A.A.
We are a hands-on team and seek employees who are passionate about our work and service to our community. The Operations Coordinator is a 40 hours/week, exempt position. The role will require flexibility to work on some weekends and evenings throughout the year. Additionally, there will be longer work hours surrounding B.A.A. race events. Limited local travel required.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The salary range is competitive and commensurate with lived and professional experience. The B.A.A. will promote your professional growth and development by providing access to:

  • Competitive health & dental insurance plans
  • Life insurance, short term, and long-term disability plans funded 100% by the B.A.A.
  • 401(k) matching dollar-for-dollar up to 4% after one year of service, elective deferrals may begin upon hire
  • An annual allotment of professional development funding (up to $2,000 per calendar year)
  • Paid vacation based on years of service
  • 11 paid holidays, 9 scheduled and 2 floating

 

 

BAA Job: Volunteer Program Manager

July 30, 2024

ABOUT BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote a healthy lifestyle through sports, especially running. The B.A.A. is committed to a world where all people can access and benefit from running and an active lifestyle. The B.A.A. advances its mission and vision by organizing mass-participatory running events such as the Boston Marathon, creating or supporting community fitness events, and sponsoring a running club that serves the greater Boston area.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Volunteer Program Manager reports to the Senior Manager, Community Programs and Events, and oversees all elements of the B.A.A. Volunteer Program, a critical component of B.A.A. events. The program consists of 10,500 volunteers annually, including 230 Team Captains who oversee volunteers on race weekends (Boston Marathon/5K, 10K, and Half Marathon). This role provides excellent customer service and training opportunities for volunteers, while working to evolve and enhance the overall volunteer program to support B.A.A. activities and priorities beyond mass participatory events.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage recruitment of volunteers for the Boston Marathon, Boston 5K, Boston 10K, and Boston Half Marathon, as well as B.A.A. youth events. Keep diversity, equity and inclusion top of mind while designing and delivering recruitment efforts.

• Propose strategies to leverage volunteers for other B.A.A. efforts and activities throughout the year, in an effort to advance the organization’s mission and vision .

• Provide internal updates and communications regarding volunteer program activities, enhancing all-staff awareness of volunteer program achievements, engagements and opportunities. Help to ensure that volunteer assignments accurately reflect and fill evolving department/team needs and that staff members directly hosting volunteers are proactively provided with relevant information .

• Provide excellent customer service to volunteers through various communication and engagement opportunities, including, but not limited to phone, emails and in person communications. Help ensure volunteers have an outstanding experience volunteering with the B.A.A.

• Ensure effective management of inquiries/requests in the Volunteers email inbox, including timely responses during high-volume periods.

• Maintain accurate volunteer data in Salesforce, through updates and audits.

• Develop and test the volunteer registration platform for all races and select events in Salesforce.

• Oversee the packing of volunteer supplies and equipment including Boston Marathon Volunteer Jackets, credentials, pins etc.

• Prepare and update volunteer education and training materials such as email, printed pocket guides, maps, and webpages. Work to ensure materials reflect organizational values and priorities, such as diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Maintain volunteer program documentation such as volunteer policies and Team Captain instructions.

• Support Team Captains and Group Leaders as they manage their respective volunteer teams and groups by providing recruitment and application instructions, sending roster reports, and answering general questions.

• Support volunteer check-in and check-out procedures at all B.A.A. races.

• Lead post-race volunteer attendance tracking, compile post-race volunteer surveys, and report on findings.

• Execute and enhance volunteer recognition projects and events for milestone years of service.

• Develop ongoing strategies for volunteer retention and satisfaction. Aim to expand and diversify the B.A.A. volunteer base.

• Support event credentialing process for volunteers .

• Manage temporary volunteer team support, as needed (e.g., paid intern support for temporary periods of high volume).

• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

There are innumerable ways to learn, grow and excel professionally. We know people gain skills through a variety of professional, personal, educational, and volunteer experiences. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work. This said, we are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate the majority of the qualifications and experiences listed below.

• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in customer service, volunteer coordination, non-profit events industry, or related field.

o Experience working at/for events preferred.

• Demonstrated outcomes and a commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, including within the volunteer, customer service, and/or program management space.

• Excellent customer service skills and proven outcomes serving a wide variety of customers/users/stakeholders, and in challenging situations.

• Strong written and interpersonal communications, including public speaking and presentation.

• Keen ability to efficiently manage time and assignments, prioritizing throughout the year and navigating various event cycles. Can prioritize and pivot in the moment (e.g., at events) appropriately.

• Able to work effectively in a team and independently.

• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools and Salesforce preferred

• Willingness to work weekends and evenings, as needed.

WORK EXPECTATIONS AT B.A.A

We are a hands-on team and seek employees who are passionate about our work and service to our community. The Volunteer Program Manager is a 40 hours/week, exempt position. The role will require flexibility to work on some weekends and evenings. Additionally, there will be longer work hours surrounding B.A.A. events. Limited local travel required.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The salary range is competitive and commensurate with lived and professional experience. The B.A.A. will promote your professional growth and development by providing access to:

● Competitive health & dental insurance plans

● Life insurance, short term, and long-term disability plans funded 100% by the B.A.A.

● 401(k) matching dollar-for-dollar up to 4% after one year of service, elective deferrals may begin upon hire

● An annual allotment of professional development funding (up to $2,000 per calendar year)

● Paid vacation based on years of service

● 11 paid holidays, 9 scheduled and 2 floating

HOW TO APPLY

To apply to this position, please prepare a resume and cover letter to the attention of the B.A.A. Human Resources team and submit your materials to Opportunities: Opportunities@baa.org.

The B.A.A. is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. 

 

Brooksee

Partnership Manager

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-14)
Apply for job Visit Website

Brooksee is a fast-growing endurance event company committed to elevating the event experience for endurance athletes. We currently operate the REVEL Race Series, the Portland Marathon, the Las Vegas Marathon, and the Mesa Marathon.

We are seeking a Partnership Manager to push our sponsorships, vendors, and partnerships to the next level. The Partnership Manager will be responsible for closing sponsorships and vendors for all of our current events. Potential candidates should have a passion for endurance events and solid business acumen. Prior experience is a plus. This is a full-time position for in-house employment at our offices in Pleasant Grove, Utah. This position offers a hybrid work schedule with some days in the office and other days working from home. Compensation is negotiable depending on qualifications. Applicants should email their resume to jobs@brooksee.com.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Generate leads and identify potential new sales/sponsorship opportunities and work with the team to bring them to fruition.
  • Close and execute sponsorship deals for all Brooksee events (REVEL Race Series, Portland, Mesa, and Las Vegas Marathon).
  • Generate leads, identify potential new vendor opportunities and work to bring them to fruition.
  • Work with other members of our team to fulfill promised benefits.
  • Travel to all company events to assist in fulfillment of benefits and ensure proper activation.
  • Attend expos and other related trade shows to seek out possible future sponsors and vendors.
  • Manage relationships with vendors, sponsors, and other partners.
  • Manage relationships with expo venues at events.
  • Manage relationships with our hotel partners.

Position Requirements

  • Ability to establish relationships with sponsors and vendors.
  • Ability to create solutions and close deals with sponsors and vendors.
  • Ability to multi-task while dealing with crucial deadlines.
  • Travel to all company events.
  • Travel as needed to meet with sponsors and vendors and attends expos.
  • Effective communication, presenting, and writing skills.
  • Must be able to work independently and collaboratively.
  • Positive attitude, commitment to succeed, and willingness to go above and beyond.
  • Strong leadership and management skills.
  • Endurance athlete preferred.

jobs@brooksee.com


 

Patagonia

US Wholesale National Account Planner

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-13)
Apply for job Visit Website

Job Title:  US Wholesale National Accounts Planner

Team: NAM Wholesale Planning & Merchandising

Scope: Individual Contributor, P3

Year of Experience: 3+

Location:  Ventura, CA

General Summary:

The US Wholesale National Accounts Planner is a critical role within the US Wholesale Sales Channel, overseeing sales and inventory planning functions for our largest key dealer partners. They will evaluate current market trends, sales-history, company marketing initiatives and the competitive landscape to build accurate pre-season demand plans and in-season sales forecasts for all product categories.

The position centers around creating and maintaining sustainable, reciprocal relationships with internal and external partners to ensure achievement of sales plans, establish new processes, and represent the needs of the business during moments of brand collaboration and strategic decision making.

The role will work closely with the Sr. Manager of NAM Wholesale Merchandising, North America Merchandise Financial Planner and the key account Sales Team.

What You’ll Do:

  • Establish and execute seasonal assortment plans for National Account Dealers across categories, gender, and business units to achieve business goals and objectives.
  • Communicate assortment plans to cross functional partners, identifying dealer strategies and explaining forecast shifts.
  • Build and manage pre-season forecasting process to provide accurate style, color and size plans.
  • Understand, identify and execute the impact of changing Account level demand and Dealer strategies to the bottom line.
  • Collaborate with Sales, Merchandising, Global Planning and Product teams to identify and execute on seasonal initiatives.
  • Monitor sales and identify trends in the National Account business; assist the Sales team and National Accounts in determining opportunities to improve sales, margins and inventory metrics.
  • Perform analysis on current inventory, sales and future receipts for National account partners within the National Account Merchandise Financial planning tool. Provide recommendations to maximize sales and profitability.
  • Work closely with the NAM Wholesale Merchandise Financial Planner to ensure accurate near-term forecasts and longer term strategic plans for National Accounts within the NAM consolidated financial plan.
  • Collaborate with National Account Dealers to better the forecast and seasonal business preparation.  This includes, but is not limited to attending Pre-line, Line Showing, and any other appropriate meetings with National Account Dealers.  Travel will be required at times.

Who you are:

  • Proactive: demonstrates initiative, effective time management, and provides complete follow-through on all areas of responsibility
  • Independent:Able to develop independent thoughts and strategies
  • Analytical: uses data to organize thoughts and inform decision making with a strong attention to detail and accuracy
  • Adaptable: able to remain flexible to change within the work environment and scope of responsibility, quickly learns new systems
  • Problem Solver: proactive, strong attention to detail and capable of streamlining and improving processes and troubleshooting
  • Inclusive: builds trust and collaborates with a wide range of cross-functional partners

Experience You Bring:

  • Minimum 3 years of merchandise planning/demand forecasting/ buying experience in wholesale apparel.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Working knowledge of personal computers with experience using MS Office.  Advanced Excel skills required.
  • Ability to learn systems quickly and look at a computer screen for extended periods of time.
  • Strong organizational skills and an extreme attention to detail is a must.
  • Proven ability to create and implement systems and procedures.
  • Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to prioritize workload and remain flexible to change within the work environment and scope of responsibility.
  • BA or BS in a related field (or equivalent additional experience) preferred.

Hiring Range: $90,000 to $110,000

Pay Range: $88,160 to $132,240

At Patagonia, pay ranges are assigned to a job based on the location specific market median of similar jobs according to 3rd party salary benchmark surveys. Individual pay within that range can vary for several reasons including skills/capabilities, experience, and available budget.

Benefits

Patagonia offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, retirement and leave of absence plans. Benefit plans may vary slightly depending on the nature of your employment.

Employee Conduct

It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.

 


 

Zwift

Compliance Manager

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-13)
Apply for job Visit Website

Long Beach, CA

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior

About the role and about You:

Zwift’s Legal & Compliance Team is looking for a Compliance Manager to drive strategic initiatives across Zwift’s various product, engineering, and support organizations. In this role, you will help the team ensure compliance with global regulations and support the management of privacy risks across Zwift. Reporting to the VP, Finance, Legal and People, you will be a key leader for Zwift’s future success as an advocate for compliance and agent for users’ privacy, trust, and safety. Your rockstar communication and stakeholder management skills, and confidence working on problems with incomplete information, will amplify your impact on user privacy across all of our products and services. 

What you’ll do: 

  • Collaborate with and influence cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Legal, Product, People, Engineering, Marketing, Information Security, and Data teams) to successfully implement the compliance strategy and roadmap across Zwift.
  • Enhance, operationalize and lead key compliance and privacy initiatives and capabilities, including tracking and reporting on compliance and privacy metrics, developing internal documentation and guidance, and monitoring the operational effectiveness of privacy controls.
  • Identify the right solutions to clarify and solve ambiguous, open-ended problems across various compliance programs.
  • Stay abreast of industry changes as it relates to applicable compliance and global regulations.
  • Partner with the Legal team to maintain knowledge of privacy laws, regulations, and conduct gap assessments to identify areas of non-compliance or areas for improvement, and develop action plans to address these gaps.
  • Design and conduct company-wide training to help promote a culture of compliance, security, and privacy.

What we’re looking for: 

  • 5+ years driving projects and initiatives in compliance, privacy, audit technology, or related fields
  • A Bachelor’s or advanced degree
  • Self-motivation to deliver results and seek continuous improvement
  • High attention to detail, including proven ability to document requirements and implement solutions while balancing multiple, competing priorities

Bonus points: 

  • Experience in program management focused on the Legal, Compliance, Security & Privacy domains
  • Experience using data analytics tools, e.g. Optimizely, Google Analytics, and Amplitude
  • Experience with quality for consumer electronics, fitness, and/or mobile games
  • One or more of the following certifications: CISA, CRISC, CIPM, CIPP, CIPM, SCCE

The base salary for this position ranges between $84,500 to $135,000. The base salary will be based on a number of factors including the role offered, the individual’s job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, Zwift is proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for all eligible employees which also includes performance bonuses, equity, and a full range of medical, financial, and other perks and benefits.

How to stand out among the rest:

Your resume/CV is enough to show off your skills, accomplishments, and experience. However, if you choose to include a cover letter introducing us to your awesome personality, we will read that too.

We strongly believe that different backgrounds and ideas are a competitive advantage; we hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Zwift is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by emailing careers@zwift.com.

Zwift, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 


 

 

ASICS Digital

Senior HR Business Partner

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-13)
Apply for job Visit Website

Greater Boston Area/Hybrid

G&A /

Regular Full-Time /

Hybrid

We are ASICS. And our five letters have meaning. ‘Anima Sana in Corpore Sano’ or a Sound Mind in a Sound Body. We’ve always believed in the positive benefits of movement. And this year, we’ve recommitted to this founding purpose, supporting more people to experience the transformative power of movement, on the body and the mind. We are seeking talented individuals who are also passionate about this mission!

ASICS Digital is a division of ASICS based in Boston, Massachusetts. Our goal is to build digital technologies to better connect the ASICS brand to its consumers. We are responsible for the continued development of mobile-fitness solutions such as ASICS Runkeeper and ASICS Studio, global eCommerce platforms, and supporting digital services that encourage people to move, get fit and stay balanced.

As the Senior HR Business Partner, you will serve as a trusted advisor to managers and employees providing expertise in various areas of human resources as well as partnering with global leadership and Talent Development & Planning to develop the people strategy that is aligned to the company’s overall strategy. You will communicate at the executive level and collaborate with colleagues across the business to foster a positive work culture through collaboration communication and strategic planning. You will consult to leadership on organizational design and structure, serve as a change leader and management coach. You will build trusted advisor relationships across the organization and be the point of contact for driving organizational effectiveness and employee engagement.

Responsibilities:

Employee Relations:

  • Foster a positive and inclusive work environment by addressing concerns and promoting open communication between employees and management.
  • Ensure fair and consistent resolutions that adhere to company policies and applicable laws.
  • Drive initiatives to enhance employee engagement, satisfaction and retention through surveys, feedback mechanisms and cultural programs.
  • Oversee the performance management process including reviews, goal setting and development plans in conjunction with Talent Planning & Development team.
  • Oversee People Operations team and day-to-day human resource functions including payroll, benefits, leaves, HRIS system and more.

Advising:

  • Serve as the trusted advisor for the executives and their leadership teams.
  • Leverage HR capabilities and business acumen to assist in aligning people practices supporting business strategy execution, problem solving and decision making.
  • Align the People & Culture agenda to the corporate strategy and key business drivers.

Talent Management:

  • Drive talent management process to ensure that employees capabilities meet current and future standards.
  • Work closely with the Talent Planning & Development team to Identify talent development needs within departments to ensure talent needs and employee development is aligned to functional and organizational objectives.
  • Assist in the conceptualization of an end-to-end strategic workforce planning philosophy, process and technology in collaboration with Talent Planning & Development.
  • Identify, prioritize and develop programs and solutions that build organizational capabilities, guide workforce planning including identification of skill gaps, resources and organizational design to maximize support of the business objectives

Culture Development:

  • Leverage internal and external data, trends, analytics and insights to assess local and global talent gaps.
  • Forecast resources needed and model future talent risk and opportunity scenarios.
  • Provide expertise, guidance and coaching to leaders managing highly sensitive and complex employee relations matter including performance management, terminations and other HR-related matter.
  • Serve as a coach, mentor and confidant to associates at all levels in a way that supports individual and organizational success.

Coaching:

  • Coach and influence as a fully integrated team member across all business units.
  • Perform organizational effectiveness analysis and utilize that data to drive change.
  • Communicate changes in operational human resources policies and procedures.
  • Drive and oversee local compliance with laws and regulations.
  • Foster an environment that leverages and builds best practices for collaboration.

Team Management and Leadership:

  • Set a clear direction for the team in line with the overall ADI business strategy.
  • Define individual goals for direct reports and manage performance throughout the year.
  • Enable career growth and personal development through ongoing coaching and feedback.
  • *Other Duties and Responsibilities as Directed

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in human resources, or related field
  • Minimum 7 years’ experience as a Human Resource Manager/Business Partner.
  • A blend of business partnering, workforce planning, talent management/development focus including organizational design/effectiveness, team building, performance management, career coaching and leadership development.
  • Self-motivated, able to work both independently to complete tasks and department requests as well as collaborating with other to utilize resources and knowledge of others in identifying quality solutions.
  • Demonstrated experience in leading a team of HR subject matter experts.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

  • Strong Organization, planning and project management skills
  • Ability to work with functional groups and different levels of employees throughout ASICS organization to effectively and professionally achieve business results.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively.
  • Ability to lead, coach and facilitate crucial and difficult conversations.
  • Ability to manage confidential information and act with integrity and discretion.
  • Strong relationship-development skill resulting in long-term, mutually beneficial relationships.
  • Strong problem resolution and decision-making skill and ability to resolve elevated issues
  • Ability to be creative and resourceful while displaying sound judgement and demonstrated accountability.

