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Assistant Manager, NCAA Marketing

 

 

Key Accountabilities:

  • Work directly with the NCAA Sports Marketing Director and external agencies on planning and executing NIL activations across the brand’s collegiate partnership portfolio
  • Lead the organization, collection and shipping of activation materials and products for all NIL campaigns related to the brand’s collegiate partnerships
  • Prepare updates for university partners on the status of each NIL activation on a bi-weekly basis
  • Partner with the larger NCAA team on preparing agendas for each university status call
  • Manage and execute the payment process for vendors used by the NCAA SPOMA team
  • Input NIL content into the planning calendars for each of the NCAA SPOMA partners
  • Assist larger NCAA team in budget tracking, presentation building, shipping and calendar management as needed

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

  • Deep knowledge and understanding of the consumer through the lens of college athletes and athletics (NCAA)
  • Experience in client relationship building
  • Experience in organizing budget related resources
  • Strong customer-facing abilities
  • Ability to assist the cross-functional team without direct management responsibilities
  • Strong project management and planning skills
  • Strong presentation skills and experience in building PowerPoint presentations
  • Understanding of sporting goods industry and related retail channels a plus

Qualifications (Minimum required education and experience):

  • BA in marketing, advertising or related field required
  • Minimum of one year of marketing experience, preferably with a sporting or consumer goods company or equivalent account management experience at an advertising/design agency

 

  • adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
  • At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Portland, OR.
  • Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.
 

 

 

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Job Title:  Assistant Manager, NCAA Marketing

Brand: 
Location:  Portland
TEAM:  Brand Management & Communications
State:  OR
Country/Region:  US
Contract Type:  Full time
Number:  537282
Date:  Jan 15, 2026
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