Brand/Category Manager

Job Title: Marketing - Brand/Category Manager
Location: Beaverton, OR (Hybrid)
Duration: 6 Months
Job Description:

Position Overview

• The Global Brand Manager supports the development and execution of *** Sportswear s global brand strategy. This role connects consumer insights, product priorities, and seasonal storytelling to deliver integrated brand plans that drive relevance and growth across geographies.
• You will partner cross-functionally to translate strategy into execution, ensuring clarity, consistency, and quality across the global offense.

Who We Are Looking For

• We are looking for a Brand Manager with experience in brand marketing and a strong connection to sport, culture, and the evolving consumer landscape. You are detail-oriented, collaborative, and able to move fluidly between strategy and execution.
• You bring energy, curiosity, and a solutions-oriented mindset, with a passion for delivering distinctive and impactful brand experiences.

What You Will Work On

• Support the development of global and seasonal NSW brand plans aligned to broader strategic priorities
• Translate consumer, marketplace, and cultural insights into actionable brand opportunities
• Contribute to the creation of clear, compelling briefs that guide integrated marketing plans
• Help deliver end-to-end seasonal storytelling, ensuring alignment across product, brand, and consumer moments
• Partner with Brand Creative, Digital, Retail, and other marketing functions to ensure cohesive execution
• Collaborate with Geography teams to adapt global direction to local market needs
• Support planning processes, timelines, and key deliverables to ensure on-time execution

Who You Will Work With

• You will work across a cross-functional ecosystem including Brand Management, Creative, Digital Marketing, Retail Marketing, Sports Marketing, Energy Marketing, Brand Planning & Operations, and Geography Brand Teams.
• You will partner closely with global and geo stakeholders to ensure alignment and seamless execution of brand plans.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor s degree in Business, Marketing, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• ~6 8 years of experience in brand marketing, brand management, or related roles
• Strong ability to translate strategy into execution with attention to detail
• Effective collaborator with experience working across cross-functional teams
• Strong organizational and project management skills; able to manage multiple priorities
• Clear and concise communicator with ability to simplify complex ideas
• Passion for sport, culture, and the Nike Sportswear consumer
• Preferred:
• Experience working in a global or matrixed organization
• Exposure to integrated marketing across digital and retail channels
• Experience partnering with creative teams to develop briefs and evaluate work
• Comfort working in fast-paced, evolving environments with ambiguity