Posted January 24, 2021
MANAGER ENTERTAINMENT AND INFLUENCER MARKETING
adidas
Los Angeles, CA, USA
⚠ [Archived] No Longer Accepting Applicants
Purpose & Overall Relevance
Responsible for strategically managing EIM category activity. Ensure effective communication flow between all internal parties and external counterparts. Assure relevant brand activity with Influencers and Entertainers.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain relevant and strong relationships within the Entertainment and Influencer industries
- Assure a strategic, proactive approach to celebrities and influencers who add value to the brand
- and our consumers and consistently evolve and add to the list
- Attend entertainment events and industry meetings for networking, when relevant.
- Build rapport with external Entertainment contacts while keeping adidas objectives a top priority
- Drive and implement strategic category plans led by respective Director in conjunction with category and newsroom counterparts
- Interact with product marketing, brand marketing, retail activation, public relations and event marketing as needed to execute plans. Manage all aspects of the execution plan.
- Identify opportunities to connect Influencers and entertainers to our brand through content creation, activations, campaign, seeding etc.
- Manage Influencers relationships ie. appearances, production days, content creation.
- Develop and manage EIM integration through strategic placement and targeting of specific brand Initiatives.
- Review and select programming for involvement, assure timely product fulfilment, and obtain placement
- documentation for internal reporting.
- Leverage marketing integration to drive key commercial opportunities at own retail, wholesale partners, etc.
- Manage events within lead categories
- Maintain a strong awareness within EIM industry, trends and activity
Key Relationships
- Product Marketing
- Brand Management
- Newsrooms
- Key City Activation team
- Sports Marketing
- CTC x-functional
- Finance
- Legal
Requested Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- Project management skills and an ability to work well in a team environment
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence and presentations
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
- Knowledge of the music/fashion/style/entertainment industry
- High level of proficiency in Word, Excel, PPT and Outlook.
- Ability to make sound business decisions.
- Exercise professionalism at all times
- Strong organizational, problem solving, time management and resolution skills.
- Unconventional business hours may be required. (evenings, weekends)
Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications
- Four year college or university degree in Marketing, advertising or related field
- Minimum 4 years of experience in related field
- Equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for degree.
