Lead Professional, Retail Marketing, Concept Experience, Hub, GC

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

NIKE, Inc.'s storytellers, Marketing and Communication sets the brand tone. A creative force of specialists tell Nike’s stories of innovation and sport through advertising, brand strategy, digital engagement and product presentation. Using channels ranging from retail stores to social media, Marketing & Communication teams connect the science and art of Nike innovations to the hearts and minds of athletes around the world.

Overview of the Job:

As part of the GC Retail Marketing team, you are the visionary strategist and storyteller who build the future of marketing – and the skeleton off of which the ecosystem is built – within Nike’s retail fleet. You’re going to create consumer -distinct, scalable Retail Marketing Strategies that drive the brand and the business.

As part of the GC Concept Experience team, your role will include adopting and optimizing global retail marketing capabilities and strategies that drive Nike-Only distinction. Drive GC C4C Retail Concepts Strategy to unleash FOP opportunities. Elevate our GC retail concepts at scale and maintain retail brand standard across the GC fleet. Develop & deliver Service & Experience Strategy for both Global & C4C concepts.

You will work with different function squads, Concept and marketplace counterparts, spanning from global to city teams to bring these strategies and visions to life.

Key Partnership:

• X-functional Retail marketing & Brand Creative teams including RB, VM, RP, EKIN, Store Design and Storytelling Design.
• X-functional marketplace teams including NDSS, Retail Concept, Field, CARE, Account, Social Commerce, and Merch.
• Global Retail Marketing and Concept Experience counterparts

Job Responsibility:

• Develop and perfect consumer journeys for assigned retail stores focused on storytelling framework and principle across product, service & experience, inclusive of value engineered marketing playbooks, toolkits and process.
• Obsess the details and power up the retail fundamentals, through partnership with x-functional teams to build the storytelling & iconic store experience needs and make sure the deliverables are retail right.
• Advance Nike’s marketing muscles to inspire & empower athletes* to drive loyalty and create best-in-class path to purchase store via O2O marketing.
• Apply data, insights and learnings to map out consumer journeys and adapt global plans and briefs to fit within the GC marketplace.

Functional Skill Required (Hard skills):

• Solves problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions
• Independently utilizes knowledge, skills, and abilities to identify areas of opportunity, resolve complex problems & navigate solutions.
• Makes decisions within guidelines and policies.
• Is accountable for small projects or programs with manageable risks and resource requirements.
• Acts as a resource to teammates. Completes work independently with review at critical points; requires guidance only on complex issues.
• Performs work in support of marketing plans; demonstrates link between daily work and company mission; participates in initiatives, programs or products with moderate visibility.
• Ensures actions protect company image and limits risks

Leadership Skill Required (Hard skills):

• Instills trust
• Embraces & leads change
• Fosters effective teamwork
• Inspires and motivates a team to excel
• Thinks strategically
• Communicates vision and purpose
• Cultivates innovation
• Elevates the standard of excellence
• Creates an amazing and fun culture

Experience Required (Soft skills):

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree, minimum of 8 years directly relevant work experience.
• Creatively oriented will be essential to push outside the box thinking
• Has a passion to build ‘new’ ways of doing/thinking
• Has innate curiosity to learn and grow, professionally.
• Is familiar with English and can write/speak fluently.

Marketing team at Nike Greater China helps set the brand tone. We act as a creative force of specialists, driven to tell Nike’s stories of innovation and sport through advertising, brand strategy, digital engagement and product presentation. Using channels ranging from retail stores to social media, Marketing team connects the science and art of Nike innovations to the hearts and minds of athletes.

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.