Location:

  • This role will be a Hybrid role based out of the Greater Boston Area with the expectation of coming on-site 2-3 days a week.

ASICS Applicant Privacy Notice:

$85,000 – $100,000 a year

The expected yearly salary for this role is $80,000-95,000/year.

Become a part of the ADI community:

ADI is taking active steps towards becoming a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We aim to engage in D&I work that permeates our organization and all employees are expected to be actively involved.

  • ADI is a strong, global community where we collaborate and care for each other.
  • We value a diversity of opinion, everyone’s input, and increasing the number of voices at the table.
  • You’ll have the opportunity to join the D&I task force, participate in affinity spaces, learn and grow on your anti-racist journey. We all need to know what anti-racist is so that everyone can talk about what it actually means.
  • We center our employees as full people. We don’t just accept difference, we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer Description:

At ADI, we don’t just accept diversity— we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. ASICS Digital is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or fitness level.

 

 

 

Zwift

Talent & People Operations Specialist

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-13)
Apply for job Visit Website

Long Beach, CA

Seniority Level: Associate

Location: Long Beach, CA

About the role and about You:

Zwift is seeking a passionate Talent & People Operations Specialist to join our People Team. In this role, you will be responsible for helping Hiring Managers identify and hire the best talent for their open roles as well as delivering a global, progressive, professional, and fun employee experience through our People Operations programs and processes. You will contribute to all stages of the employee lifecycle at Zwift, from recruitment and onboarding though exit, and support the delivery of Zwift’s business strategy. 

What you’ll do:

  • Develop and administer efficient, consistent, and equitable processes for people programs and policies. Recommend new approaches and procedures to improve our current processes.
  • Support day to day People Team processes, such as employee onboarding and offboarding, creating new roles and backfills, employee relations, performance management, and employee data management.
  • Manage immigration cases and global mobility in partnership with other team members and external immigration resources.
  • Partner with Hiring Managers to understand their hiring needs. Review applicants and perform initial talent screens with qualified candidates before passing them along to the Hiring Manager.
  • Ensure our talent acquisition process runs smoothly, efficiently, and equitably. Partner with our Specialist, People Experience to manage our Applicant Tracking System (ATS), Greenhouse, as well as our recruiting processes and resources.
  • Engage with external search firms as needed to help fill open roles with the right talent.
  • Incorporate diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into Zwift’s People Practices.
  • Responsible for HR data integrity; ensure our people data is clean, consistent, and up to date through establishing processes and regular audits to continuously improve the quality of data.

What we’re looking for:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or relevant HR Certification and 3-4 years of work experience.
  • Proven experience in Human Resources.
  • Excellent project management and organizational skills to deliver programs in expedited timeframes.
  • Solid understanding of local and regional People practices. Analytical and problem-solving skills with an eye for detail, analyzing complex data, identifying trends, and translating findings into recommended actions.
  • Proactive, self-directed, motivated, and results-oriented individual with a high dedication to quality while handling multiple, and at times competing, priorities.
  • Ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality at all times.
  • Resilient in the face of change with the ability to adjust, adapt, and perform in a constantly evolving environment.
  • Advanced knowledge of Google Suite, particularly Google Sheets/Excel.
  • Workday HCM or other HRIS experience.
  • Greenhouse or other ATS experience.

Bonus points:

  • Solid understanding of global People practicesUnderstanding of key legal challenges facing different regional jurisdictions

For All US Based Full-Time Positions:

The base salary for this position ranges between $57,000 and $89,000. The base salary will be based on a number of factors including the role offered, the individual’s job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, Zwift is proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for all eligible employees which also includes performance bonuses, equity, and a full range of medical, financial, and other perks and benefits.

How to stand out among the rest:

Your resume/CV is enough to show off your skills, accomplishments, and experience. However, if you choose to include a cover letter introducing us to your awesome personality, we will read that too.

We strongly believe that different backgrounds and ideas are a competitive advantage; we hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Zwift is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by emailing careers@zwift.com.

Zwift, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


 

 

Saucony

VP Finance

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-13)
Apply for job Visit Website

Current employees, please apply in Workday.

The VP of Finance will provide financial guidance and strategy to the Saucony Brand. Analyzes financial results and provides the leadership team with an understanding of the Brand’s financial performance and the financial impact of business plans and strategies.

PRIMARY DUTIES

  • Provides financial direction, guidance and strategy for the Brands performance including business planning, capital planning, forecasting, pricing, and operational reviews.
  • Responsible for the overall review and communication of the financial condition, operating results of each division and performance metrics on a period, quarterly and annual basis.
  • Directs the preparation of the annual budget, financial forecasting and other supporting analysis.
  • Drive rigor around financial analyses that highlights challenges and opportunities with overarching goal of contributing to sound decision-making across the Organization.
  • Provides variance reporting and analysis for revenue and expense against plan.
  • Approves pricing of the product lines and go-to-market support, selling programs, overall terms and conditions and major closeout deals.
  • Work with management to review and measure profitability goals and spending initiatives by major customer account and assists in developing opportunities for growth.
  • Works closely with the Brand President and the executive leadership team in analyzing pertinent information to make both short and long-term decisions regarding business needs and resources, revenue growth, improving profitability and identifying current trends for strategic decision support.
  • Supports special projects for the Brand and determines overall financial impact for each.  Makes and implements recommendations to improve operational efficiency and implements new services for areas of responsibility.
  • Directs the activities of professional and support staff to ensure accounting controls and systems are in place to address accuracy, reliability, completeness and proper recording of financial data in accordance with GAAP and other corporate policies.
  • Works with Demand Planning on sales and operations planning to improve timely delivery of goods, understanding for factory capacity and delays, and knowledge of product and logistical costing trends.
  • Works with PLM’s on business planning to ensure resources and capital investments are properly evaluated.
  • Performs duties consistent with the company’s AAP/EEO goals and policies.
  • Performs other duties as required/assigned by manager.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent work experience.
  • 10+ years experience in accounting and finance.
  • Good analytical skills.
  • Proficient with personal computers.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Good communication skills, including oral/presentation, & written skills.
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. is committed to creating a company that is as diverse as our consumers. We value the differences in one another and believe our differences make us stronger. Our diverse and inclusive corporate culture starts with the recruitment process. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create equal opportunities for our associates, customers, and suppliers regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.


 

 

Wolverine Worldwide

Director of Strategy

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-13)
Apply for job Visit Website

Current employees, please apply in Workday.

Wolverine Worldwide is one of the world’s leading designers, marketers, and licensors of branded footwear, apparel, and accessories. The Company’s portfolio includes Merrell, Saucony, Sweaty Betty, Hush Puppies, Wolverine, Chaco, Bates, HYTEST, and Stride Rite. Wolverine Worldwide is also the global footwear licensee of Cat and Harley-Davidson. Based in Rockford, Michigan, for more than 140 years, the Company’s products are distributed in approximately 170 countries and territories around the world.

As the Director of Strategy, you will partner directly with the Vice President of Strategy to oversee the creation and implementation of Wolverine Worldwide’s global business strategy. In addition, you will work extensively in partnership with our brands to support their strategy development and execution in alignment with the Company’s direction and processes. This high leverage position will have significant exposure to senior corporate and brand management leadership and will be expected to drive decision making, execution, analysis, and materials creation.

  • Lead and conduct complex analysis through consumer, market, competitive, and financial data.
  • Collaborate and support Company leadership in developing and implementing global strategic agenda and brand-building playbook.
  • Identify, quantify, validate, and assess adjacent and white space opportunities that strengthen market position and align with Company global growth objectives.
  • Partner with brand leaders to develop and vet clear strategic choices and execution plans that will drive growth across categories, distribution channels, and regions.
  • Ensure strategic goals, process, and plans align and interface enterprise wide.
  • Build and manage relationships enterprise wide, influencing decisions in line with global strategy.
  • Actively engage in building the Strategy team’s culture.
  • Performs duties consistent with the Company’s AAP/EEO goals and policies.
  • Performs other duties as required/assigned by manager.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

  • 6+ years applicable, professional experience
  • Strong professional experience in Strategy and consumer products
  • Ability to effectively and efficiently take projects from concept to completion
  • Ability to successfully navigate complex projects and teams
  • Ability to work independently and lead project teams
  • Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to analyze large amounts of complex data
  • Strong communication skills that can translate analytics into actionable insights and strategic recommendations
  • Proven track record of ability to assess business scenarios and develop clear strategies to drive growth

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. is committed to creating a company that is as diverse as our consumers. We value the differences in one another and believe our differences make us stronger. Our diverse and inclusive corporate culture starts with the recruitment process. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create equal opportunities for our associates, customers, and suppliers regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.

 

Saucony

Public Relations Manager

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-13)
Apply for job Visit Website

Current employees, please apply in Workday.

At Saucony, we exist for runners. Runners inspire us, bring us new ideas, force us to be better. They drive our design and engineering. They keep us competitive. They keep us hungry. They keep us honest. Whether it’s in a conference room or out on a lunchtime run, we’re constantly talking about and arguing about our sport, runners and the products that fuel them. We love our products and we run in everything we make. This focus and passion fuels us as we strive to create the best running shoes and apparel on the planet. We leave work each day knowing we’ve done everything to make runners’ lives just a little bit better.

The Public Relations Manager drives and leads the development and execution of public relations programs that support growth and revenue goals across channels for Saucony.

Current Employees interested in applying for this role, use the Current Employee tab in the top right corner to apply.

  • Develop strong relationships on behalf of the brand with key partners (e.g. publications, bloggers, etc.) to establish and maintain relationships with media firms (e.g. publisher side) as well as the editor side (e.g. Vogue, Cosmo, Glamour, Google, etc.) in order to gain favorable opportunities for the brand.
  • Manage and execute the seasonal and monthly PR strategy and story focus with PR team, clearly communicating importance level of each story. Manage PR event activations with internal teams across account and consumer These activities include seasonal press day executions, preparing relevant materials, key messaging for the season and brand activation calendar.
  • Work with brand team and agencies to ensure stories are told (and content is developed to support) across channels, from digital/social, to site/email and PR.
  • Manage cause/community-related programs/ partnerships, including strategic plan and tactical executions across channels (e.g., PHIT America/ Morning Mile). Work with brand team and agencies to ensure stories are told (and content is developed to support) across channels, from digital/social, to site/email and PR.
  • Ensures creation of best-in-class PR and events assets that will help us drive the optimal mix of paid-owned-earned media.
  • Monitor for risk and be prepared with risk strategies when bad PR arises
  • Identifies marketing wins to be shared internally.
  • Manage the day-to-day PR and events budget, including monthly updates with brand marketing leadership, finance and marketing.
  • Performs duties consistent with the Company’s AAP/EEO goals and policies.
  • Performs other duties as required/assigned by manager.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations, Advertising and/or Marketing or equivalent work experience
  • 5-7 years Public Relations and/or Marketing experience
  • Previous supervisory skills preferred
  • Previous agency experience required
  • Consumer product experience required; experience in the footwear or apparel industry preferred.
  • Strong personal connections with brand mission and understanding of target consumer behaviors.
  • Strong project management skills, time management skills and attention to detail while simultaneously managing multiple projects.
  • Demonstrated comfort level with public speaking and presenting.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships both internally and externally.

Working Conditions

Normal office environment.  Travel may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide has a flexible, hybrid work schedule, with three days in office and two days remote.

#LI-Hybrid #LI-ND

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. is committed to creating a company that is as diverse as our consumers. We value the differences in one another and believe our differences make us stronger. Our diverse and inclusive corporate culture starts with the recruitment process. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create equal opportunities for our associates, customers, and suppliers regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.

 

Saucony

Brand Marketing Manager, Performance

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-13)
Apply for job Visit Website

Summary

New City, Same Sole: Saucony Steps into Grand Rapids!

At Saucony, we exist for runners. They keep us hungry. They keep us honest. They ignite our competitive spirit. Whether it’s in a conference room or on a lunchtime run, we are constantly thinking of new ways to make running better for everyone. This focus and passion fuels us as we continue to create the great running shoes on the planet.

Saucony is on an exciting growth trajectory, and it’s all unfolding in the vibrant city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. We invite you to be part of this journey – to bring your own commitment for innovation, quality, and performance to a brand that has been defining excellence for decades.

The Brand Marketing Manager, Performance role will lead the development and execution of strategic go-to-market plans for the global Saucony performance business. This individual ensures coordination and consistency with all owned channels in the US, as well as regional (EMEA, APAC, LATAM & Canada) teams. This is a central role in the marketing department requiring holistic planning, collaboration, and influence within marketing (Creative, Media, Operations, Channel Marketing, Field Marketing) and across the organization (Product, Sales, Ecom, Consumer Insights). They will help to coordinate the launch of in-line products and special makeups with campaigns that gain media attention and drive strong sell-through.

Job Description

  • Support the development and execution of global marketing campaigns for Saucony’s performance products. These campaigns play a crucial role in driving brand awareness, engagement, and sales for the brand.
  • Oversee the successful launch of performance products globally.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that global product positioning and objectives are well defined and deliver a consistent brand message. Lead the internal marketing teams (DTC, Wholesale, Owned Social, etc.) to determine proper needs and execution by channel, and maintain one aligned voice.
  • Drive the creative brief process to develop the assets and manage the development of marketing assets for execution in market.
  • Lead and executes integrated marketing plans in the US Market.
  • Use consumer insights strategy ensuring consumer insights are embedded cross functionally with a global view.
  • Lead measurement and reporting for optimization, including product launches and weekly reports.
  • Perform duties consistent with the Company’s AAP/EEO goals and policies. Perform other duties as required/assigned by manager.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
  • 5+ years of marketing experience. Consumer product experience preferred.
  • Experience working in a global context and collaborating with regional teams.
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
  • Solid written communication skills and demonstrated comfort level with public speaking.
  • Strong project management skills, time management skills and attention to detail while simultaneously managing multiple projects.

WORKING CONDITIONS

  • Normal office environment.  Travel may be required.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. is committed to creating a company that is as diverse as our consumers. We value the differences in one another and believe our differences make us stronger. Our diverse and inclusive corporate culture starts with the recruitment process. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create equal opportunities for our associates, customers, and suppliers regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.

 

 

Merrell

Creative Director

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-13)
Apply for job Visit Website

Summary

For over 40 Years, Merrell has been trying to share the simple power of the being outside with everyone. We believe in the positive benefit of the outdoors to restore individuals and communities. As a result, we want to fuel the growth of outdoor participation through the creation of awesome products and amazing stories that encourages people to get outside everyday whether in the city or on the trail. To help drive this journey, we are looking for a Creative Director who will report directly to the Chief Marketing Officer.

The Creative Director’s success will be based on their ability to inspire, lead, and build best-in-class breakthrough creative integrated marketing campaigns for Merrell and Chaco, and ensure a cohesive and innovative brand presence across various consumer touchpoint and platforms. This requires strategic leader with experience leading the management and execution of comprehensive design strategy, brand communications, retail & commercial marketing design, and graphic design programs.

Current Employees interested in applying for this role, use the Current Employee tab in the top right corner to apply.

Job Description

  • Provide visionary leadership to the creative team, inspiring and guiding them to produce cutting-edge and impactful work.
  • Shape and drive the overall creative direction for the brand, ensuring alignment with the brand’s values, objectives, and target audience, which includes planning, organizing, and implementing consistent design principles, and production processes to ensure that the design, strategy and production guardrails and timelines are met.
  • Oversee the development and evolution of the brand’s visual identity, ensuring a consistent and compelling brand presence across all touchpoints.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into creative strategies that resonate with our audience.
  • Lead the conceptualization and execution of innovative and trendsetting integrated campaigns that elevate the brand and drive consumer demand to growth the business.
  • Drive the brand’s global retail design to create engaging and productive spaces that drive greater conversion in-store and increases brand love and loyalty.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop creative briefs that inspire and guide the team to deliver exceptional work.
  • Foster a collaborative and dynamic work environment, encouraging open communication and idea-sharing among team members.
  • Maintain a high standard of creative excellence, conducting regular reviews and providing constructive feedback to ensure the delivery of best-in-class creative.
  • Integrate emerging trends into creative strategies to keep the brand at the cutting edge of the industry.
  • Source best-in-class talent and agency partners.
  • Lead, manage and participate in creative agency partnerships to drive optimum output and highly productive relationships ensuring a level of excellence and value for the brand.
  • Giving direct reports proper guidance on their projects, meeting their calendar milestones, and utilizing systems, while keeping them “on track” in terms of their professional development
  • Lead the training and development, talent assessment, coaching and mentoring to develop the talent and elevate the team capacity and build on the positive and inclusive working environment to support the long-term business needs.
  • Identifies and promotes self-initiated design programs that generate critical business value for one or more brands in the portfolio.
  • Performs duties consistent with the Company’s AAP/EEO goals and policies.
  • Performs other duties as required/assigned by manager.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

  • Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent work experience.
  • 8+ years of creative leadership working across digital, print, and dynamic content, with at least 4 years with people management.
  • A strong portfolio showcasing innovative, award-winning, and impactful creative work that drive business and brand results.
  • Extraordinary design taste and curiosity has a strong sense of style, culture, art, design, fashion, innovation, and technology.
  • Creative and passionate about marketing and has a keen eye for detail on how to bring ideas to life in big disruptive ways.
  • A passion for driving brand impact through innovative and creative marketing initiatives that drive the consumer demand and sales.
  • Proven leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and guide a creative team.
  • Growth mindset with a curiosity about best-in-class work and what it takes to drive excellence.
  • Extraordinary ability in using the Adobe Creative Suite software.
  • Ability to work in ambiguous and dynamic environments, comfortable with risk and uncertainty.
  • Can effectively influence senior levels in the organization across regions and functions.
  • Can get things done through formal and informal channels.
  • Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships.
  • A change agent who can direct and lead a fast-paced dynamic organization.
  • Great written and verbal communication and can successfully spread creative and design thinking throughout the organization, especially new ideas, concepts to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
  • Collaborative team player with an upbeat, positive, “can-do” attitude

Working Conditions

Normal office environment.  Some travel may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide has a flexible, hybrid work schedule, with three days in office and two days remote.

