Senior Specialist - Key City Community

In short

The Chicago Community Sr. Specialist plays an important role in building meaningful connections between the brand and the local running and fitness community. This role focuses on supporting community programming, building authentic relationships with local leaders, and helping bring impactful experiences to life across the city. As a student of run culture and fitness, you will embed yourself in the community. Showing up consistently, nurturing relationships, and helping create experiences that inspire participation and brand affinity.

Your Mission

• Execute a calendar of community events and activations across retail and key cultural touchpoints in the city.
• Build and maintain relationships with run crews, trainers, studio partners, and community leaders.
• Be an active presence in the local running and fitness community, participating in events and building credibility within the culture.
• Support ambassador relationships by coordinating events, appearances, and community engagement opportunities.
• Partner with retail teams to bring community programming and experiences into store environments.
• Host regular meetings to build key relationships with community leaders, influencers, artists, and more
• Lead event planning and execution including logistics, communication, and on-site support.
• Track key metrics from events and activations including attendance, social engagement, and community feedback.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure community initiatives are aligned with brand moments and retail priorities.

Your story

• 3-4+ years of experience in building connections/relationships on behalf of a brand.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or related field.
• You have a deep understanding of your local market and connections to the community.
• You are able to work under pressure in a dynamic and changing environment
• You understand the importance of engaging with and building community through our retail locations and will partner with programming teams to concept and execute local events to achieve business objectives in your market.
• Proven experience in community marketing, preferably within the sports or apparel industry.
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions, inspiring breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement.
• Strong knowledge of social media marketing trends, best practices, and strategies.
• You are a collaborator and connector, creating a respectful environment for your peers and leadership, able to balance autonomy and collaboration.

What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.

• Step One

  It starts with you...

  You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role. We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.

• Step Two

  Interview with a recruiter

  What ignites your spirit? This is where we’ll start getting to know all about you and what makes you tick – and it’s your first chance to get a feel for our culture. Chatting with a member of our talent team, you’ll learn more about On and how we work. We’ll learn about what motivates you and what you could bring to the team.

• Step Three

  Interview with a hiring manager

  Ready to dig into the details? This second interview will be held with your future manager and will focus on the specifics of the job. Together you’ll delve into your unique skills and experiences and how they could be relevant at On. It's also a time to assess how you might feel working side-by-side. Bring any questions you have about the job, the team or anything else you might like to know – this is an open forum.

• Step Four

  The Case Study

  What's your style? This task will help us understand how you think, face a challenge and give insight into your novel ideas. Designed to give everyone their best shot, your case study is based on something you might typically experience on the job. This is your chance to show us what you’ve got. So express yourself. Be you.

• Step Five

  The Experience Day

  Your first taste of the Oniverse. This is a time to meet some of the people you'll be working closest with. In person or virtually, you'll get a feel for the day-to-day at On and the people who make it happen. You'll chat with a few potential teammates - the conversations will be as equally driven by the role and your experience as by our values. We believe how you do things is just as important as what you do.

• Step Six

  The Result

  Are we a good fit? We’ll get together internally to share our feedback and decide if we’re a match. We know that job searching is a big time investment, so it’s not a decision we take lightly. It’s also time for you to reflect on the experience – are we the right place for you? No matter the outcome, we’ll give you meaningful feedback.

Step One:

It starts with you...

You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role.

We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.