Retail Marketing Specialist II HQ

Retail Marketing Specialist II, Canada

PLEASE NOTE: This hybrid position is 4 days/week at our Downtown Toronto Head Office (Mondays to Thursdays) and Fridays (remote office) and is an individual contributor.

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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, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

We are looking for a curious, driven, and passionate person who loves retail and has a deep understanding of marketing strategies such as retail marketing elements in store, support visual Merchandising and deliver the ultimate consumer experience at our Nike Store Partner doors nationally. This individual should be able to demonstrate proven retail brand store planning within marketing elements, think strategically, and is a strong collaborator that can work seamlessly across functions.

This individual needs to be a self-starter with strong communication skills and the ideal candidate is a creative thought-partner who possesses the ability to influence decision-making. The ideal candidate loves working in a fast-paced, ever-evolving, positive and collaborative team environment and is flexible on work hours.

This role is responsible for supporting the retail brand leads on seasonal retail marketing needs in store, new door opening plans, traffic driving strategies and closely aligning with visual merchandising to execute elevated consumer experiences at our Nike Store Partner retail doors (NSP) nationally. This role works collaboratively across the Nike brand and Retailors Sport with in store product journeys, seasonal direction and commercial traffic driving that sets a distinct point of view for the Nike at retail.

You will work cross-functionally to align strategies and priorities and ensure store teams have the information and tools they need to enable flawless execution. Projects and deliverables you will work on include, but are not limited to:

• Retail brand seasonal standards and elements with retail brand leads.
• Support in store VM during seasonal and initiative executions.
• NA partnership within Integrated Retail Marketing teams.
• Some Seasonal Foundational OPS / in store needs.

Primary functional relationships include:

• Direct Retail Brand Leads Daily
• VMS Alignment
• Planning & Operations
• Cross Functional teams – Sales / Merch / CS

• Possess a clear passion for the art and science of retail brand marketing (80% of the time) visual merchandising (20%) with 3-5 years of direct relevant experience
• A love for team, collaboration and creative thinking.
• Strong visual background with previous experience in a vertical retail environment.
• Experience working cross-functionally within a large team.