#LI-Hybrid #LI-KD #WWWCareers

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. is committed to creating a company that is as diverse as our consumers. We value the differences in one another and believe our differences make us stronger. Our diverse and inclusive corporate culture starts with the recruitment process. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create equal opportunities for our associates, customers, and suppliers regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.

 

 

WHOOP

Head of Social Media

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-14)
Apply for job Visit Website

Boston, MA

Marketing /

Hybrid

At WHOOP, we’re on a mission to unlock human performance. WHOOP empowers users to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives.

As the Head of Social Media at WHOOP, you’ll own the programming across our owned media channels with the goal of originating compelling brand stories to efficiently drive global awareness for the brand and build a healthy funnel for high quality member acquisition.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Lead organic owned media channels, including social (e.g. Instagram, Threads, TikTok, etc.), YouTube, and emerging mediums. Develop playbooks for growth, engagement, alignment to the WHOOP mission/vision and ultimately conversion to the membership sales funnel.
  • Own the WHOOP programming calendar and build a content planning process that ensures appropriate timing, alignment to tentpole moments, coverage of brand opportunities, resource allocation, and alignment to required impact. Evaluate content slate and develop framework for refining the content playbook.
  • Develop a clear POV on the purpose of each distribution channel as a driver of larger business goals, and establish corresponding goals (i.e. TikTok organic is for brand growth, has a follower growth goal)
  • Partner with Brand & Creative to develop social-first content that evolves the brand
  • Investigate, invent, and pursue new tactics for new audience reach. Continually rationalize channel mix.
  • Track key performance metrics across and build a social media measurement framework across all platforms that informs strategy and optimizes performance. Partner with our analytics team to build dashboards and share actionable insights for continued improvement.
  • Oversee and mentor the team in executing a social strategy and creating content that resonates, and manage and oversee partnerships, freelancers, and other vendors
  • Build a social partnerships and influencer strategy that supports broader Marketing goals
  • Evolve our community engagement strategy with an eye towards globalized support

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 10+ years experience leading social at best-in-class brands. Direct experience in D2C, sports, health, and lifestyle preferred.
  • Proven track record of starting, innovating, and scaling brand channels, in particular rapid response to emerging channels such as TikTok
  • Story-driven sensibility with analytically backed rigor
  • High-performing manager with experience building high-functioning teams
  • Moves quickly and intentionally and carries oneself with no ego

Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.

WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility

 


 

WHOOP

Business Analytics Senior Analyst (Product)

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-14)
Apply for job Visit Website

Boston, MA

Business Intelligence & Analytics /

Hybrid

At WHOOP, we’re on a mission to unlock human performance. WHOOP empowers users to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives.

We are hiring a Senior Analyst to partner closely with our Hardware Product team, supporting both the broader hardware and connectivity teams, in their efforts to utilize data and insights to make informed decisions and continuously improve hardware features for both sustaining and future generations. We are looking for an individual who can be fluent in data, driven by product thinking and is looking to deeply understand and tackle complex analytics challenges. This person should feel empowered to foster their own curiosity and raise support for ideas that meaningfully impact the WHOOP member experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Partner with key stakeholders across the Hardware Product team, as well as additional cross functional partners in Strategic Finance, Quality, Membership Services and Data Engineering, to drive iterative testing, quantify impact for key member touchpoints, and identify new sources of value for our members.
  • Discuss how our members are using WHOOP devices through data-driven analysis with a combination of KPI reporting, ad-hoc analyses, and proactive insight generation, communicating to appropriate stakeholders including leadership.
  • Generate and drive the strategic analytic roadmap to unlock insights about our members and how they are using the product and guide our product team with action-oriented recommendations.
  • Build scalable processes, proactively identifying and implementing methods to benefit the analytics team as well as key stakeholders to enable data-driven decision-making.
  • Collaborate with a high-performance team in a start-up environment, providing thought leadership to identify the most impactful ways to drive decisions and improve retention.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 3+ years of experience in a deeply strategic/analytical role, including partnership with product or engineering teams.
  • Able to take broad business questions, wrangle appropriate data, quickly isolate and model key insights, visualize results and communicate actionable recommendations.
  • Strong storytelling skills – able to create compelling and concise presentations that convey actionable solutions to complex, ambiguous problems.
  • Demonstrated success in influencing senior stakeholders and leadership on strategic direction based on analytical recommendations.
  • Experience working with data engineering and development teams on complex datasets
  • Advanced skills in SQL and general understanding of ELT (dbt) and data warehousing (Snowflake) structures, as well as data visualization (eg. Looker, Tableau, Hex)

This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.

WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility.


 

WHOOP

Principal Data Scientist

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-14)
Apply for job Visit Website

Boston, MA

Data Science & Research /

Hybrid

At WHOOP, we’re on a mission to unlock human performance. WHOOP empowers users to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives.

As a member of the Data Science team, you will develop data-driven features to provide a personalized, contextual, and adaptable coaching experience, guiding members toward their goals. Close collaboration with data scientists, product managers, software engineers, physiology experts will be integral to your role. You will be responsible for large-scale, cross-functional collaboration projects powering personalized experiences while coaching and mentoring teammates in ML and AI research.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • In this role you will be creating exceptional Member experiences by designing, developing, and implementing large-scale ML and AI models underpinning personalized insights and guidance toward health and fitness goals. Your work will set the bar for the entire Data Science team
  • Ship high quality, high impact Member experiences working as strong collaborative partner to Product, Software, and other key teams, working through any cross-functional complexities that arise
  • Operate comfortably in the ambiguous Member and technical problems we face, providing guidance and evidence-backed solutions to move the work forward
  • Be an active mentor and technical leader to data science and ML practitioners within Whoop, working closely with Data Science leadership to create a strong learning environment for the team
  • Promote and model best practices for design and implementation of ML model development, testing, evaluation, etc., both inside the team as well as throughout Whoop. Keep an eye on balancing Member needs and business needs (e.g., cost-effectiveness)

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • You have a passion for delivering amazing user experiences at scale
  • You have 8+ years of experience in end to end model creation from training and evaluating, to deploying in a production environment, with a philosophy to ship and iterate
  • You have experience training and/or evaluating deep learning models
  • You have a bias for shipping products and experiences, bringing a strong collaborative spirit to get things done
  • You have hands-on experience implementing production machine learning systems (e.g., representation learning, causal inference, recommender systems, deep learning) in Python or a similar language
  • You keep up with state of the art research by reading papers, attending conferences, and participating in research communities
  • Understanding of human physiology is a benefit

This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office. 

Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.

WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility.

 


 

Peloton: Director, Web Strategy

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-08-14)
Apply for job Visit Website

ABOUT THE ROLE

Peloton is looking for a Director, Web Marketing Strategy for developing and executing a comprehensive web marketing strategy to create, engage and ultimately convert traffic to onepeloton.com and associated market-specific International websites. Reporting to the VP, Marketing Strategy & Operations, you will play a critical role in shaping prospective consumers’ first encounter with the brand, and ensuring alignment with overarching business goals and partners across the organization. including Product Marketing, Product (hardware and software), Growth, Brand, Integrated Marketing, Content and Legal.

YOUR DAILY IMPACT AT PELOTON

  • Developing a coherent and actionable web strategy consistent with the business’ engagement and acquisition goals
  • Deeply understand Peloton’s current target audience and help define future growth audiences and champion their needs and purchase barriers when visiting the onepeloton.com site.
  • Clearly communicate business plans to senior leadership
  • Provide a feedback loop from the web visitor to the product marketing and growth teams to inform future acquisition workstreams
  • Work with Integrated Marketing to ensure product and brand launch moments receive appropriate presence on our website
  • Partner with the Content team to showcase Instructors and Content on our website
  • Test and optimize positioning and product merchandising across product landing pages to drive highest conversion
  • Ability to drive strategy and recommendations for markets with different levels of maturity

YOU BRING TO PELOTON

  • Minimum of 10 years in Web and Digital Marketing
  • Experience in hardware and software a plus
  • Minimum of 7 years experience in management
  • Must be proficient in understanding web journeys and leverage the data and insights to inform future web design
  • Experience in the fitness or wellness category a plus
  • Deep understanding of product analytics and ability to analyze complex data sets
  • Knowledge of, and comfort level with, reporting suites such as Looker, Amplitude, Google Analytics, etc..required
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to craft high quality presentations
  • Experience with products that have an international footprint a plus

#LI-RF2

#LI-Hybrid

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated salary range for this position based at our New York City headquarters. The actual base salary offered for this position will depend on numerous factors including individual performance, business objectives, and if the location for the job changes. Our base salary is just one component of Peloton’s competitive total rewards strategy that also includes annual equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan as well as other region-specific health and welfare benefits.

As an organization, one of our top priorities is to maintain the health and wellbeing for our employees and their family. To achieve this goal, we offer robust and comprehensive benefits including:

  •  Medical, dental and vision insurance
  •  Generous paid time off policy
  •  Short-term and long-term disability
  •  Access to mental health services
  •  401k, tuition reimbursement and student loan paydown plans
  •  Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  •  Fertility and adoption support and up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave
  •  Child care and family care discounts
  •  Free access to Peloton Digital App and apparel and product discounts
  •  Commuter benefits and Citi Bike Discount
  •  Pet insurance and so much more!

Base Salary Range

$218,600—$284,200 USD

ABOUT PELOTON:

Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON), provides Members with expert instruction, and world class content to create impactful and entertaining workout experiences for anyone, anywhere and at any stage in their fitness journey. At home, outdoors, traveling, or at the gym, Peloton brings together immersive classes, cutting-edge technology and hardware, and the Peloton App with multiple tiers to personalize the Peloton experience [with or without equipment]. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Peloton has millions of Members across the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, and Austria. For more information, visit www.onepeloton.com.

At Peloton, we motivate the world to live better. “Together We Go Far” means that we are greater than the sum of our parts, stronger collectively when each one of us is at our best. By combining hardware, software, content, retail, apparel, manufacturing, Member support, and so much more, we deliver an exhilarating fitness experience that unlocks our members’ greatness. Join our team to unlock yours.

Peloton is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Equal employment opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Peloton, where all team members, applicants, and other covered persons are considered on the basis of their personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, unemployment status, familial status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, caregiver status, or any other protected characteristic as established by applicable law. This policy of equal employment opportunity applies to all practices and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.  If you would like to request any accommodations from application through to interview, please email: applicantaccommodations@onepeloton.com

Please be aware that fictitious job openings, consulting engagements, solicitations, or employment offers may be circulated on the Internet in an attempt to obtain privileged information, or to induce you to pay a fee for services related to recruitment or training. Peloton does NOT charge any application, processing, or training fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process. All genuine job openings will be posted here on our careers page and all communications from the Peloton recruiting team and/or hiring managers will be from an @onepeloton.com email address. 

If you have any doubts about the authenticity of an email, letter or telephone communication purportedly from, for, or on behalf of Peloton, please email applicantaccommodations@onepeloton.com before taking any further action in relation to the correspondence.

Peloton does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Agencies should not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Peloton employees or any other organization location. Peloton is not responsible for any agency fees related to unsolicited resumes.

U.S. and Canada Recruitment Privacy Notice

EEA And UK Recruitment Privacy Notice

 


 

Therabody

Manager, Marketing Analytics

Full-Time
Remote
Posted 4 weeks ago (2024-07-11)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

Therabody® is the wellness tech leader with a mission to inspire and enable every body and mind to keep moving. Therabody’s product ecosystem includes category-creating innovations in wellness products, proprietary software, digital content, and biometrics that have proven benefits around alleviating stress and pain and enhancing performance and sleep. Not only is it part of our brand ethos to help others, but we are also defining the cutting edge of wellness technology while winning accolades such as  Fast Company’s  Brands That Matter, Oprah’s Favorite Things 2022 and the  TIME  Best Inventions 2022 award.

Who We’re Looking for:

Therabody is seeking a Manager, Marketing Analytics who will play a crucial role in optimizing our digital marketing strategies and driving our e-commerce success. You will be responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and deriving insights that will improve the performance of our digital channels.  An expert in site analytics and customer data, you will optimize our measurement approach and effectively use customer data for segmentation. The insights you derive will be critical to improving the site user experience, as well as driving acquisition, engagement, and retention of Therabody customers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Implement and manage website tagging protocols, ensuring accurate data collection for web analytics and marketing tracking
  • Define KPIs, monitor marketing and site performance, and create clear reporting for stakeholders that explains the why behind metrics
  • Develop, maintain, and optimize dashboards and reporting tools to track and visualize key performance metrics across owned, earned and paid channels
  • Analyze marketing data to provide insights and recommendations for campaign optimization
  • Partner with marketing, ecommerce, media, product and sales stakeholders to gather requirements, vet use cases, and drive the roadmap of the Customer Data Platform
  • Utilize customer data to create effective segmentation strategies, enabling personalized marketing campaigns
  • Partner with media and lifecycle marketing team to implement data-driven marketing strategies and automate personalized messaging through the CDP
  • Utilize multiple data sets to perform ad hoc data analyses to understand trends and performance across regions, products, and segments
  • Translate business and consumer data requests into analytics needs while assessing what is available and what needs to be developed

The Right Person Would Have

  • 5+ years of experience in an analytics capacity with a focus on marketing & ecommerce analytics, business and consumer insights, and KPI reporting. Previous experience with consumer electronics or medical devices products is a plus
  • Experience with data platforms such as CDPs and DMPs is strongly preferred
  • Proficient in technical skills required for complex data analysis and managing large data sets, including SQL, Python, data cleansing, and data extraction
  • Comfortable with research-driven analytics methodologies such as cluster analysis and predictive modeling
  • Extensive experience with website tagging, digital analytics tools and data reporting
  • Proficiency in tools such as Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, and Adobe Analytics
  • Experience with analytics concepts such as multi-touch attribution, lifetime value and customer segmentation modeling
  • Experience with A/B testing, test design, and optimization tools such as Google Optimize, VWO, Optimizely, Test & Target, etc.
  • Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker and building out self-service dashboards
  • Able to partner well with a cross-functional teams and present findings in a meaningful way

Salary Range : 90000 – 110000 USD / year

Salary Description : This base pay range is for the U.S. and not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. Actual salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, candidate’s related work experience, business sector and geographic location. This position also is eligible for benefits and discretionary bonus, although incentive compensation is not guaranteed.

 

Therabody

Social Community Specialist

Full-Time
Posted 4 weeks ago (2024-07-11)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

Therabody® is the wellness tech leader with a mission to inspire and enable every body and mind to keep moving. Therabody’s product ecosystem includes category-creating innovations in wellness products, proprietary software, digital content, and biometrics that have proven benefits around alleviating stress and pain and enhancing performance and sleep. Not only is it part of our brand ethos to help others, but we are also defining the cutting edge of wellness technology while winning accolades such as  Fast Company’s  Brands That Matter, Oprah’s Favorite Things 2022 and the  TIME  Best Inventions 2022 award.

We are seeking a results-driven Social Community Specialist to join our team and play a critical role in executing our social media strategy. This individual will work closely with the Director of Social Media to manage daily posting, community engagement, and content development while ensuring that our social media channels effectively connect with our audience and promote wellness technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Content Planning and Development: Collaborate with the Director of Social Media to plan and create engaging and relevant content for Therabody’s social media platforms, ensuring alignment to the social strategy that celebrate our brand values and objectives.
  • Daily Posting: Manage the day-to-day scheduling and posting of content across various social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, and emerging platforms.
  • Community Management: Monitor and actively engage with our social media community by responding to comments, messages, and inquiries in a timely and personable manner and ensures alignment to brand tone of voice.
  • Community Building: lead communication with key community members that amplify the Therabody brand presence across partner channels.
  • Content Calendar: Create and maintain the Therabody social content calendar that outlines the posting schedule, content themes, and key cultural moments that feature consistency and variety across channels.
  • Reporting and Analysis: Use analytics tools to measure the performance of social campaigns, providing regular reports and insights to the Director of Social Media.
  • Collaboration: Collaborate with various marketing functions, creative, and production teams to ensure visual and messaging consistency across all platforms.
  • Stay Updated: Keep abreast of current trends in social media and the wellness & performance industries and apply this knowledge to daily operations.

The Right Person Would Have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
  • At least 2-3 years of experience in social media management, with a focus on content creation, scheduling, and community engagement.
  • Strong understanding of social media platforms, algorithms, and best practices.
  • Proficiency with social media management tools and analytics platforms.
  • Exceptional communication and writing skills.
  • Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
  • Creative and strategic thinking.

Salary Range : 65000 – 75000 USD / year

 

Therabody

Senior Product Manager, Growth

Full-Time
Remote
Posted 4 weeks ago (2024-07-11)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

Therabody® is the wellness tech leader with a mission to inspire and enable every body and mind to keep moving. Therabody’s product ecosystem includes category-creating innovations in wellness products, proprietary software, digital content, and biometrics that have proven benefits around alleviating stress and pain and enhancing performance and sleep. Not only is it part of our brand ethos to help others, but we are also defining the cutting edge of wellness technology while winning accolades such as  Fast Company’s  Brands That Matter, Oprah’s Favorite Things 2022 and the  TIME  Best Inventions 2022 award.

We are seeking an experienced Sr Product Manager with a background in direct-to-consumer web and ecommerce technologies to join our team. In this role, you will drive D2C growth by owning and executing the roadmap for the web shopping experience, making it easier for consumers to shop for our world-class products. You will partner closely with stakeholders in UX/UI design, engineering, marketing, analytics and sales to launch features that align with company goals and accurately measure success for the website and its impact to the business. You will obsess over the getting the customer experience right,   and ensure that hypothesis-driven A/B testing is used to validate the success of every feature.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain a prioritized roadmap that aligns with overall business objectives and delivers a constantly improving customer experience.
  • Collaborate with design, marketing, and engineering teams to generate hypotheses for product enhancements that drive revenue growth and sales.
  • Lead the execution and evaluation of A/B tests to prove your hypotheses and measure outcomes, while always striving for continuous iterative and incremental improvements.
  • Establish and maintain best practices for flexible content management while ensuring a consistent shopping experience for customers.
  • Take a proactive approach to managing your product area, continually assessing both growth performance and team operations, and identifying opportunities for improvement in a fast-paced D2C environment.
  • Obsess over key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure the website meets and exceeds business goals.
  • Partner closely with Operations, Business Applications, and Sales teams to identify and implement features that support other growth channels and improve sell-through products.

