Expert, Global Football Brand Marketing - APLA

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WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
In this role, you will partner closely with senior leaders across Brand, Business, Sports Marketing, Digital Marketing, Brand Creative, Integrated Media, and Retail Marketing, working across Nike Direct and Partner ecosystems. You will collaborate with a highly matrixed set of stakeholders including Territory teams, Global Football, Product, Merchandising, Planning, Finance, Strategy, and Marketplace partners.

You will operate across a diverse, culturally rich region spanning Latin America and Asia Pacific, balancing global direction with deep local insight. Success in this role requires strong influence without authority, the ability to navigate complexity, and confidence leading across markets at very different stages of football maturity.

This role reports into the Senior Director Football Brand for APLA and plays a key role in shaping both geography and regional football brand strategy.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a brand leader who is equal parts strategic, culturally fluent and executionally strong, who has proven experience shaping and championing big, bold brand ideas.

You are passionate about football as culture, not just sport — and understand how it shows up differently across Brazil, Mexico, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and broader Latin America. You thrive in ambiguity, can shift between big global moments and highly localized storytelling, and are energized by building teams and developing talent.

You bring a consumer-first mindset, blending creativity with data and insight to drive impact. You lead with clarity, optimism, and accountability, and you know how to create focus in complex environments. You are comfortable working across time zones, cultures, and business realities, and you bring strong judgment to decision-making in fast-moving moments.

Key experience required:

• 7+ years of brand marketing experience, ideally across regional and global roles
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field; will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training 
• Proven ability to set strategy and translate it into clear seasonal offense and execution
• Deep understanding of football culture, communities, athletes, and federations
• People leadership experience (direct or in-direct)
• Experience working across APLA markets
• Excellent digital fluency and youth consumer mindset

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
You will lead and execute the vision for the Football consumer, shaping how Nike shows up across the region and ensuring the brand connects authentically at both global moments and local touchpoints.

Seasonal & Long-Term Brand Strategy

• Lead and support APLA Football brand plans with consumer relevance and cultural credibility
• Build long-term strategies around key football moments and World Cup cycle
• Launch new football innovation through disruptive storytelling and brand experiences
• Shape how global football platforms come to life locally
• Athletes, Federations & Communities
• Partner with Sports Marketing to maximize athlete and federation impact
• Align brand storytelling with athlete expression and federation priorities
• Champion a 365 football community mindset rooted in local culture

Strategy, Storytelling & Influence

• Serve as a core voice in APLA Football leadership
• Act as a strong storyteller and expert brief writer
• Influence Global Football strategy through APLA insights

Budget, Resources & Ways of Working

• Align resources to APLA priorities
• Make smart trade-offs across diverse markets
• Innovate how football marketing is executed at scale

Partner & Stakeholder Leadership

• Lead across senior stakeholders from local to global
• Navigate complexity with clarity and confidence
• Influence without authority

People & Culture

• Support and elevate territory brand marketing teams
• Foster a culture rooted in Nike maxims and leadership behaviors

Position Schedule & Location:

This position is based at our incredibly beautiful worldwide campus headquarters location in Beaverton, Oregon. You'll work a "4/1 hybrid" schedule - Mondays - Thursdays are in the office and it's optional if you'd like to work Fridays from the Nike campus office or your home office. 

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form .

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.