Director, Sports Marketing

The Director, Sports Marketing owns & drives the development and execution of the Regional Sports Marketing initiatives. This role is accountable for building relevance and consumer connection through events and athletes, building local and regional brand affinity while paying into Red Bull's relevant global and national strategies. Developing strategies and plans that connect with local Southeast Consumers, holding our heritage in Sport and grow our Mass Sport appeal. Delivering brand growth and household penetration in the Southeast.

They manage a team of Sr. Sports Marketing Managers who in turn manage Athlete Marketing through (Athlete Marketing Managers), Event Marketing through (Event Marketing Managers), Gaming through (Gaming Marketing Manager) and all related activity throughout the expansive geography of the region (FL,GA,NC, SC,TN,AR,MS,AL,LA). This person will continuously drive clear alignment between Global, National and their regional Sports Marketing team to ensure our strategies tactics and events to be the most innovative, on-brand, and impactful within the world of Red Bull.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Areas that play to your strengths

All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:

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• REGIONAL STRATEGY & BUSINESS PLANNING

  Own the annual Southeast Sports Marketing business plan defining priorities, investments, and growth opportunities

  Translate national strategy into regionally relevant programs that drive brand affinity, consumption and HHP Growth.

  Identify whitespace opportunities across sports, gaming, and athlete ecosystems. Continuously push the boundaries of sports marketing formats and storytelling.

• ATHLETES, PLAYERS, CREATORS. OPINION LEADERS

  Establish a rich network in regional sports scenes to maintain awareness of latest sports trends and scenes

  Identify, develop and ensure balanced Athlete & Team partnership portfolio that delivers against Regional & National goals.

  Identify and develop high potential athletes stories and help create opportunities to amplify their reach within the region and nationally

  With Athlete Marketing Managers, the National Athlete Marketing team, and the Gaming Managers and National Gaming Player team identify, develop and elevate local talent to national impact.

• EVENT INITIATIVES & PROJECTS

  Lead & support the creation, development and execution of regionally relevant sports marketing events. Continuing out legacy in Actions sports & Growing reach in relevant Mass Sports.

  Deliver innovation in event formats to ensure Red Bull remains best-in-class in live experiences

  Drive flawless execution and maximize ROI across all regional activations

  Use knowledge of local sports scenes and sports landscape to inform development of new event concepts

  Oversee Regional Sports Marketing resources to maximize the impact of local events.

• GAMING

  Lead & support Gaming Manager in developing regional gaming strategy in partnership with national teams

  Identify opportunities to engage the gaming community through players, events, and content

  Expand reach into new and younger audiences through gaming ecosystems

• COLLABORATION & DISCOVERY

  Lead and partner with Field Marketing, Sales, Media Network and Brand teams to ensure quality planning of all Sports Marketing activities in the region

  Identify relevant branded and non-branded sports content and stories for our owned, shared and earned media channels

  Ensure integrated planning that amplifies Sports Marketing impact across all touchpoints

• PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

  Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sr. Sports Marketing Managers, Managers and Specialists

  Build a high-performance culture focused on creativity, ownership, and execution excellence by focusing on individual, strengths-based development.

  Drive succession planning and develop internal talent pipeline.

  Create a culture that recognizes effort and rewards execution following Red Bull's values

EXPERIENCE

Your areas of knowledge and expertise

that matter most for this role:

• Minimum 6 years of experience in Marketing and Management with a focus on sports, athletes, and consumers marketing with leadership responsibility.
• Proven ability to develop and execute large-scale marketing initiatives and events.
• Proven experience identifying, signing and managing Regional & National level Athletes & Team Partnerships.
• Experience in Collegiate Sports & NIL.
• Strong understanding of sports culture, trends, and emerging communities on a regional and national level.
• Experience managing significant budgets and delivering ROI.
• Expertise in content, storytelling, and integrated brand marketing.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing teams.
• Highly motivated self-starter, with high standards of work performance

• Travel 50-60%
• Permanent
• Benefits eligible