The Right Person Would Have:

  • 5+ years of software product management experience with an emphasis on web and eCommerce
  • Proven track record of launching features that drive revenue growth and improve shopping experiences.
  • Deep understanding of A/B testing best practices, measuring results against KPIs, and reporting complex results to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, global D2C environment.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
  • Experience with data analysis, and user research to form hypotheses and gain early signals fast.
  • Passion for using data to uncover unmet needs and define the best solution for our consumers.
  • Experience working with Agile methodologies and geographically diverse engineering and design teams.
  • Knowledge of the latest trends and technologies in eCommerce.

Salary Range : 110000 – 125000 USD / year


 

Therabody

Marketing Manager, Commercial & Specialty Sales

Full-Time
Remote
Posted 4 weeks ago (2024-07-11)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

The Marketing Manager, Commercial & Specialty Sales will help grow the brand identity through customer marketing strategies, launch planning and brand campaigns. As part of the Sales team, this individual is the key point of contact for all specialty retail and commercial (B2B) marketing efforts that will drive sales of Therabody products with our partners. Therabody is seeking an individual who is a creative innovator at heart, and who can envision, build, and execute marketing strategies, collaborate on go-to-market plans, increase brand recognition, and drive sales. The Marketing Manager develops, delivers, ensures execution, and measures the impact of marketing initiatives with key in venue customers to include product sell-in tools and meetings, point of purchase drivers, and enforcing brand and product presentation standards.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Marketing Management:
  • Strategize, collaborate and manage the execution of marketing activities within the commercial and specialty markets
  • Support asset creation for new product launches and customer initiatives. Articulate sales needs into clear briefs for marketing materials, partnering closely with creative on the review and revision process.
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with external partners, fostering collaboration on joint marketing activations, securing in-kind placements and developing synergistic brand and product storytelling opportunities.
  • Attend monthly meetings with key partners, monitoring sales and revenue performance and proactively adjusting marketing plans to meet business needs
  • Frequently audit key account in-store and online presentation. Identify opportunities for customer experience improvement, conversion growth and tactics to maximize retail marketing investments.
  • Sales Enablement
  • Ensure the sales team has the necessary resources and materials needed for to drive product adoption, sell-in and growth.
  • Ensure the successful completion of customer item set up process.
  • Facilitate necessary updates to sales materials such as pricing guides, promotional flyers, etc.
  • Assist sales partners with outreach initiatives during key moments. Occasional email outreach via MailChimp
  • Partner with sales team to develop go-to-market plans that expand audience reach, distribution channels and secure new product placement
  • Merchandising And Display
  • Work closely with the Merchandising team to design and place physical merchandising experiences within accounts.
  • Monitor and manage the alignment of marketing assets deployed in retail locations.
  • Retail Training And Events
  • Partner with Education to plan and execute training sessions for retail store associates, providing them with the knowledge and skills to effectively promote and sell products.
  • Coordinate and participate in trade shows and event and work with internal events team to ensure successful event planning and execution.
  • Coordinate with events team, sales partners & creative team to plan and execute pre and post event marketing initiatives.
  • Budget Management And ROI Analysis
  • Manage the marketing budget and activation calendar, updating it on a weekly basis.
  • Identify areas of opportunity for investment or reallocation of funds to optimize marketing activities.
  • Develop process for tracking and analyzing the return on investment (ROI) of marketing campaigns and assess company sales performance.
  • Provide recommendations for future resource allocation based on the results of ROI analysis.

The Right Person Would Have:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • 5+ years of marketing experience with consumer goods, preferrable experience in commercial distribution channels like Medical, Gyms or Hospitality & Spa. Familiarity with special retail channels like Outdoor, Sporting Goods and Military
  • Experience with consumer marketing with a focus on lifestyle and/or wellness technology products
  • Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Must be a self-starter with energy, drive and determination to accomplish goals and demonstrated ability to multitask, set priorities, stay focused, and set clear milestones
  • Must be results-oriented and possess excellent analytical skills
  • Creative-minded and strong problem solving ability
  • Ability to balance day-to-day execution and big-picture, strategic thinking
  • Passion for Therabody’s mission of helping people live will and feel their best

Salary Range : 80000 – 100000 USD / year

 

 

Drake Relays at Drake University

Drake Relays Assistant Director

Full-Time
Posted 6 days ago (2024-07-20)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

Drake University is seeking applicants for the position of Assistant Drake Relays Director with an emphasis on track and field meet operations. The successful candidate will be responsible, on a year-round basis, for overseeing the logistics and operations of one of the world’s largest annual track and field meets.

Key duties include recruiting and managing contract staff, officials, volunteers, and interns, overseeing the entry process for the university, college, and high school divisions of the Drake Relays, and leading all aspects of the Jim Duncan Invitational. This position requires strong written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail especially relating to inventorying supplies and anticipating future needs.

The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal and organizational skills, building positive relationships with internal teammates and successfully serving as the point person for a multitude of external stakeholders, including officials, volunteers, coaches and more.

Learn more about the Drake Relays at: https://godrakebulldogs.com/sports/drake-relays.

*At present, this position will likely be either a full-time, 12-month position or a full-time, 11-month position (with July off). Given some pending changes to the salary threshold under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Athletics Department is still assessing which will be most appropriate. By the time we commence interviewing finalists, we will have made a final decision.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • This position requires working nights/weekends, the ability to lift 50 pounds and the capability to work independently.
  • Candidates must have a valid driver’s license and must pass a background check.

Preferred Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will be a certified official by USATF or have at least three to five years of experience working in the sport of track and field, including familiarity with related websites and software including but not limited to HyTek, DirectAthletics, InDesign and more.

Job Duties:

All of the job duties described below require an understanding of and compliance with the rules of the NCAA, the Missouri Valley Conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the Pioneer Football League and/or the Summit League and Drake University.

  • 15% – Manage the recruitment and coordination of all officials, contract staff and volunteers for the Drake Relays and Jim Duncan Invitational. – (Essential)
  • 15% – Manage the entry and selection processes, meet information and packets for all elementary, middle school, high school, and collegiate teams as well as individual/unattached entries, including entry fees and related policies for all categories. – (Essential)
  • 15% – Oversee the management of the Drake Relays website, historical records and other publications, including the Drake Relays app ensuring current content, accuracy and professional presentation. – (Essential)
  • 15% – Assist with recruitment and retention of NCAA Division I university teams, in addition to other groups, and oversee the hospitality and contracts, including hotel reservations and billing. – (Essential)
  • 5% – Organize and manage elite athlete entries and packets, hotel reservations, hospitality and billing. Oversee USATF and World Athletics sanctioning. – (Essential)
  • 5% – Coordinate, inventory and order all Drake Relays supplies. – (Essential)
  • 5% – Coordinate catering for events utilizing trade for officials, volunteers and staff. – (Essential)
  • 5% – Coordinate Relays Committee roster, meeting invites and special event details throughout the year. – (Essential)
  • 5% – Order and coordinate all apparel related to awards, officials, volunteers and staff. – (Essential)
  • 5% – Supervise the Drake Relays interns and modify their job descriptions to best reflect their involvement. – (Essential)
  • 5% – Assist in the promotion, marketing and fundraising for the Drake Relays. – (Essential)
  • 5% – Perform other duties, as assigned. – (Essential)

Salary & Benefits:

The salary for these positions is competitive with peer schools and will be commensurate with qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.

At Drake, we are proud to offer our employees, their spouses, and eligible dependents a comprehensive benefits package, which includes a wide range of core benefits, perks, and discounts. If you are exploring a job with Drake University, we invite you to spend a little time with our digital benefits guide: Drake Benefits Guide (Plan Year 2024).

One of our very popular policies provides a tuition waiver for Drake employees, their spouses, and eligible dependents. Drake also participates in two tuition exchange programs available to dependent children. You can learn about both the tuition waiver policy and tuition exchange programs here: Tuition Benefits.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Applicants will be asked to complete the online application through Drake’s job board and provide: a resume/cv, a cover, and contact information for three references.

All applications must be submitted through the Drake University application, located here:
https://jobs.drake.edu/jobs/assistant-director-drake-relays-relays-operations-997877-6ea62a74-30ad-4bfd-96ad-6d09796a6261

blake.boldon@drake.edu

 

 

Industrial Revolution

Ecommerce Sales Manager

Full-Time
Posted 2 weeks ago (2024-07-06)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Industrial Revolution is a collection of people, brands, and products that share the singular

purpose of making life outside more enjoyable. As a privately held company, we choose to model a work/lifestyle that ensures our bottom line is defined by more than numbers alone. We believe that relationships matter, that our people matter and that we must always move forward toward sustainability, wherever we can, simply because it is the right thing to do. We invite you to be a part of our Industrial Revolution.

JOB OVERVIEW: E-Commerce Sales Manager

Join us as an eCommerce Manager and take the helm of our online retail strategy! Drive sales growth, optimize customer experiences, and lead our team to success in the dynamic world of eCommerce.

The eCommerce Sales Manager is responsible for advancing the customer experience, distribution, business planning, and P&L for Industrial Revolution, including Amazon. This key role will drive Industrial Revolution brands’ revenue and share growth and advance the customer experience through strategic business planning, marketplace execution, digital marketing, merchandising, assortment management, and promotions while managing a budget, maintaining profitability, and interfacing with internal and external stakeholders. Familiarity with current industry trends and best practices is essential for success in this role.

THE DETAILS:

  • Develop and implement comprehensive e-commerce strategies and plans aligned with business objectives to drive online sales growth.
  • Manage, maintain, and update the e-commerce platforms and marketplaces, ensuring a seamless and user-friendly online shopping experience for customers.
  • Design, deploy, and measure eCommerce promotional plans together with marketing and execute customer-specific promotional plans.
  • Work cross-functionally with marketing to develop and maintain a winning eCommerce digital shelf (Basic Content, Enhanced Content, Brand Store, Hero Imagery, Portfolio optimization, etc.)
  • Manage strategy and execute new product launches, including digital shelf, promotions, VINE inclusions, merchandising, etc.
  • Monitor and analyze market trends, customer behavior, and competitor activities to identify opportunities for improvement and drive business growth.
  • Utilize industry best practices, emerging technologies, and digital marketing techniques to optimize the e-commerce website’s performance.
  • Create and manage marketing campaigns, including email marketing, social media advertising, SEO/SEM, and affiliate marketing, to drive traffic and increase conversions.
  • Analyze data, including web analytics and customer insights, to identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to enhance the customer experience and increase sales.
  • Manage customer service inquiries promptly and effectively, ensuring high customer satisfaction and resolving issues promptly.
  • Develop strong relationships with key partners and stakeholders, including suppliers, vendors, and service providers.
  • Monitor and respond to customer feedback, reviews, and ratings to maintain a positive brand image and improve customer satisfaction.
  • Prepare regular reports on the e-commerce platform’s performance, including key metrics, sales trends, customer behavior, and campaign effectiveness.

YOUR IMPACT:

  • Increased website traffic and conversion rate, resulting in improved online sales performance through IR’s Shopify site and driving increased sales through Amazon.
  • Enhanced customer experience and satisfaction, leading to increased customer retention and loyalty.
  • Achieved revenue growth and improved profitability through effective e-commerce strategies and optimization.
  • Timely and effective management of customer service inquiries, ensuring high customer satisfaction and repeat business.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  •        Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or a related field.
  •        Minimum of 2-4 years of experience in e-commerce management, preferably in a retail or consumer goods industry.
  •        Proven experience as an E-Commerce Manager or similar role.
  •        Strong analytical skills and experience with web analytics tools to track and analyze performance metrics.
  •        Comprehensive knowledge of digital marketing strategies and tactics, including SEO, SEM, social media advertising, email marketing, and affiliate marketing.
  •        Proficiency in using e-commerce & marketplace platforms and CMS systems.
  •        Excellent communication, problem-solving, and project management skills.
  •        Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.
  •        Proficiency in MS Office and other relevant software applications.

CORE VALUES:

  • We Search for Truth: We seek the “root cause” of problems, we don’t assign blame or fault, and we use data, experience, and collective wisdom to make the right decision.
  • We Act with Passion: We care about our work and have a sense of ownership, personal and team accountability, and take pride in our work. We have a lot of fun too!
  • We Value Healthy Collaboration: We work well together, honoring differences, and work through disagreements with integrity and respect.
  • We Strive to Make Things Better: We are always learning and growing, we challenge the status quo. We embrace and help lead through change.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions. The employee may be required to perform additional duties as assigned.

PAY AND BENEFITS

  • Job Type: Full-time / Exempt
  • Direct Reports: No
  • Base Pay: $90,000-$100,000

Additional Benefits:

  • 401(k) matching
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Learning and tuition reimbursement
  • Employee product discounts
  • A supportive and engaging work culture
  • Equal Opportunity

Industrial Revolution is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, gender, religion, age, national origin, marital or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, genetic information, or any other status or characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. Compensation will be commensurate with professional work experience.


 

 

Motiv Sports Seeks Expo Sales Coordinator


Job Description

Reporting to the Vice President of Sales, Expo Sales Coordinator will be responsible for driving Expo revenue across all Motiv US properties. The Expo Sales Coordinator will engage in prospecting, research, and client development efforts that support consistent business growth and comply with internal sales tracking and reporting requirements. This position is responsible for contributing to the company objectives of revenue growth and profitability, while also growing existing and new relationships with local businesses.

Overview of Responsibilities

• Daily outreach to prospects and clients for new and renewal expo business

• Prompt follow ups on any inbound inquiries

• Gaining and maintaining working knowledge of key attributes that drive sales decisions

• Logging daily sales activity in tracking system

• Reviewing, analyzing, and discussing weekly reports and sales efforts

• Developing new ideas and programs for sales team to sell and drive revenue

• Fostering new relationship with business in local markets where events take place

• Preparing compelling and creative proposals to attract new business opportunities

• Source Budget Reducing In Kind (BRIK) and Value In Kind (VIK) deals for events

• Working alongside VP of Sales and Partnership Activation Manager onsite at events to execute sponsor and expo activations

Necessary Job Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, with a focus on Microsoft Excel

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or related focus

• The ability to work-well with others in a complex, fast-paced environment

• Self-starter, independent, creative problem solver, and results-oriented

• Travel, including weekends, will be required to each event property

• Must be able to operate on feet for extended periods of time

Preferred

• 2+ year’s work experience in a role focused on sales and/or working within a sales team

• Experience working in mass participation events, or large-scale event management

Compensation

• $50k + Commissions

Apply for Expo Sales Coordinator by emailing pblanchard@motivsports.com.

 

 

 

LuxPro

Team Project Manager

Contractor
Remote
Posted 2 days ago (2024-07-12)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

As an independent contracting firm, LuxPro works closely with a major component brand in the Outdoor Industry to help drive training initiatives in North America.

LuxPro is in search of a Team Project Manager to be responsible for overseeing the planning, implementation, and tracking of projects, ensuring that our 3-person team is aligned and working efficiently towards project objectives.
This role involves developing and managing project timelines, facilitating stakeholder communication, collect and analyze KPI data for reporting, and handling community outreach initiatives. Additionally, the manager will oversee giveaways and seasonal communication strategies to support key initiatives and business priorities.

Key Responsibilities:
Team Project Management:

  • Develop and manage seasonal project timelines to keep the team organized and on task, ensuring deadlines and objectives are met.
  • Hold stakeholders accountable to meeting task deadlines.
  • Communicate via email and Teams with key stakeholders including brand partners, retailers,  brand associates and our team.
  • Set priorities and agendas on a weekly basis for team workflow via weekly meetings.
  • Keep detailed meeting notes and ensure follow-up on action items with all stakeholders.

Reporting:

  • Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and gather analytic reporting for insights and assessments.
  • Collect and analyze data from events. Sources include Zoom reports, SurveyMonkey results, Mighty Networks analytics, and Google Analytics.
  • Compile data into spreadsheets, utilizing pivot tables for summary and reporting purposes.
  • Input established monthly metrics into the brand dashboard for stakeholder review and deliver ongoing ad-hoc metrics to the LuxPro Team for reporting and benchmarking.

Community Outreach, Communication and Swag Management:

  • Identify outreach opportunities to increase membership and grow the community, including ambassador programs and community engagements.
  • Develop and manage seasonal communication plans and tools lists.
  • Manage and deliver content to the online education community, including monthly e-newsletters, on-network communication, eLearning initiatives, and surveys.
  • Proofread and suggest edits to event and website copy.
  • Create and manage promotional plans, giveaways, and ambassador programs to drive key initiatives like membership growth and event participation.
  • Confirm giveaway items and manage the fulfillment process.
  • Distribute raffle and reward items as per the marketing plan and handle all associated logistics via our various fulfillment channels.

Qualifications:

  • Proven experience in team project management.
  • Strong organizational and delegation skills.
  • Excellent email and newsletter communication abilities.
  • Proficiency in data analysis and reporting within excel.
    • Experience working with pivot tables to summarize data.
  • Experience with community outreach and promotional planning.

This is a 1/2 time contract remote position with roughly 5 hours/week of scheduled team meetings. However, there is considerable time flexibility for ongoing projects. Pay is $4000-4500/month depending on experience.

Industrial Revolution

Ecommerce Sales Manager

Full-Time
Posted 1 week ago (2024-07-06)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Industrial Revolution is a collection of people, brands, and products that share the singular

purpose of making life outside more enjoyable. As a privately held company, we choose to model a work/lifestyle that ensures our bottom line is defined by more than numbers alone. We believe that relationships matter, that our people matter and that we must always move forward toward sustainability, wherever we can, simply because it is the right thing to do. We invite you to be a part of our Industrial Revolution.

