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About the Role
The Manager, Brand Marketing, Basketball for Foot Locker, will serve as a strategic leader responsible for shaping and executing initiatives that deepen Foot Locker’s connection to Basketball & Sneaker culture. This role requires a strategic, solutions-oriented thinker with strong leadership and communication skills who can balance creative vision with operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Leverage deep knowledge of basketball, sports culture, athletes, and fandom to identify emerging trends and cultural moments, translating them into timely, relevant marketing campaigns and consumer experiences.
- Drive the development and execution of the annual sports marketing strategy, connecting brand storytelling, basketball culture, and commercial priorities across Foot Locker’s ecosystem.
- Oversee concept development and creative execution for basketball-related campaigns, ensuring integration across digital, experiential, and retail touchpoints.
- Partner with internal teams—including Creative, VM, Retail Marketing, and Social—to ensure seamless execution and measurement of campaigns that drive awareness, engagement, and sell-through.
- Lead external partnership relationships, scopes of work, and creative development processes; manage budgets, timelines, and deliverables with accountability and precision.
- Ensure all sports marketing programs ladder up to Foot Locker’s strategic basketball pillars and reflect our positioning as The Home Court for Young Hoopers.
- Define success metrics, measure campaign performance, and translate learnings into actionable insights to optimize future initiatives.
- Partner closely with Merchandising to identify priority basketball products, signature launches, mapping them to the marketing calendar and translating them into consumer-facing stories and moments.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in sports marketing or related role, with a proven track record of managing successful campaigns and partnerships
- Strong understanding of the sports industry, including knowledge of sponsorships, fan engagement, and media relations
- Experience working with cross-functional teams and external partners (agencies, vendors, sports organizations)
- Confident manager and problem-solver with ability to work in a deadline driven work environment, attention to detail, and ability to multitask
- Passion for basketball and sneakers
- Cameras must be on for all virtual interviews.
- AI tools are strictly prohibited during interviews or assessments.
Experience Level
- Minimum of 5 years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- $82,000-$90,000
Benefits
- Employee Discount
- Paid Time Off
- Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
- 401(k) | Roth 401(k)
- Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Opportunities for Advancement
- Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
- Strong Company Culture
- Employee Resource Groups
About the Company
- Great brands reflect culture. The best ones help shape it. At Foot Locker, we’re rooted in sport, powered by style, and driven by the communities that move both. From Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker to Champs Sports, WSS, and atmos, our brands sit at the intersection of sport, style, and self-expression.
- As part of the DICK’S Sporting Goods family, you’re backed by the resources, reach, and career opportunities of a world-class sports company. That unleashes Foot Locker to keep pushing forward with the agility and edge that define the brand. We’re looking for great people who want to influence culture and the generation that is shaping what’s next.
- Whether you’re building strategy, shaping innovations, or creating unforgettable customer moments, you’ll contribute to decisions and experiences that define our brands’ impact in the communities we serve.
- Come change the game with us. Apply today!