adidas Group is hiring an Assistant Manager Communications

The adidas Group is looking for an Assistant Manager of Marketing Communications to enable the development and execution of integrated adidas Basketball marketing campaigns. In this role, you will support cross-functional partners across athletes, partners, moments, and product initiatives.

What You'll Do

• Assist in developing integrated marketing and communications plans that support business unit objectives.
• Contribute to short and long-term communications strategy aligned to global and business unit priorities.
• Manage timelines, workflows, and communication across cross-functional partners to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Maintain detailed status reports, action items, and deliverables.
• Support campaign performance evaluation through post-mortems, KPI analysis, and coordination of research.
• Support budget management through tracking and reconciliation of estimates, invoices, and project spend.
• Create and maintain presentation materials for internal and external updates.
• Build, manage, and maintain an archive of Basketball campaign creative tools and assets.
• Maintain strong awareness of consumer trends and represent the consumer voice throughout campaign development.
• Own Go-to-Market promo and sample ordering for campaigns, moments, and shoots, including seasonal process management.
• Support Comms Touchpoints initiatives through product seeding strategies tied to key launches.
• Own the Brand Comms global calendar and manage Retail Intro Date (RID) communications to local markets.
• Provide IRL activation support for priority projects.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of marketing, communications, or related experience.
• Strong passion for sports and familiarity with U.S. Basketball culture.
• Understanding of consumer behavior, brand building, and integrated campaign planning.
• Strong project management, organization, and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).

Nice to Have

• Digital and/or communications experience preferred.

Technical Stack

• Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

Team & Environment

Direct Reporting Line: Director Brand Communications, Basketball. Indirect / 2nd Direct Reporting Line: Director Touchpoints Communications, Basketball.

Benefits & Compensation

• Compensation: $78,000 - $86,000 annually.
• Robust and progressive medical, including HSA with employer funding or FSA options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage.
• Adoption, with surrogate and fertility support.
• Short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance.
• 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match.
• Education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Annual bonus based on both company and personal performance.
• Prorated flexible time off, twelve paid holidays, and Service Time Off during milestone years.

Work Mode

This role follows a hybrid work model.

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