JOB OVERVIEW: E-Commerce Sales Manager

Join us as an eCommerce Manager and take the helm of our online retail strategy! Drive sales growth, optimize customer experiences, and lead our team to success in the dynamic world of eCommerce.

The eCommerce Sales Manager is responsible for advancing the customer experience, distribution, business planning, and P&L for Industrial Revolution, including Amazon. This key role will drive Industrial Revolution brands’ revenue and share growth and advance the customer experience through strategic business planning, marketplace execution, digital marketing, merchandising, assortment management, and promotions while managing a budget, maintaining profitability, and interfacing with internal and external stakeholders. Familiarity with current industry trends and best practices is essential for success in this role.

THE DETAILS:

  • Develop and implement comprehensive e-commerce strategies and plans aligned with business objectives to drive online sales growth.
  • Manage, maintain, and update the e-commerce platforms and marketplaces, ensuring a seamless and user-friendly online shopping experience for customers.
  • Design, deploy, and measure eCommerce promotional plans together with marketing and execute customer-specific promotional plans.
  • Work cross-functionally with marketing to develop and maintain a winning eCommerce digital shelf (Basic Content, Enhanced Content, Brand Store, Hero Imagery, Portfolio optimization, etc.)
  • Manage strategy and execute new product launches, including digital shelf, promotions, VINE inclusions, merchandising, etc.
  • Monitor and analyze market trends, customer behavior, and competitor activities to identify opportunities for improvement and drive business growth.
  • Utilize industry best practices, emerging technologies, and digital marketing techniques to optimize the e-commerce website’s performance.
  • Create and manage marketing campaigns, including email marketing, social media advertising, SEO/SEM, and affiliate marketing, to drive traffic and increase conversions.
  • Analyze data, including web analytics and customer insights, to identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to enhance the customer experience and increase sales.
  • Manage customer service inquiries promptly and effectively, ensuring high customer satisfaction and resolving issues promptly.
  • Develop strong relationships with key partners and stakeholders, including suppliers, vendors, and service providers.
  • Monitor and respond to customer feedback, reviews, and ratings to maintain a positive brand image and improve customer satisfaction.
  • Prepare regular reports on the e-commerce platform’s performance, including key metrics, sales trends, customer behavior, and campaign effectiveness.

YOUR IMPACT:

  • Increased website traffic and conversion rate, resulting in improved online sales performance through IR’s Shopify site and driving increased sales through Amazon.
  • Enhanced customer experience and satisfaction, leading to increased customer retention and loyalty.
  • Achieved revenue growth and improved profitability through effective e-commerce strategies and optimization.
  • Timely and effective management of customer service inquiries, ensuring high customer satisfaction and repeat business.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  •        Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or a related field.
  •        Minimum of 2-4 years of experience in e-commerce management, preferably in a retail or consumer goods industry.
  •        Proven experience as an E-Commerce Manager or similar role.
  •        Strong analytical skills and experience with web analytics tools to track and analyze performance metrics.
  •        Comprehensive knowledge of digital marketing strategies and tactics, including SEO, SEM, social media advertising, email marketing, and affiliate marketing.
  •        Proficiency in using e-commerce & marketplace platforms and CMS systems.
  •        Excellent communication, problem-solving, and project management skills.
  •        Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.
  •        Proficiency in MS Office and other relevant software applications.

CORE VALUES:

  • We Search for Truth: We seek the “root cause” of problems, we don’t assign blame or fault, and we use data, experience, and collective wisdom to make the right decision.
  • We Act with Passion: We care about our work and have a sense of ownership, personal and team accountability, and take pride in our work. We have a lot of fun too!
  • We Value Healthy Collaboration: We work well together, honoring differences, and work through disagreements with integrity and respect.
  • We Strive to Make Things Better: We are always learning and growing, we challenge the status quo. We embrace and help lead through change.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions. The employee may be required to perform additional duties as assigned.

PAY AND BENEFITS

  • Job Type: Full-time / Exempt
  • Direct Reports: No
  • Base Pay: $90,000-$100,000

Additional Benefits:

  • 401(k) matching
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Learning and tuition reimbursement
  • Employee product discounts
  • A supportive and engaging work culture
  • Equal Opportunity

Industrial Revolution is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, gender, religion, age, national origin, marital or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, genetic information, or any other status or characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. Compensation will be commensurate with professional work experience.


 

 

MARKETING/SPONSORSHIP MANAGER

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
U.S. Marine Corps
QUANTICO MARATHON

Summary

Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) is looking for the best and brightest to join our Team! MCCS is a comprehensive program that supports and enhances the quality of life for Marines, their families, and others in the Marine Corps Community. We offer a team oriented environment comprised of military personnel, civilian employees, contractors and volunteers who keep the organization functioning smoothly and effectively.

Learn more about this agency
 Help

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

Open to Public

 Help

Duties

  • Plans, directs, and initiates the development, administration and implementation of marketing, Public Relations, and sponsorship programs for the MCMO. 
  • Ensures special considerations and favored treatment are not provided to sponsors except for the public recognition and advertising entitlements addressed in the agreements. 
  • Assists the MCMO Deputy Director and branch managers by producing marketing and sponsorship strategies in the development for various programs for the MCM and its event series. 
  • Manages and supervises the daily work performance of the Marketing and Graphics sections in the MCMO structure including public relations/media and social media component programs, to include website management, Facebook posts and Twitter feeds. 
  • Prepares and presents creative concepts and marketing plans and provides day to day management of commercial sponsorship programs for the MCMO. Researches, solicits, and sells commercial sponsorship partnerships for all MCMO races and sub events. 
  • Targets commercial business areas or categories enhancing the MCMO and meet the market and sales¿ goals of prospective sponsors.  Effectively communicates information using state of the art equipment. 
  • Prepares and creates marketing plans and concepts.  Develops, writes and produces a wide variety of advertising media.  Develops implements and monitors a limited and controlled commercial sponsorship program and strategies for the MCMO to assist in the competitiveness of the MCM and its races series.  Creates draft sponsorship agreements, follow auditing guidelines, and submits for review by Legal Counsel prior to acceptance. 
  • Monitors the usage of registered trademarks, the MCM name, the MCM logos on the ¿The People¿s Marathon¿ and several events series trademarks. Ensuring reviews of agreements for use plus quality control enforcement of standards for use.  Plans, organizes, and implements MCMO events entertainment and ceremonial function. 
  • Oversees and manages Media planning, coordination, and coverage for the MCMO races.  May function as announcer for the MCM, Marine Corps Historic Half and event series races as needed. 
  • Conducts marketing research including surveys, demographics, needs assessments, focus groups and pricing reviews.  Develops and presents presentation to prospective sponsors using state of the art equipment and software. Develops and manages the Marketing budget for the MCMO.  Ensures fiscal accountability of all sponsorship, partnerships and licensing agreements and works directly with MCCS Sponsorship Coordinator, Marine Corps Base, and Quantico. 
  • May be required to travel to attend MCMO races, meetings, and expos to promote races and events by attending other race expos to set up booths with MCMO race materials to promote MCMO race series by handing out MCMO materials, speaking to runners about MCMO races and events, and soliciting vendors to participate in races. 
  • Prepares for MCMO races and events & observes race practices within the running industry to learn how they prepare, plan and execute races.
  • May be required to stand for extended periods of times at expos handing out materials and speaking with runners and vendors about MCMO races. 
 Help

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • See Duties and Qualifications

EVALUATIONS:

Qualifications

  • Minimum of four years related background that demonstrates experience directly related to the above duties.  Strong computer skills.  Demonstrated experience in the use of a variety of informational marketing and media methods such as graphic arts, design, illustration, photographs, computers, broadcast, etc.  Must have strong written and oral communication skills. 
  • Organizational and detail-orientated expertise and the ability to handle numerous projects at one time. 
  • Skilled in using a variety of communication and informational media methods and techniques to stimulate interest of a variety of publics, which have different levels of understanding.  Must be able to identify the characteristics of target audiences and determine the most effective, sources, methods, and techniques to use in reaching patrons.  Ability to analyze the results of information gathering techniques, surveys, inquiries, etc. to improve upon existing systems.  This is a white-collar position where occasional lifting to 20 lbs may be required.

Additional information

GENERAL INFORMATION: Applicants are assured of equal consideration regardless of race, age, color, religion, national origin, gender, GINA, political affiliation, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, marital status, physical handicap which has no bearing on the ability to perform the duties of the position. This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

It is Department of Navy (DON) policy to provide a workplace free of discrimination and retaliation. The DON No Fear Act policy link is provided for your review: https://www.donhr.navy.mil/NoFearAct.asp.

As part of the employment process, Human Resources Division may obtain a Criminal Record Check and/or an Investigative Consumer Report. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a National Agency Check and Inquiries (NACI). For all positions requiring access to firearms or ammunition, the Federal Government is prohibited from employing individuals in these positions who have ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, or a felony crime of domestic violence adjudged on or after 27 November 2002. Selectees for such positions must submit a completed DD Form 2760, Qualification to Possess Firearms or Ammunition, before a final job offer can be made.
Direct Deposit of total NET pay is mandatory as a condition of employment for all appointments to positions within MCCS.
Required Documents:
           *Education/certification certificate(s), if applicable.
           *If prior military, DD214 Member Copy
This activity is a Drug-free workplace. The use of illegal drugs by NAF employees, whether on or off duty, cannot and will not be tolerated. Federal employees have a right to a safe and secure workplace, and Marines, sailors, and their family members have a right to a reliable and productive Federal workforce.
Involuntarily separated members of the armed forces and eligible family members applying through the Transition Assistance Program must submit a written request/statement (may be obtained from the MCCS Human Resources Office) and present ID card with "TA" stamped in red on front of card.
INDIVIDUALS SELECTED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE CHANGED TO PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME AT MANAGEMENT'S DISCRETION WITHOUT FURTHER COMPETITION.
ALL ONLINE APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 1159PM EASTERN TIME (ET) ON THE CLOSING DATE LISTED IN THE JOB POSTING.
Read more

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application/resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. This vacancy will be filled by the best qualified applicant as determined by the selecting official.

 Help

Required Documents

Varies - Review "OTHER INFORMATION"

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

 Help

How to Apply

All applications must be submitted online via the MCCS Careers website: https://careers.usmc-mccs.org

Resumes/applications emailed or mailed will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.  To be considered for employment, the application or resume must be submitted online by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your MCCS user account and review your application status.

Read more

Agency contact information

 QUANTICO MARATHON
Address
QUANTICO MARATHON
123 BARNETT AVENUE
QUANTICO, VA 22134
USA
Learn more about this agency

Next steps

All applicants who submit an application via our Careers page at https://careers.usmc-mccs.org will be able to view their application status online.

 

 

Vice President of Operations


Superfeet Ferndale, WA 98248, WA Full Time


APPLY NOW


Here at Superfeet, we are proud to be an unusual, exceptional company! We are looking for passionate, diverse, team-minded people to join us in our quest to help as many feet as possible. If you’re looking for a workplace culture founded on core values and putting people first… you’ve found it! You can learn more about Superfeet's history by visiting us at www.superfeet.com.


Are you ready to lead as Superfeet’s Vice President of Operations, driving operational excellence and ensuring our products reach consumers worldwide with unparalleled quality and efficiency? Here's your chance to make a significant impact as an essential member of the Executive Leadership Team and a key leader of our global organization. You'll shape our operational strategy, making sure our supply chain runs smoothly, keeping our quality top-notch, and finding smart ways to save costs. You'll lead a fantastic team and work with every department in our organization—which makes you very lucky because we’ve got an amazing group of employees at Superfeet. If you're all about making things run like clockwork and making people's lives better, let's chat!


We will:
Value your contributions
Push you to grow, innovate, and challenge the status quo
Care about you having balance in your life
Provide an excellent total rewards package including (but not limited to)
Competitive salary
100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability and an employee assistance program
Paid vacation, sick time, and time off to volunteer in our incredible community
Employer match for traditional or ROTH 401(k)
$1,000 annual contribution to the charity of your choice
Discounts on our products (think: free!)
And lots more


You will:
Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to monitor operational performance, analyze data insights, and drive data-driven decision-making
Drive a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence, implementing best practices and initiatives to optimize workflows and achieve operational goals


Develop and execute strategic plans to optimize operational efficiency, streamline processes, and maximize profitability
Oversee the end-to-end supply chain, from procurement to distribution, to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products to our customers
Implement and maintain rigorous quality control standards to uphold product excellence and customer satisfaction
Leveage your experience managing multiple warehouse locations and 3PL relationships, to ensure efficient operations and timely delivery
Identify cost-saving opportunities, negotiate favorable contracts with suppliers, and manage budgets to achieve cost targets while maintaining quality standards


Lead and mentor a high-performing operations team, fostering a culture of inclusion, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
Collaborate with other departments such as sales, marketing, and finance to align operational strategies with overall business goals
Leverage technology and innovative solutions to enhance operational efficiency, automate processes, and drive digital transformation
Identify and mitigate operational risks, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards


Your Skills and Abilities:
Possess the ability to lead and inspire teams, set a clear vision and drive operational goals forward
Strong analytical skills and ability to leverage data for strategic decision-making
Knowledge of industry trends, regulations, and best practices in operations management
Strategic thinker, aligning operations with overall business objectives while anticipating future challenges and opportunities
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities


Sound judgment in making complex decisions
Excellent communication and intrapersonal skills that effectively convey ideas and influence outcomes
Ability to develop and implement operational strategies to optimize processes and drive efficiencies
Unwavering commitment to ethical standards and compliance with regulatory requirements
Embrace innovation and technology to drive operational improvements
Results-driven, focusing on achieving measurable results, meet KPIs and continuously improve
Embrace and live the Superfeet purpose: to make a positive difference in all the lives you touch


Your Experience:
10-15 years of proven leadership experience in operations management, preferably in consumer products industry

Compensation: $120,000 - $155,000/year DOE
Work Location: Ferndale, WA


About Us
For more than 40 years, Pacific Northwest-based Superfeet has been creating innovative insoles featuring the Superfeet shape, helping millions of people worldwide experience unparalleled comfort, pain relief, and performance. Today, through the latest advancements in 3D-printing technology, Superfeet is breaking down barriers associated with custom products by providing easier access to state-of-the-art personalized fit.

Superfeet gives 1% of sales and countless volunteer hours to help others shape a strong foundation for a healthy future. Driven by a singular purpose: to make a positive difference in people’s lives, we partner with world-class brands to bring the doctor-recommended Superfeet shape to more people worldwide. If we’re going to help as many feet as we can, we need innovative people who embrace our culture.
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with Superfeet will be contingent upon the successful completion of a drug screen and background check. Candidates must be 18 years or older to apply.

At Superfeet, our purpose is to make a positive difference in all the lives we touch by shaping a strong foundation and being there when you need us, bringing out the awesome in everyone. We are committed to creating a workplace where employees thrive both personally and professionally. If you share these beliefs and are interested in joining us on our journey and commitment to supporting diversity in all our employment practices, we encourage you to apply.

All applicants and employees will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or prior protected activity.

 

 

 

Superfeet Sales Representative - Colorado

 
Remote
 
Full Time

or

Why Join Superfeet Worldwide?

Superfeet Worldwide is not just a workplace; it's an exceptional community driven by a deep commitment to positively impact lives. With over 40 years of innovation, we focus on delivering shape and support to enhance the well-being of all individuals. Our brand thrives on a harmonious blend of biomechanical science and technology, a genuine passion for helping people, and an infectious love for fun. At Superfeet, we see our employees as invaluable contributors, fostering an inclusive environment that inspires growth and innovation and challenges the status quo.

We believe in a well-rounded lifestyle and offer a comprehensive compensation package that includes 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and employee assistance program premiums. We support a healthy work-life balance by providing paid holidays, vacations, sick time, and paid opportunities for community volunteering. Moreover, we value our employees’ future and offer employer matches for traditional or ROTH 401(k) and a $1,000 annual contribution to the charity of their choice. As an employee, you can also enjoy discounts on our products (think free).

Joining Superfeet means bringing yourself to be part of a team dedicated to shaping not only the lives of our customers but also your exciting career journey.

Who Are We Looking For?

The Superfeet Sales Team seeks a Sales Representative to be an integral member of our outstanding team. The successful candidate can directly contribute to the growth of the Superfeet business and the sales team. This contribution will involve sales and business development in various market segments, including sports dealers (such as run specialty, outdoor, hockey, ski, etc.), non-sport dealers, department stores, comfort shoes, industrial accounts, other related specialties, and other assigned accounts. This person will also be responsible for brand performance at select National or Multi-Region Accounts with locations in the territory.

