Sports Marketing Field Representative Lead - NIKE, Inc. - Beaverton, OR. Partner with premier athletes to collect insights about existing and future products, gather inspirational stories about sport, and nurture long-term relationships between the athletes and the company; support sport strategy by serving as the footwear expert, while providing exceptional service to all Nike contracted athletes; serve as the footwear center of excellence for all Global Footwear, including men's, women's, college and elite youth, acting as the liaison between the golf Sports Marketing Team, Athlete, internal brand partners, and vendors; deliver product presentations and serve as one of the key points of contacts and faces of the brand to deliver premium service to athletes; script athletes from design concept to final product during majors and golf moments by partnering with global product engines to develop and deliver inline and promo product assortment for athletes; inventory management, order entry and delivery of all inline and promo product into athletes across the tournament calendar, photoshoots, and major golf moments; serve all footwear needs of Nike contracted athletes supply chain management of promo apparel product engines; forecast and execute buys for off-course product and athlete seeding packs, and performance footwear and seasonal product drops; partner with athletes to gather footwear insights through extensive product testing; and manage footwear product transitions for Nike contracted athletes. Up to 25% domestic travel required. Telecommuting is available from anywhere in the U.S., except from AK, AL, AR, DE, HI, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, RI, SD, VT, WV, and WY. 

Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Economics, or Managerial Economics and five (5) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or in a marketing-related occupation.  
 
Experience must include: 
 
• Relationship Management 
• Athlete insights through local consumers and elite athletes for product testing, validation, focus groups and interviews 
• Footwear including test prototype footwear, design direction, and validate performance 
• Product Development 
• Order management 
• Keynote 
• Meeting facilitators  
• Overseeing presentations