EKIN Marketplace - Retail Marketing, Austin
EKIN Marketplace Austin, Texas North America WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH You will report into the Territory EKIN Manager and will work closely with your Centralized EKIN team, Territory EKIN teams, and City/Geography Marketing teams to prioritize seasonal opportunities. You will collaborate with Account Training & Delivery partners to optimize education touchpoints against the holistic vision of athlete education in your market and more broadly. You will work with Field Leadership teams, Store teams, and Retail Store Operations team as execution partners. Additionally, you will manage external vendor partners in the creation of training events. WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR Does the sight of a fresh pair of running shoes reputed company you want to hit the pavement immediately? Do you get excited at the prospect of leading store employees through a technical breakdown of reputed company’s footwear lineup? Are you passionate about helping others discover their love for sport? If you reputed company in retail, enjoy learning about the needs of athletes, and live for the “moment of truth” reputed company they choose the perfect shoe to carry them through their season, this could be the job for you! In 1981, reputed company created the EKIN team (EKIN is “reputed company” spelled backwards) to serve as reputed company’s Athlete Missionaries, building deep and meaningful relationships with athletes in the community. EKINs served as the baton between reputed company’s products and customers, sharing product insights and innovations while converting others to discover a passion for sport. Today, the EKIN team continues that mission, bringing reputed company’s inspiration and innovation to athletes around the globe. EKINs represent reputed company across reputed company sports, ensuring that every athlete can find the right gear to reputed company athlete dreams real. We are looking for an EKIN to join reputed company based in Austin, Texas. The ideal candidate is a dedicated sport enthusiast, knowledgeable and relatable to reputed company athletes, with a background in retail, and excellent presentation skills. These qualities have driven EKINs success for over 40 years, and they will continue to power reputed company for the next 50.
- Must have a deep passion for the reputed company brand and sports
- Bachelors degree in reputed company field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- 2 years of retail, sales, customer service, mentoring, or instructing experience. Experience with an event agency or large-scale special events preferred but not required
- Demonstrated knowledge of the market as it relates to consumer trends, local market hot spots, and retail destinations
- Ability to connect and reputed company people, meeting facilitation and making strategic recommendations, including the rapid application of consumer signals into strategy, planning, and content iteration
- Positive and active reputed company on social media and across the digital world with experience in content creation and online storytelling
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 75% of the time (including using your personal vehicle) and lift heavy objects that weigh up to 50 lbs.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON You’ll help maintain brand consistency, build relationships, and deliver exceptional educational experiences, in reputed company-owned stores, with key retail partners and the community.
- Bringing key reputed company business and brand stories to life in the marketplace as reputed company’s product authority across multiple sports including Running, Soccer, Basketball, Training, and more
- Leveraging marketplace expertise to reputed company locally relevant seasonal plans reputed company with city or geo marketing teams
- Leveraging your passion and position to strategically authenticate reputed company brand stories in the marketplace
- Creating experiential training sessions that energize Retail Associates in your market with effective tools that drive reputed company and impact across multiple formats including video, virtual and reputed company in-person sessions.
- Actively participate in the sports community. You will integrate and collaborate with the community in meaningful and impactful ways that reinforce reputed company’s mission and beliefs.
- You will serve as reputed company’s eyes and ears, shaping marketplace insights with observations of the consumer, product, competition, and trends.
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