What You’ll Do:

  • Exemplify our purpose in making a positive difference in all the lives we touch:
    • Live and breathe our Purpose, Mission, and Vision by always striving to “do the right thing.”
    • Adhere to our values of People First, Responsibility, and Innovation
  • Proactively manage the buy-sell-replenish cycle (prospect, plan, sell, and service) within the assigned territory:
    • Work with Regional Sales Managers to develop accurate and realistic go-to-market plans, assortments, forecasts, and scenario plans.
    • Maintain accountability for the execution, management, and timely coordination of account orders, including entry, tracking, order confirmation, cancellations, and delivery information.
    • Travel nationally as required and regionally weekly.
    • Coordinate meetings between customer contacts and Superfeet’s Marketing team to establish strategies and execution of brand presentations when appropriate.
    • Manage all aspects of Superfeet’s brand presentation with assigned accounts including advertising, in-store and online.
    • Successful use of sales reporting tools.
  • Promote Superfeet’s product line, philosophy, technology, marketing, and industry and market trends:
    • Learn and maintain current knowledge of the brand and its retail distribution as well as the footwear, insole, and technology business.
  • implement new projects to expand the organization’s portfolio:
    • Identify, create, and maximize new opportunities; provide technical guidance to priority activities; maintain contact with clients and stakeholders.
    • Assure a service-oriented approach to clients. 
  • Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with retail partners:
    • Introduce new products and update marketing materials.
    • Coordinate and attend consumer/account events, including corporate events, in-store, and expos.
    • Support seasonal marketing initiatives.
    • Balance the merchandising needs of the account with Superfeet’s product placement and sales objectives.
    • Be familiar with account locations and the most efficient/effective daily travel schedule, establishing a regular schedule of visits throughout the entire territory.
  • Work with Sales Management and Marketing on the success of National Accounts:
    • Successfully manage sell-thru programs/in-store initiatives.
    • Provide full-service visits to National and Independent accounts.
      • detail merchandise, provide and/or order relevant tools, and provide spot and scheduled clinics.
    • Be accountable for established sell-thru metrics for a pre-determined National Account door base within the territory.
  • Contribute whole-heartedly to Superfeet’s success:
    • Accept new assignments readily, and help team members be successful.
    • Learn new skills, be reliable, and strive to improve team results.
  • Foster a safety culture:
    • Identify and report hazards.
    • Help Superfeet maintain a safe workplace.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Needed:

  • Positive, customer-centric, service-oriented, and team-focused attitude.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, such as empathy and care.
  • Develop and maintain strong industry ties across multiple channels.
  • Effective time management, organization, and prioritization skills while traveling.
  • Thrive in a self-motivated environment and bring your passion.
  • Exceptional Nonverbal, verbal, and written communication skills.
  • Flexibility and adaptability to changing circumstances.
  • Demonstrates a sense of professional curiosity.
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills (Word, Excel, etc.).
  • Proficiency in retail math and sales analytics.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, or related field, preferred.
  • 5 - 7 years of sales experience 
    • Sales experience working with Key Accounts preferred 
  • Experience with CRM (Microsoft Dynamics preferred).
  • Experience in any one of the following areas a plus:
    • Sporting Goods or Specialty run
    • The footwear industry
    • Foot biomechanics
    • Fitness/wellness/athletics
    • Sporting marketing or management

Compensation: $75,000 - $90,000 plus sales target, company, and SMART goal bonus (DOE)

Territory: Rocky Mountains

All applicants and employees will enjoy equal opportunity and fair treatment regardless of race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or prior protected activity.

Apply for Superfeet Sales Representative - Colorado

Were you referred by anyone?

 

 

Retail Tech Support Specialist - Americas

Location: Portland

Apply for this role

In short

In this role you will have a direct impact on the retail expansion of the AMER market for the fastest growing sportswear brand in the world. We are looking for a tech-savvy, retail-minded team player who is thrilled by the opportunity to install the latest retail technology during our new store opening projects in North America, support stores with troubleshooting and deliver exceptional tech training enabling our retail teams to deliver the WOW to our customers. Collaborating with internal teams and external partners, you will install and test the latest tech stack including POS, RFID, traffic counters and cash desks in our retail stores. Together with other teams at On, you will push the limits of the status quo to inspire the next generation in retail technologies, both customer and company facing.

Your Mission

Driving the tech installation during new store openings:

  • Fully own the on-site tech installation for new store openings across North America including collaboration with and coordination of external vendors in person or remote
  • Train our retail teams to confidently use all digital in-store solutions to ensure the delivery of an outstanding customer experience

Deliver operational excellence in existing stores:

  • Maintain and improve existing IT systems in US stores together with in-house & external specialists (e.g. bug fixing, troubleshooting, consistent improvements and updates)
  • Act as main point of contact for European retail store teams for IT related inquiries
  • Perform regular health checks across all European retail store IT systems
  • Execute testing of new processes and software updates
  • Support piloting of digital innovation projects in On’s own retail channels like RFID technology or omni-channel features

Your story

  • +3 years experience in IT software & hardware support
  • Experience in field service is a strong plus
  • Engineering or Computer Science degree a strong asset
  • Proven track record to execute IT & operational projects
  • Ability to work independently on fast-paced projects with multiple stakeholders
  • Detail oriented and motivated professional with desire to push the boundaries of conservative retail and process optimisation
  • Strong analytical-, diagnostic-, and problem-solving skills
  • Passion for technology and innovation in hard- and software
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Hands-on and entrepreneurial mentality

Note: Frequent travel across North America and occasionally to countries outside of the United States will be required for this role.

HOKA Global Loyalty & Consumer Engagement Strategy Manager

remote type
Remote
locations
US - CA Remote Goleta
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted 13 Days Ago
job requisition id
16183

At Deckers Brands, Together, Every Step is a promise kept that every employee can bring their authentic self, is valued and supported, as a whole person, at work and beyond. Together, Every Step is how we continue to deliver exceptional business results, experience an amazing place to work, and have a positive impact on the communities and world around us. 

Job Title: HOKA Global Loyalty & Consumer Engagement Strategy Manager

Reports to: Director, Global Loyalty

Location:  Goleta, CA or Remote

Interested applicants must reside in one of the following approved states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington

The Role

Reporting to Director, Global Loyalty, the HOKA Global Loyalty & Consumer Engagement Strategy Manager will leverage strong customer marketing, loyalty, and analytical skills to develop loyalty and consumer engagement strategies that achieve organizational goals. They will work closely with Deckers Global Analytics, Global Brand Marketing, Global Consumer Insights, and Global DTC teams to analyze key consumer segments, design contact strategies and develop new consumer capabilities (inclusive of content, contact, offer and loyalty considerations).  This person will help to drive the global loyalty and consumer engagement strategy and work with both regional and cross-functional partners (IT Development, Finance, Legal) to rapidly elevate personalization across touchpoints, build the global loyalty program and ultimately improve the engagement and profitability of each individual consumer turning customers into brand advocates.

We celebrate diversity--of your background, your experiences and your unique identity. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and equitable workplace where all of our employees can Come as They Are. We believe that when we bring our different perspectives to work, we are truly Better Together.


Your Impact
The primary functions of this role, include but are not limited to:

  • Manage the build and implementation of the global HOKA loyalty program
  • Manage the HOKA loyalty program roadmap, including its global expansion, ongoing measurement, optimization and development of new capabilities to ensure the program is delivering value to both customers and Deckers.
  • Create leading edge consumer engagement experiences to capture data and drive loyalty enrollments across all channels globally (including marketing, site, store, operations and DTC technology teams)
  • Own Test & Learn roadmap for consumer engagement & loyalty across channels and collaborate with regional teams to develop controlled tests to measure real world impact of segmented/personalized strategies & new DTC/Omni-Channel capabilities and develop case studies for rapid socialization and global adoption
  • Integrate CRM contact strategies/consumer journeys with ecommerce and retail experiences
  • Analyze global program and campaign performance data and drive improvements through scalable strategies
  • Manage global loyalty analytics reporting suite and create global standardized reporting & cadence
  • Collaborate with insights team to develop learning plans to inform consumer journeys and contact strategies
  • Define and deliver strategic consumer journey maps that consider an array of communication contacts and channels (owned retail, ecom, wholesale)
  • Identify gaps in retention and create contact strategies to improve engagement and revenue across channels
  • Create segment anti-attrition programs to enhance engagement and reduce Loyalty program churn
  • Collaborate with Deckers’ analytics and marketing teams to identify fertile consumer segments and to develop new reporting tools across brands and channels
  • Create & Deliver best practices and Global toolkits to regional teams for them to adapt global, personalized contact strategies based on local consumers, product preferences, pricing, etc.
  • Funnel customer retention/loyalty segments and data across marketing teams to drive acquisition strategy and targeting
  • Provide stopgap strategy and executional support for regional marketing teams

Who You Are

  • Highly analytical and data-driven decision maker
  • Strong leadership skills and experience working across a large matrix organization with the ability to influence, work collaboratively, and gain consensus.
  • Proven ability to identify, define and activate segment specific strategies
  • Excellent project and change management skills
  • Skilled at interpreting data and extracting key insights
  • Demonstrated ability to implement programs through effective use of communication skills in formal and informal settings.
  • Champion of measurable wins, ability to effectively socialize across the organization to rally adoption.
  • Excellent written, oral and presentation communication skills
  • Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across backgrounds, borders, functions
  • Self-starter who can establish process and produce deliverables

We’d love to hear from people with

  • 5-7 years managing loyalty marketing and/or CRM for a multi-channel retail company (experience with SMS/Push marketing as well as email a plus)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing or Economics preferred; Masters a plus
  • Strong track record of building, optimizing and scaling effective Loyalty/CRM channel campaigns for a diverse range of initiatives
  • Experience and passion for loyalty programs, customer marketing, and analytics
  • Excellent communicator and strong storyteller leveraging data to effectively communicate to stakeholders of all levels
  • Customer-obsessed and focus on creating best-in-class customer and loyalty program experiences
  • Team oriented and can work efficiently across multiple functional and regional stakeholders of all levels within the organization

What We'll Give You

  • Competitive Pay and Bonuses - We’ve created a variety of competitive compensation programs to foster career development, reward success and to show our employees just how much they’re valued.
  • Financial Planning and wellbeing - No matter what financial goals our employees have set, we want to help them get there. Our plans provide powerful ways to protect income, pay for expenses and invest in the future.
  • Time away from work - Sometimes we need time away to be with family, focus on our health or just simply recharge. Our plans support our employees’ needs to get out, get healthy and come back stronger than ever.
  • Extras, discounts and perks - Being a valued member of the Deckers Brands team means more than just a paycheck. From generous discounts to community-based programs, we offer a variety of cool extras
  • Growth and Development - Deckers Brands was built on the idea of pursuing passion. That’s why we offer extensive opportunities and support for personal and professional development.
  • Health and Wellness - There’s nothing basic about our comprehensive health and wellness programs and offerings. While at work and at play, we aim to support a healthy lifestyle.

$100,000 - $110,000

The salary range posted reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this role in our Goleta, CA location. Individual pay will be determined by location and additional factors, including job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your preferred location during the hiring process.


Equal Employment Opportunity
Diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for our brands. We welcome qualified applicants regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition and all of the other beautiful parts of your identity.

#LI-EL1

 

 

brooksrunning.com logo

Financial Analyst, FP&A

US, Washington, Seattle
Finance – Finance /
Full Time /
Hybrid
Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe a run can change a day, a life, the world. Everyone who works here is a key part of our obsession to make the best running gear on the planet. We want our business — which also happens to be our passion — to be a place where everyone feels welcome and comfortable being themselves. Our company culture defines us, bonds us together, and drives our success. We live this culture daily through our brand values: Runner First, Word is Bond, Champion Heart, There is no “I” in Run, and Keep Moving. This means we always solve for the runner, do what we say we will, give it our all, are generous with our humanity, and find a way to keep moving every day, because joy is kinetic. 

Are you ready to help create something extraordinary?

Your Job:
 
The Financial Analyst will provide business support to multiple teams across the organization, partnering with business leaders to understand and guide the business and support decision-making. Key activities include quarterly forecasting, monthly reporting & analysis, and business case development. This position will also contribute to special projects, typically involving financial analysis and research of business issues to provide management with financial insights, and act as a thought partner to support resource allocation decisions and drive corporate growth and profitability.  

Your Responsibilities:

    • Drive profitability by partnering with leaders from multiple functional areas to develop the quarterly rolling forecast for revenue, gross margin, and operating expenses.
    • Partner closely with assigned functional groups to ensure efficient execution against forecast commitments and provide monthly financial analysis to leadership demonstrating progress toward plans and identifying course corrections as necessary.
    • Develop financial analysis and valuation models to support strategic investment decisions regarding activities such as new product development, supply chain evolution, and technology solutions.
    • Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of automated forecasting and reporting systems, leveraging the Workday Adaptive Planning platform.
    • Be a key player in planning and execution of operational cost analysis to enhance profitability and improve process efficiency.
    • Perform ad hoc analysis and support special projects as required by leadership and cross-functional teams.
    • Prepare sensitive and confidential analysis and manage sensitivity of information accordingly.

Qualifications:

    • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
    • 3+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
    • Proactive and detail-oriented with a proven track record of fostering relationships across functions and levels.
    • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail without losing sight of the big picture. Able to analyze raw data, draw conclusions, and develop actionable strategic recommendations.
    • Strong business acumen with the ability to translate business strategy or initiatives into financial models and/or in-depth analysis
    • Strong proficiency in Excel; Workday Adaptive Planning experience is a plus.
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
    • Excellent interpersonal skills that inspire and build trust resulting in effective working relationships across the company.
    • Understanding and curiosity around the idea that a decision made can affect our customers, our partners, our products, or other departments’ operations and/or morale; “connecting the dots.”
    • Demonstration of innovation and initiative – always looking at improving our products and processes while also displaying a willingness to dive into the details and help wherever necessary.
    • Passionate participation in Brooks’ sports activities a plus, overridden by the ability to understand and empathize with the runner in order to develop loyal, engaging relationships with our customers and the Brooks community.
    • Embraces and lives the Brooks values!
Compensation: The pay range for this position, based out of the Brooks Seattle HQ, is $75,515 - $110,272 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  

Other:
Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families!  
Benefits- including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.  
Paid Time Off- Brooks offers generous time off including three to five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave. 
Bonus- in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.   
Perks- including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits. 

Location- You will spend 3 days per week in our Seattle offices, as we believe our organization flourishes when connections, collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and celebrations happen in person.

At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), honorable discharge or military status, protected citizen status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained guide dog by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.

 

 

 

brooksrunning.com logo

Director, Consumer Insights & Innovation

US, Washington, Seattle
Marketing – Brand Marketing & Communications /
Full Time /
Hybrid
Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe a run can change a day, a life, the world. Everyone who works here is a key part of our obsession to make the best running gear on the planet. We want our business — which also happens to be our passion — to be a place where everyone feels welcome and comfortable being themselves. Our company culture defines us, bonds us together, and drives our success. We live this culture daily through our brand values: Runner First, Word is Bond, Champion Heart, There is no “I” in Run, and Keep Moving. This means we always solve for the runner, do what we say we will, give it our all, are generous with our humanity, and find a way to keep moving every day, because joy is kinetic. 

Are you ready to help create something extraordinary?

Your Job:

The Run-Sight Lab (RSL) is the Consumer Insights 'engine’ of Brooks. The team applies design thinking and a mixed-method research approach to unlock a deep understanding of the key wants and needs of all who run and are active. That understanding is used to anticipate future needs of consumers, empower internal teams with deep insights and recommendations to transform how we create innovative products and strategies.
 
As the Director, Run-Sights Lab, you will lead and manage the RSL, including Design Research, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research and Program Management teams along the insight journey harnessing collective wisdom and perspective to uncover the most meaningful consumer insights. You’ll oversee all research and consumer innovation projects and collaborate cross-functionally with other departments and leaders throughout the organization to determine the enterprise consumer research needs and prioritization.  You will own the development of a 3-year research roadmap and vision that articulates the strategy (including RSL capabilities) that will bring us closer to our consumers, uncover more meaningful insights, and translate them into more actionable outcomes and initiatives.

You and your team will curate travel to key global markets to conduct deep empathy and ethnography research with consumers in their environment and explore and utilize innovative methods and tools to facilitate effective research with those who are active in virtual environments. Through their eyes you will uncover key motivations, aspirations, challenges, and triumphs along their fitness journey. Armed with these powerful insights you will empower your teams to dream big and generate game-changing ideas that will make their journey better than it is today. You will utilize creative synthesis techniques to distill ideas into the most impactful propositions that can be prototyped. You will create collaborative environments where teams can be fearless to build, test and learn quickly as they refine the prototypes into game changing concepts for the brand to bring to consumers. You will cultivate relationships and conversations with other leaders across the company to understand their consumer and business challenges that can be explored and solved through insights-based research. Outside the walls of Brooks, you’ll be the external face of our consumer research, spreading and evangelizing our insights outside of our walls to our partners in the industry.

As the RSL Team continues to mature, you’ll oversee the development and expansion of RSL program management practice, processes, and tools, to accelerate the work and capabilities of the team. This includes standing up a new consumer innovation practice that unlocks insights to transform how we use them to create game-changing outcomes that impact consumers and the way they think, feel, and interact with the brand.

Your Responsibilities:

    • Innovative Thinking Practice
    • Bring an innovation spirit to our research process by pushing our techniques, approach, and research design to the next level
    • Champion innovating for the consumer across the company by leveraging design thinking to build a new framework for identifying innovation concepts and a process to vet and execute them. In year-one in role, stand-up a new research pod to test out the framework and develop a plan to support three to ten-year growth drivers and unlock innovation across the long-term horizon
    • Lead cross-functional teams through the consumer innovation process, teaching and modeling behaviors that produce the desired result in each phase while simultaneously challenging norms and expectations
    • Create and maintain an environment of harnessing collective wisdom by facilitating productive discussion with multiple points of view, and perspectives. Championing looking at things through different lenses that push the work and conversations to new territories

    • Strategy & Planning
    • Lead development of 3-year Strategic Roadmap that articulates the long-term vision for the Run-Sight Lab, including project strategy, capabilities, innovation roadmaps and regional practices
    • See the big picture to connect dots between the consumer, the brand, the business and use strategic thinking to guide the team in generating big ideas and recommendations

    • Leadership
    • Manage and mentor functional leaders who oversee qualitative research, quantitative research, program management and design research teams to become the ‘expert’ on consumer desires and behaviors and distill ideas and large sets of data into actionable insights
    • Lead the Run-Sight Lab cross functional Steering Co with apparel, footwear, and marketing business leaders to achieve maximum alignment on project prioritization, content, and timing of projects
    • Serve as the face of the RSL, internally and externally
    • Play an integral role in leading change management and resourcing to scale RSL team

    • Consumer Segmentation
    • Collaborate with SVP, CMO and VP, Global Brand Strategy & Marketing to build and evolve our brand wide consumer segmentation framework
    • Work closely with VP, Global Brand Strategy & Marketing and Quantitative Research Team to update our Global bi-yearly Brand Equity Study with the latest consumer logic and methodology and present results to key stakeholders throughout the organization

    • Project Leadership
    • Guide and consult on Run-Sight Lab projects at a macro level to ensure maximum impact for the consumer and organization
    • Support broader marketing organization by overseeing all external marketing research agencies on all outsourced qualitative and quantitative projects

    • Training
    • Lead the vision and strategy of our internal consumer innovation bootcamps and training and oversee our external outreach to key universities, retailers, and partners via consumer innovation bootcamps, project partnerships, and research presentations

Qualifications:

    • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business or a related field preferred
    • 12+ years’ experience conducting and leading consumer research projects
    • 7+ years management experience leading a strategy, planning, creative or consumer insights team
    • Experience leading or being heavily engaged in enterprise-level innovation projects or workstreams
    • Working knowledge of the sportswear and/or fitness industry is desired
    • Excellent oral and written communications skills – skilled presenter (using MS Presentation tools)
    • Strong analytical skills and experience
    • Proven ability to influence, persuade and negotiate to achieve progress toward goals – skilled communicator
    • Results-oriented person with the ability to balance numerous tasks and utilize all available resources with a high sense of urgency and self-motivation
    • Demonstrated ability to conceive/create new thinking and ideas pertaining to the consumer and the product line – skilled “product eye”
    • Ability to work professionally and efficiently within the team and across departments
    • Ability to travel at least 20% during year
Compensation: The pay range for this position, based out of the Brooks Seattle HQ, is $165,928 - $265,505 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  

Other:
Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families!
Benefits- including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.
Paid Time Off- Brooks offers generous time off including three to five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave.
Bonus-in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.
Perks- including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.

