•      Someone who takes pride in getting things done—right, on time, and with excellence 

The ideal candidate brings: 

•      Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in Business, Operations, Communications, Strategy, Management Consulting or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training. 

•      Demonstrated strength in strategic planning and communications 

•      Strong organizational skills; ability to manage multiple projects and priorities and organize multiple workstreams for collective impact. 

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON 

 Planning Development and Execution:   

• Work with NA Communications & Global Operations teammates to adopt and adapt communications plans that align with prioritized themes and support our function’s three-year storytelling focus on athlete-centered innovation. This role will:  

• Work with our Geo Sport leads to ensure Communications plans are aligned to our shared Inspire Pillar priorities, with a sharp focus on Communications’ differentiators for the business 

• Work with Geo Marketing and Sport leads to ensure plans are aligned to the key priorities that will impact the business  

• Diagnose & resolve geo functional gaps & workstream needs to build a path forward (identify and operationalize action items and/or redirect to responsible parties) through efficient and effective team wiring mechanisms.  

• Guide teammates toward expected level of information and detail as defined by our standardization efforts.  

• Support NA Comms with measurement and KPIs  

• Become a trusted resource as it relates to planning process between geo sport; media and employee leads; alongside global planning and operations teammates  

• Develop a consistent and productive relationship with geo peers in Brand and Sports Marketing (Inspire Pillar), consistently learning and adapting our shared priorities as they relate to the Global Communications Key Themes and NA business priorities.  

• Build an enduring system for aligning our geo shared priorities. 

• Determine how and when these priorities are integrated into our Comms Planning Process, and ensure the global planning and operations team has appropriate visibility to it.  

Process Excellence:  

• Stay current on NIKE, Inc. Code gates, key NA geo planning dates and gates, sport moments, and look for opportunities for NA Communications to integrate into our own Planning Process.  

• Standardize the way that NA comms sport teams build plans to provide clarity and consistency across the team (e.g. create expectations for what is included in a geo plan and prep for global functional planning cycles)  

• Analyze existing workflows to streamline operations, reduce complexity, and create clear, supportive systems for team members (e.g. RACI chart development).  

• Consistently work with geo sport; media and employee leads to optimize efficiency and drive planning integration around our project and activation priorities.  

• Establish best in class planning and information sharing; rigorous prep and post key learnings for projects and thorough / repeatable recaps and KPI benchmarking of priority work.  
   

Team Collaboration:  

• Foster a collaborative environment, working particularly closely with the NA Comms LT and the Global Performance, Planning & Operations team, to achieve shared objectives and promote open communication and high-impact results.