Location- You will spend 3 days per week in our Seattle offices, as we believe our organization flourishes when connections, collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and celebrations happen in person.

At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), honorable discharge or military status, protected citizen status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained guide dog by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.

 

 

Ostroy

Warehouse Associate

Contractor
Posted 1 day ago (2024-07-04)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

Job Title: Warehouse Associate

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Company: Ostroy

About Us:
Ostroy is a dynamic and growing cycling apparel company with offices in the vibrant community of Colorado Springs. We are committed to excellence in providing top-quality products/services to our customers while fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.

Position Overview:
We are seeking a highly organized and experienced Warehouse Associate to oversee all aspects of our warehouse operations in Colorado Springs. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing inventory, coordinating shipments, optimizing warehouse layout, and leading warehouse staff to ensure efficient and safe operations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Oversee daily warehouse operations, including receiving, storing, and shipping of products.
  • Manage inventory levels to ensure accuracy and availability of stock.
  • Develop and implement warehouse procedures to optimize efficiency and minimize errors.
  • Coordinate with other departments to fulfill orders and meet customer demands.
  • Maintain a clean, safe, and organized warehouse environment, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
  • Train, motivate, and supervise warehouse staff, including hiring and performance evaluations.
  • Utilize warehouse management software to track inventory, orders, and shipments.
  • Analyze data and generate reports to identify areas for improvement and cost-saving opportunities.
  • Collaborate with senior management to develop and implement strategic initiatives to enhance warehouse operations.
  • Foster a culture of teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement within the warehouse team.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or a related field (preferred).
  • Proven experience in warehouse management, including inventory control, shipping/receiving, and staff supervision.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and develop a team.
  • Proficiency in warehouse management software through Shopify and G-Suite.
  • Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities.
  • Knowledge of health and safety regulations and best practices in warehouse operations.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
  • Outdoor and/or cycling enthusiast preferred.
  • Location and Benefits: This position is located in Colorado Springs, CO. We offer competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development and advancement within the company.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter to hannah@ostroy.com. Please include “Warehouse Associate Application – Colorado Springs” in the subject line. We look forward to hearing from you!

Equal Opportunity Employer: Ostroy is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Job Type: Contract
Pay: $22.50 – $25.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

  • Flexible schedule
  • On-the-job training
  • Opportunities for advancement
  • Paid time off, Paid Lunch stipend
  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekends as needed

Experience:

  • Warehouse experience: 1 year (Preferred)
  • Language: English + Spanish would be a bonus
  • Ability to Commute:
  • Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person


 


RunSignup Marketing Associate

Full-Time
Posted 2 days ago (2024-06-21)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

RunSignup is seeking a Marketing Associate to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a technology-literate, creative individual passionate about the events industry. There is a strong preference for candidates in the South Jersey/Philadelphia area, but remote candidates may be considered.

This position is on a product-led, education-focused marketing team. You will be working across three event technology products, RunSignup (for endurance events), TicketSignup (for ticket events), and GiveSignup (for peer-to-peer fundraising events) to keep customers and prospects excited and up to date with our 2,000+ annual releases.

Key marketing channels include our websites (RunSignupTicketSignup, and GiveSignup), Newsletterswebinars and events, and product focused content like case studies and blogs.

What you’ll be doing…

In this role, you will be expected to drive company growth by making complex technology approachable and attractive to customers and prospects. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Produce graphic materials for blogs, websites, presentations, and social media
  • Make regular updates to public-facing content to highlight new technology updates
  • Manage a social media presence
  • Work hands-on with our software to understand and translate features to customers
  • Implement marketing operations, including webinar setup and list management
  • Draft and deliver email marketing communications
  • Track and report on key metrics
  • Collaborate on the planning and execution of company-hosted events
  • Attend occasional company-hosted or industry events that may require travel
  • Support sales prospecting efforts and targeted marketing campaigns

What a candidate will bring to the table

  • Natural curiosity about technology and a willingness to learn continuously
  • An eye for graphic design and a desire to expand on your experience
  • Comfort with basic graphic design tools like Canva
  • Willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills and take on new challenges
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to juggle multiple projects
  • Hands-on personality with a strong desire to get stuff done
  • Nimble and excited by the idea of a fast-moving company where projects and priorities shift frequently
  • A product test will be required with the interview process

Those nice-to-haves

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Previous marketing experience
  • Previous experience with Salesforce
  • Basic experience with Canva and Adobe products for design
  • Behind-the-scenes event experience working in either endurance or ticketed events

About us
RunSignup is the leading US event technology company powering registration, ticketing and peer-to-peer fundraising. Our comprehensive, free, end-to-end platform provides solutions from marketing tools to event day management because we believe everyone deserves powerful technology to improve their events.  More than 28,000 events use RunSignup, TicketSignup and GiveSignup, over 8 million people annually. Since 2010 we have helped our customers raise more than $2.6 billion.

What you will love about our company

Our greatest asset is our employees. We are a family-oriented group who share a love of helping others.

To our employees, we offer:

  • A (very) casual and open work environment
  • Hybrid and work from home opportunities
  • A competitive salary, performance bonus and profit sharing
  • Paid time off
  • Medical benefits, which includes a company paid premium for health insurance and a yearly contribution to employees’ HSA
  • Company paid long term disability and life insurance
  • A 401(k) with a company match
  • Eligibility for company stock options

To apply, send your resume with salary expectations and any relevant experience to johanna@runsignup.com.


 

 

Ventures Endurance

Expo Coordinator

Full-Time
Posted 13 hours ago (2024-06-20)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

|Current Gannett Employees- Please ensure you are using our abbreviated process on the internal Careers site by logging into Dayforce through OKTA|

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. We seek to inspire, inform, and connect audiences as a scalable, growth focused media and digital marketing solutions company. We endeavor to deliver essential content, marketing solutions, and experiences for curated audiences, advertisers, consumers, and stakeholders by leveraging our diverse teams and suite of products to enrich the local communities and businesses we serve. Our current portfolio of trusted media brands includes the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and local media organizations in the United States, and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom. Our digital marketing solutions brand, LocaliQ, uses innovation and software to enable small and medium-sized businesses to grow, and USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures, our events division, creates impactful consumer engagements, promotions, and races. Gannett open roles are featured on various external job boards. When applying to a position at Gannett, you should be completing an application on Gannett Careers via Dayforce. Job postings directing you to complete an application on other external sites may not be valid.     To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com

Ventures Endurance Mission : Produce world-class, community-centric events that engage, empower, and celebrate every participant.

Ventures Endurance Core Values:

  •          Communicate Collaboratively
  •          Act with Authenticity
  •          Embrace Inclusivity
  •          Celebrate Achievements
  •          Exceed Expectations
  •          Nurture Passion
  •          Live with a Growth Mindset

Base Salary: $45,000 – $50,000

The Expo Coordinator will be responsible for planning and executing on all elements pertinent to a successful expo or pre-race event across many brand portfolios. Competitive applicants will have experience working at live athletic events in a participant-facing role. Travel will be required, and preference is given to those who can adapt and work well with others in a fast-paced environment. This is a remote role, and the Expo Coordinator will support minimum of 20 events within the endurance space with a focus on the Hot Chocolate Run brand and traditional road-races.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

  •          Help establish the vision and goals for event expos in conjunction with the Expo Director and operations team leadership
  •          Conduct venue and contractor outreach, quote analysis and negotiation on behalf of the expo team, and ensure timely and accurate payment/tracking of vendors
  •          Create, maintain, submit and organize documents relevant to each expo market relating to expo procedures, permits, floorplans, and schedules
  •          Ordering of all expo production needs either through third-parties or set venues, including audio/visual, security, heavy equipment, union labor, catering and buyouts, and more
  •          Organize and maintain accurate supply inventory for each expo, including overall expo equipment and participant giveaways
  •          Oversee expo unload/buildout and breakdown/post-event trailer packing, in addition to managing the expo during public hours
  •          Assist in the management and retention of both vendors and sponsors for each expo market, including pre-event communication and on-site management of all booth sales
  •          Establish and maintain effective working relationships with third parties, venue managers and other vendors to coordinate the production of event expos
  •          Supervise hired staff on the execution of expo related elements and interaction with participants, in addition to leading department representatives during expo hours
  •          Work across departments, such as Marketing, Customer Service, Volunteers and Warehouse to problem solve, improve operational efficiencies and forge interdepartmental relationships
  •          Communicate event changes to all appropriate external and internal parties to ensure accurate information regarding expo and participant experience
  •          Travel: 60% throughout the year

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  •          Bachelor’s Degree and/or experience in the special events industry
  •          Proven attention to detail with ability to multitask and meet deadlines
  •          Ability to hold oneself accountable and an aptitude for prioritizing multiple projects at once
  •          Proven leadership and management abilities
  •          Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  •          Ability to troubleshoot and find alternative solutions under pressure
  •          Proficient in Excel and Word, experience with EventHub, USI, SocialTables, SmartSheets and registration platforms preferred
  •          Willing to work long event hours
  •          Ability to lift/carry up to 50 lbs.
  •          Experience with booking group travel preferred, but not required
  •          Experience in client/vendor relations preferred, but not required
  •          Experience in contract negotiations preferred, but not required

Qualities required of all Ventures Endurance team members:

Ventures Endurance is a growth-oriented organization with successful team members possessing a strong work ethic and the ability to work individually and as a team. Solutions-oriented individuals with a hands-on approach to identifying inefficiencies and cost-saving opportunities, while maintaining a quality workplace environment and product. The flexible and cooperative environment lends itself to a tight-knit community of employees working together to achieve success.

About Ventures:

USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures creates impactful consumer engagements and experiences through world-class events, promotions, races, and technology. We strive to exceed expectations, create unforgettable memories, and drive value for our partners while leveraging our reputable institutions, including USA TODAY and more than 250 local media brands.

Our portfolio includes the largest high school sports recognition program in the country, USA TODAY High School Sports Awards, and other celebrated brands including the Official Community’s Choice Awards, American Influencer Awards, Hot Chocolate Run, Blockbuster Bucket List sweepstakes, Amazing Teachers contest and more. Our events are managed with our proprietary ticketing and registration platform, EnMotive.

The events and promotions that we build inspire pride in local communities and connect local and national businesses with highly engaged audiences. We are an industry leader and drive results from coast to coast.

 

LI-NR2

LI-REMOTE

 

The annualized base salary for this role will range between $34,200 and $70,000.  Base compensation is reflective of many factors, including, but not limited to, the market in which one lives/works, individual education level, skills, certifications and experience. Note: variable compensation is not reflected in these figures and based on the role, may be applicable

Gannett Co., Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce. As such, we will consider all qualified applicants for employment and do not discriminate in connection with employment decisions on the basis of an applicant or employee’s race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, marital status, personal appearance (including height and weight), sexual orientation, family responsibilities, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), education, genetic characteristics or information, political affiliation, military or veteran status or other classifications protected by applicable federal, state and local laws in the jurisdictions where Gannett employs employees. In addition, Gannett Co., Inc. will provide applicants who require a reasonable accommodation, as a result of an applicant’s disability or religion, to complete this employment application and/or any other process in connection with an individuals’ application for employment with Gannett Co., Inc. Applicants who require such accommodation should contact Gannett Co., Inc.’s Recruitment Department at Recruit@gannett.com.


 

 

 

Ventures Endurance

Social Media Coordinator

Full-Time
Posted 12 hours ago (2024-06-20)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

|Current Gannett Employees- Please ensure you are using our abbreviated process on the internal Careers site by logging into Dayforce through OKTA|

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. We seek to inspire, inform, and connect audiences as a scalable, growth focused media and digital marketing solutions company. We endeavor to deliver essential content, marketing solutions, and experiences for curated audiences, advertisers, consumers, and stakeholders by leveraging our diverse teams and suite of products to enrich the local communities and businesses we serve. Our current portfolio of trusted media brands includes the USA TODAY NETWORK, comprised of the national publication, USA TODAY, and local media organizations in the United States, and Newsquest, a wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom. Our digital marketing solutions brand, LocaliQ, uses innovation and software to enable small and medium-sized businesses to grow, and USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures, our events division, creates impactful consumer engagements, promotions, and races. Gannett open roles are featured on various external job boards. When applying to a position at Gannett, you should be completing an application on Gannett Careers via Dayforce. Job postings directing you to complete an application on other external sites may not be valid.     To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com

Ventures Endurance, a division of Gannett/USA Today Network, is seeking an experienced, creative, and motivated Social Media Coordinator to join our marketing team. In this role, you will be responsible for implementing our marketing and social media strategy with the goal of growing our online presence and improving marketing efforts.

This position will report to the Associate Marketing Director.

Ventures Endurance Mission

Produce world-class, community-centric events that engage, empower, and celebrate every participant.

Ventures Endurance Core Values

  •          Communicate Collaboratively
  •          Act with Authenticity
  •          Embrace Inclusivity
  •          Celebrate Achievements
  •          Exceed Expectations
  •          Nurture Passion
  •          Live with a Growth Mindset

Base Salary: $40,000 – $45,000

Responsibilities

  •          Manage social media content creation efforts across our 50+ Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and X accounts
  •          Implement and refine our current social media strategy
  •          Measure the results of social media campaigns and adjust strategy based on findings
  •          Seek out social media growth strategies and implement across all our brands
  •          Work closely with paid social and graphic design teams to create social media and additional marketing content
  •          Keep abreast of the latest social media best practices and technologies

Required Skills

  •          Must exemplify all 7 core values outlined above
  •          2+ years of experience in marketing, social media, or a similar role
  •          Passion for all things Digital Media and Social Media
  •          Excellent verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail
  •          Experience creating organic posts, deploying, monitoring and managing social media on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and LinkedIn
  •          Understanding of current social media trends, the platforms, and dashboards
  •          Well versed in social media marketing strategies
  •          Strong organizational skills, with the ability to multitask and maintain a fast-paced workflow
  •          Good understanding of social media KPIs
  •          Excellent multitasking and time-management skills

About Ventures

USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures creates impactful consumer engagements and experiences through world-class events, promotions, races and technology. We strive to exceed expectations, create unforgettable memories and drive value for our partners while leveraging our reputable institutions, including USA TODAY and more than 250 local media brands.

Our portfolio includes the largest high school sports recognition program in the country, USA TODAY High School Sports Awards, and other celebrated brands including the Official Community’s Choice Awards, American Influencer Awards, Hot Chocolate Run, Blockbuster Bucket List sweepstakes, Amazing Teachers contest and more. Our events are managed with our proprietary ticketing and registration platform, EnMotive.

The events and promotions that we build inspire pride in local communities and connect local and national businesses with highly engaged audiences. We are an industry leader and drive results from coast to coast.

 

LI-NR2

LI-REMOTE

 

The annualized base salary for this role will range between $45,000 and $92,000.  Base compensation is reflective of many factors, including, but not limited to, the market in which one lives/works, individual education level, skills, certifications, and experience. Note: variable compensation is not reflected in these figures and based on the role, may be applicable

Gannett Co., Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce. As such, we will consider all qualified applicants for employment and do not discriminate in connection with employment decisions on the basis of an applicant or employee’s race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, marital status, personal appearance (including height and weight), sexual orientation, family responsibilities, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), education, genetic characteristics or information, political affiliation, military or veteran status or other classifications protected by applicable federal, state and local laws in the jurisdictions where Gannett employs employees. In addition, Gannett Co., Inc. will provide applicants who require a reasonable accommodation, as a result of an applicant’s disability or religion, to complete this employment application and/or any other process in connection with an individuals’ application for employment with Gannett Co., Inc. Applicants who require such accommodation should contact Gannett Co., Inc.’s Recruitment Department at Recruit@gannett.com.


 

 

Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.)

Salesforce specialist

Full-Time
Posted 2 days ago (2024-06-20)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

This position reports to the Salesforce Manager and is responsible for supporting all of the B.A.A.’s Salesforce initiatives, such as event registrations, volunteer management, grant applications, sponsor and partner management, and other activities as needed. As a critical bridge between business needs and system capabilities, this role plays an integral part in ensuring B.A.A. staff have the training, processes, reports, dashboards, and tools necessary for their respective functions. This role will support the Salesforce Manager in managing projects, understanding and documenting critical milestones—through design, development, testing, and implementation—as well as with the administrative maintenance of the environment.

The successful candidate will be able to provide impeccable customer service to internal and external users of varying skill levels, while also possessing the ability and initiative to learn and improve upon a complex environment with the utmost attention to detail.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Support and communicate regularly with highly active end users and other stakeholders to ensure functionality meets staff and customer needs.
  • Champion and promote Salesforce within the organization, educating other team members on the capabilities and potential applications of Salesforce, with attention to ensuring varying levels of end users are adequately trained on their core functionality.
  • Continuously train new and existing users on how to use the application and any enhancements or changes.
  • Provide application users with technical support and track issues through resolution.
  • Manage Salesforce-related projects with oversight from Salesforce Manager, ensuring that projects, such as new or annual business processes, are implemented successfully and project status is communicated proactively throughout the project timeline.
  • Develop, update, and enhance ad-hoc reports and dashboards as requested by user groups or stakeholders, training end users in the process where possible.  Perform data analysis, as required.
  • Execute modifications to data collection, validation rules, list views, custom fields, picklist values, form layout changes, Flow, and other system configurations at the direction of the Salesforce Manager.
  • Manage user and security settings, and conduct regular security/configuration audits.
  • Regularly audit data to uncover integrity issues and/or opportunities for process improvement.
  • Seek out and leverage data trends and intelligence in collaboration with work group leaders.
  • Perform data imports and exports using APIs or import tools as required.
    Assist with maintaining updated system documentation and Salesforce policies/procedures.
  • Create and manage email and mail merge templates.
  • Keep abreast of new Salesforce features and functionality and provide recommendations for utilizing them.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

There are innumerable ways to learn, grow and excel professionally. We know people gain skills through a variety of professional, personal, educational, and volunteer experiences. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work. This said, we are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate the majority of the qualifications and experiences listed below.

  • Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in direct Salesforce Administration required.
  • Salesforce Administrator, Trailhead Learning, and Superbadge certification preferred.
  • Familiarity with Salesforce Lightning Experience as the primary Salesforce user interface.
  • Hands-on experience with a variety of Salesforce modules including Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP), Experience Cloud, Flows, and Process Builder.
  • Familiarity with Apex and Visualforce components, and ability to run SOQL queries.
  • Demonstrated experience with the following AppExchange utilities: FormAssembly, Chargent, Apsona, Workbench and DataLoader, or other AppExchange utilities as needed.
  • Keen ability to create fields, page layouts, create new or update workflows and communication templates.
  • Strong understanding of Salesforce data model/architecture to be able to assist in designing/developing reports and dashboards.
  • Strong understanding of the Salesforce security model including sharing rules, roles, profiles, sharing settings, and validation rules etc.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with ability to establish effective working relationships with all levels of the organization.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences; inclusive of teaching basic skills and organizing trainings.
  • Experience with data analytics and business intelligence concepts.
  • Ability to analyze complex problems and develop appropriate solutions under pressure, with great attention to detail and initiative to move the work forward.

WORK EXPECTATIONS AT B.A.A

We are a hands-on team and seek employees who are passionate about our work and service to our community and sport. The Salesforce Specialist role is a 40 hours/week, exempt position. The role will require working some weekends and evenings. There will be longer work hours surrounding event production and the Boston Marathon. Limited local travel required.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The salary range is competitive and commensurate with lived and professional experience. The B.A.A. will promote your professional growth and development by providing access to:

  • Competitive health and dental insurance plans.
  • Life insurance, short term, and long-term disability plans funded 100% by the B.A.A.
  • 401(k) matching dollar-for-dollar up to 4% after one year of service, elective deferrals may begin upon hire.
  • An annual allotment of professional development funding (up to $2,000 per calendar year).
  • Paid vacation based on years of service.
  • 11 paid holidays, 9 scheduled and 2 floating.

 

Volunteer Coordinator

Full-Time
Posted 2 days ago (2024-06-15)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

Brooksee is a fast-growing endurance event company committed to elevating the event experience for endurance athletes. We own and operate the REVEL Race Series, Portland Marathon, Mesa Marathon, and the Las Vegas Marathon.

As the Volunteer Coordinator for Brooksee, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of our race events by recruiting, coordinating, and managing volunteers. You will be responsible for sourcing and securing volunteers both as individuals and groups, ensuring that our events run smoothly and efficiently. This role requires excellent organizational and communication skills, as well as the ability to engage and motivate volunteers to contribute their time and skills to support runners and the overall race experience.

Volunteers are the backbone of our race events and the Volunteer Coordinator position is essential to ensuring volunteer needs are effectively planned for, coordinated, and executed. The Volunteer Coordinator position will be responsible for fulfilling volunteer needs across various segments throughout the race week, including but not limited to race packet assembly, race packet pick up, start and finish line support, aid station support, course marshaling, and event cleanup. The Volunteer Coordinator will also oversee specialty volunteer positions, such as pacers, lead cyclists, and sag vehicle drivers. Applicants should email their resume to jobs@brooksee.com.

Travel to race locations during race weeks is required and includes days leading to and following the race day. Current race calendar is outlined below:

Denver, CO -REVEL Rockies: 5/27–6/2
Salt Lake City, UT – REVEL Big Cottonwood: 9/9–9/15
Portland, OR – Portland Marathon: 10/1–10/7
Las Vegas, NV – Las Vegas Marathon: 10/29–11/4
San Bernardino, CA – REVEL Big Bear: 11/11–11/17
Mesa, AZ – Mesa Marathon – 2/5-2/9 – 2025
Las Vegas, NV – REVEL Mt Charleston – 4/2-4/6 – 2025
Conway, NH – REVEL White Mountains – TBD – 2025
Walnut Creek – REVEL Mt Diablo – TBD – 2025

Key Responsibilities:

  • Volunteer Recruitment:Develop and implement strategies to recruit volunteers for race running events.
  • Utilize various channels such as social media, community organizations, schools, and online platforms to attract volunteers.
  • Actively engage with potential volunteers to communicate the benefits of volunteering with our organization.
  • Volunteer Coordination:Determine and plan volunteer needs based on race week operations and functions.
  • Assign roles and responsibilities to volunteers based on their skills, interests, and availability.
  • Develop a schedule for volunteer shifts and ensure adequate coverage for all event activities.
  • Provide clear instructions and guidance to volunteers regarding their duties and expectations.
  • Serve as the main point of contact for volunteers before, during, and after events, addressing any questions or concerns they may have.
  • Volunteer Management:Maintain a database of volunteers including their contact information, availability, and skills.
  • Regularly communicate with volunteers to keep them informed of race day details, position responsibilities, and any training materials or resources.
  • Oversee race day volunteer operations, evaluate performance, and provide feedback or implement action plans to improve operational effectiveness.
  • Gather feedback from volunteers at the conclusion of the event and determine opportunities for improvement.
  • Recognize and appreciate the contributions of volunteers through various forms of acknowledgment and appreciation.
  • Group Volunteer Engagement:Cultivate relationships with local organizations, schools, corporations, and community groups to recruit volunteer groups.
  • Coordinate with group leaders to facilitate their involvement in our events, ensuring a seamless and enjoyable experience for all participants.
  • Develop tailored opportunities for group volunteering that align with their interests and objectives.

Qualifications:

  • Previous experience in volunteer coordination or event management.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across channels (ie. in-person, online, email, phone).
  • Proficiency in Google Workspace (ie. Gmail, Drive, Sheets, Docs, Calendar).
  • Strong organizational abilities with attention to detail.
  • Strong leadership and group management skills.
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances.
  • Passion for promoting community engagement and supporting charitable causes.
  • Ability to routinely lift, carry, and move materials weighing 50 pounds is preferred.

 

Brooksee is a fast-growing endurance event company committed to elevating the event experience for endurance athletes. We own and operate the REVEL Race Series, Portland Marathon, Mesa Marathon, and the Las Vegas Marathon.

As the Transportation Coordinator for Brooksee, you’ll play a crucial role in organizing and coordinating parking and transportation logistics across all our race events. The Transportation Coordinator position will be responsible for sourcing, securing, and managing all aspects of parking and transportation needs. This includes but is not limited to coordinating parking venues, transportation services, parking attendants, and route planning. The position will oversee the flow of participants, spectators, and volunteers between parking venues, expo venues, as well as start and finish lines. Ensuring the success of parking and transportation logistics is a critical part of our race events and therefore, the role requires strong organizational skills, excellent communication, and the ability to work well under pressure. Applicants should email their resume to jobs@brooksee.com.

Travel to race locations during race weeks is required and includes days leading to and following the race day. Current race calendar is outlined below:

Denver, CO -REVEL Rockies: 5/27–6/2
Salt Lake City, UT – REVEL Big Cottonwood: 9/9–9/15
Portland, OR – Portland Marathon: 10/1–10/7
Las Vegas, NV – Las Vegas Marathon: 10/29–11/4
San Bernardino, CA – REVEL Big Bear: 11/11–11/17
Mesa, AZ – Mesa Marathon – 2/5-2/9 – 2025
Las Vegas, NV – REVEL Mt Charleston – 4/2-4/6 – 2025
Conway, NH – REVEL White Mountains – TBD – 2025
Walnut Creek – REVEL Mt Diablo – TBD – 2025

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Race Directors and Operations team to understand parking and transportation requirements for each race event.
  • Identify suitable parking facilities and transportation options based on event location, size, and participant count.
  • Negotiate contracts and agreements with parking facilities, transportation providers, and other relevant vendors to secure services within budgetary constraints.
  • Coordinate logistics for shuttle services, including route planning, scheduling, and staffing.
  • Work with internal teams to communicate parking and transportation details to participants, spectators, and volunteers across various channels, including event websites, race program, emails, and signage.
  • Oversee onsite parking operations, including setup, signage and traffic device placement, and traffic management.
  • Monitor transportation services during events, addressing any issues or emergencies that may arise.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of transportation plans and make recommendations for improvements based on feedback and performance.
  • Maintain accurate records of transportation expenses, invoices, and vendor contracts for budgeting and reporting purposes.

Qualifications:

  • Proven experience in event planning, transportation coordination, or logistics management.
  • Strong negotiation skills with the ability to secure competitive pricing and favorable terms with vendors.
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with internal teams and external partners.
  • Strong organizational and multitasking abilities, with attention to detail.
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances.Proficiency in Google Workspace (ie. Gmail, Drive, Sheets, Docs, Calendar).
  • Ability to routinely lift, carry, and move materials weighing 50 pounds is preferred.

 

 

J&A Racing

Graphic Design and Registration Manager

Full-Time
Posted 1 day ago (2024-06-13)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

If you love motivating people, giving high fives and celebrating accomplishments with thousands of your closest friends, Virginia Beach is calling your name! At J&A Racing, not only are we an event management company that hosts world class events with a hometown feel, but we are also a high energy crew that loves what we do…and we LOVE running! With a mission to promote and support healthy lifestyles, we also think it is important that our staff has a healthy lifestyle too. We offer competitive salaries and benefits including health insurance, 401K, and flexible PTO.

Job Description: 

The Graphic Design and Registration Manager is passionate about the fitness industry and loves helping people. This position is a Full Time, in-office position that will be a key player on the Marketing Team and will be responsible for all tasks related to Graphic Design and Registration. This person will be responsible for making amazing designs that will capture attention from runners across the globe through all channels to include digital, print, swag, signage, promo items and more.  This person will also be in charge of all tasks related to Registration and Customer Service.  This person gets to be the voice of J&A Racing (both in design and in customer service), so it is imperative that this person is creative, compassionate and caring.

To be successful, this position needs to be someone who wants to work hard and play hard and is passionate about running, health and fitness. It is important that this person also has experience in the endurance industry.

Job Responsibilities:  

Graphic Design: 

  • Create and design all marketing materials for J&A Racing events to include (but not limited to) Posters, Brochures, Advertisements, Promotional Items, etc.
  • Update and maintain the J&A Racing brand via the J&A Racing Style Guide
  • Design race weekend swag to include race bibs, medals, shirts, store items, etc.
  • Work with Marketing and Operations to create race weekend signage per event
  • Ability to manage and create assets for multiple projects in a timely manner, meeting  deadlines as necessary

Registration:

  • Organize, open and manage all registration for J&A Racing events, working closely with the registration software company (Haku)
  • Host weekly meetings with Haku to review events and any updates or upgrades to the registration platform
  • Manage and respond to all inquiries submitted to J&A Racing via email and websites in a timely manner
  • Lead and manage the entire Registration portion of Packet Pick Up, including the Help Desk and Bib Assignment
  • Organize all volunteer needs for entire Registration portion of Packet Pick Up for all J&A Racing events
  • Supervise Runner Info booths to ensure that the volunteers have all of the correct information to share with participants race weekend
  • Manage J&A Racing listings on all online industry websites and calendars

Additional Responsibilities:  

  • Manage and organize all packet mailings and virtual mailings for all J&A Racing events
  • Work with timing team on Official Results and mail awards after each J&A Racing event, once results are final
  • Promotion of J&A Racing at local run clubs, other events and races
  • Assist management with various projects as necessary
  • Other responsibilities as assigned

Required Skills: 

  • 3-5 years of experience in graphic design
  • Proven ability to work within Adobe Creative Suite
  • Excellent written/verbal communication and time management skills
  • Ability to work independently and with minimal direction
  • Must be available to work all of the J&A Racing events and several others for marketing trips
  • Thorough understanding of event management

Other: 

  • Compensation commensurate with experience and expertise
  • 401K and Medical
  • Located onsite in Virginia Beach, VA (this is not a remote position)

 

Dallas Marathon

Marketing Coordinator

Full-Time
Posted 2 days ago (2024-06-12)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

About Us:

Since 1971, the Dallas White Rock Marathon (DWRM) organization has been dedicated to creating and operating world-class events that promote health and fitness. The organization is a year-round operation, hosting several events including the marquee event, the BMW Dallas Marathon Festival, on the second weekend in December. As we continue to grow, we are searching for a talented Marketing Coordinator to join our team and efforts in making an impact in the Dallas-Fort Worth community and beyond.

Job Description:

The Marketing Coordinator will provide support to the team by managing various marketing campaigns and initiatives for the BMW Dallas Marathon Festival and other events within the DWRM portfolio. This role will support a year-round effort to grow the organization and give back to our community and charity partners. We are seeking someone with a passion for marketing and who is looking to start a career in the sports industry. Reporting to the President, the Marketing Coordinator will need to be able to collaborate effectively with other team members and stakeholders to help achieve our overall objectives.

Primary Responsibilities:

  •  Lead efforts with key marketing partners to maintain brand consistency as well as successfully execute campaigns across multiple channels, including digital, social media and email
  •  Coordinate and execute content for marketing materials, including website, social media, SMS, and print materials
  •  Coordinate and execute content for event amenities, including shirts, medallions and event bibs
  •  Monitor and report on the performance of marketing campaigns and initiatives
  •  Organize and update marketing databases and assets – including photo and video inventory
  •  Represent the Organization at various community and/or promotional events
  •  Support sponsorship activations by fulfilling contract requirements
  •  Stay up to date with the latest marketing trends and best practices
  •  Assist in the communication to participants, volunteers and others
  •  Assist with other operational activities, as needed

Qualifications:

  •  Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or related field
  •  Special event and/or hospitality experience (sports experience a plus but not required)
  •  Excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal skills
  •  Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and marketing software (experience with Adobe Creative Suite – Photoshop, InDesign, etc. – a plus but not required)
  •  Comfortable managing multiple projects at once
  •  Team player; must be able to work well in a collaborative team environment
  •  Ability to work nights and weekends on an as needed basis

Benefits:

  •  Competitive salary with annual bonus opportunity
  •  Growth-oriented role
  •  Health allowance
  •  Monthly phone reimbursement
  •  401(k) retirement plan
  •  Paid time off and holidays

If you are a motivated individual looking to join a dynamic team in the sports industry, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your cover letter and resume by Friday, May 31, to become our next Marketing Coordinator at careers@dallasmarathon.com. All qualified applicants will be contacted via phone and/or email. Thank you for your interest in the DWRM organization and the BMW Dallas Marathon Festival.

 

ElliptiGO Inc.

Operations Manager

Full-Time
Posted 2 days ago (2024-06-12)
APPLY FOR JOB VISIT WEBSITE

Company Description

Our company began in 2008 as ElliptiGO, Inc. (www.elliptigo.com) with the mission of launching the elliptical bicycle industry. In the sixteen years since, we have established ElliptiGO as the brand leader in that industry by selling more than 40,000 bikes to customers around the world. With the accelerating growth of longevity research and understanding, we have expanded our product portfolio to support other aspects of healthy aging beyond cardiovascular fitness. In 2022, we expanded into balance training by launching the GiBoard balance board (www.giboardus.com). More recently, we secured the exclusive distributorship for North America for GIBBON, the world leader in slacklining and a company that has been training balance athletes since 2007. We are at an inflection point for the company and after strong growth last year, we expect to more than double revenues in 2024, which means we need to expand the team to achieve this goal and capitalize on the opportunities in front of us.

People love working here. Our seasoned management team has been together since 2010 and more than half of our employees have been with the company at least 10 years. The investments we’ve made into our warehouse and robust ERP system have facilitated our ability to grow and given us plenty of ability to scale to meet increased demand in 2024 and beyond. We see an incredible amount of opportunity ahead, so it is a very exciting time for our company.

Job Overview

We are looking for a full-time Operations Manager to join our team. This person must be a motivated self-starter who can work both independently and on a team; and is willing and able to perform the many different tasks required in a fast-moving small company environment. This person will report to the VP of Operations, and will work closely with the operations, sales, and marketing. A growth mentality and being comfortable proposing solutions when problems arise, is a must. This person must be detail oriented and have strong organizational and prioritization skills. Because our company is growing rapidly, this person must have a “do whatever it takes” attitude to help the team as a whole achieve our goals.

Job Functions

  •         Manage production schedule and maintain relationship with our ElliptiGO bike and GIBBON suppliers
  •         Manage inbound and outbound logistics, including Amazon FBA shipments
  •         Manage the GiBoard assembly process
  •         Maintain the order file within our NetSuite ERP system
  •         Troubleshoot order syncing errors between Shopify and NetSuite via the Celigo system
  •         Ensure accurate FedEx billing and place claims with FedEx
  •         Assist the warehouse with shipping and assembling products during busy time periods
  •         Periodically assist with AR, AP, IT, and reporting functions
  •         Assist VP of Operations on large operations and logistics projects

Job Requirements

  •         Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university
  •         3-5 years’ experience working in a sales operations or operations role
  •         Experience with a SAAS ERP system
  •         Experience with NetSuite, Shopify, Celigo, and Amazon Seller Central is a plus
  •         Strong attention to detail, self-managed, and problem solver
  •         Strong oral and written communication skills
  •         Computer skills: MS Office Apps, data analysis, data entry, strong MS Excel skills
  •         Ability to work in-person at least three days a week
  •         Avid runner, cyclist, and/or fitness enthusiast is a plus

Compensation/Benefits:

  •         Competitive Salary dependent on experience and specific skill set
  •         Opportunity to earn stock options
  •         Benefits: Industry competitive (health/dental/vision insurance, PTO)