Project Specialist

job summary:
As the Brand Specialist - Global Footwear, you play a pivotal role in supporting the continued growth of one of client's most important and fastest-evolving business opportunities. You are responsible for leading the execution and contributing to the evolution of our global footwear promotional and seeding programs, ensuring the right products are delivered to the right people at the right time to support our brand and business objectives.

Working from the center of a highly cross-functional ecosystem, you partner closely across multiple marketing, commercial and development teams to drive alignment and flawless execution. You bring structure to ambiguity, proactively solve problems, and build scalable processes that enable global footwear marketing to operate efficiently and effectively. Success in this role requires comfort navigating ambiguity, an entrepreneurial mindset, and the ability to make progress even when every answer, process, or pathway has not yet been defined.

This role is based out of our Portland office and is open to hybrid work.

 
location: Portland, Oregon
job type: Contract
salary: $33 - 42 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors

responsibilities:
- Owning the day-to-day management and execution of client's global footwear promotional and seeding programs

- Coordinating seasonal product allocation requests and promotional inventory planning in partnership with the Footwear Business Unit and Supply Planning teams

- Managing footwear seeding calendars, distribution timelines, tracking, reporting, and operational processes

- Serving as a key point of contact between Global Brand, Regional Marketing, Trade Marketing, Community, Athlete, and Commercial teams for footwear promotional product needs

- Facilitating cross-functional meetings, documenting actions and decisions, and driving follow-up to ensure timelines and deliverables are achieved

- Building and maintaining tools, trackers, dashboards, and operating processes that improve visibility and efficiency across footwear marketing initiatives

- Supporting global footwear campaign and launch planning by coordinating deliverables across internal and external stakeholders

- Working closely with Global Creative Production to ensure assets, product samples, and briefs are aligned with project timelines

- Tracking key program metrics and providing reporting and insights to support decision making and continuous improvement

- Identifying opportunities to streamline workflows and improve the effectiveness of footwear marketing operations

- Supporting the development of new processes, tools, and ways of working as the footwear category and global footwear marketing function continue to evolve

- Maintaining awareness of the global trail running landscape, key competitions, athletes, communities, and industry trends to help inform seeding opportunities and marketing initiatives

- Supporting execution of integrated footwear marketing initiatives and special projects as needed

qualifications:
- You have a Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Commerce, or a related field

- You have 3+ years of experience in marketing, project management, program management, brand management, or related fields

- You have experience coordinating complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities

- You are highly organized and excel at managing details without losing sight of the bigger picture

- You have experience working with project management platforms such as Monday.com, Smartsheet, Asana, or similar tools

- You are a strong communicator who can effectively build relationships and influence cross-functional partners

- You are comfortable facilitating meetings, driving alignment, and ensuring accountability across teams

- You have excellent project management skills and consistently deliver against timelines and commitments

- You proactively identify challenges, remove roadblocks, and develop practical solutions

- You are comfortable working in highly ambiguous environments and are energized by building new processes, programs, and ways of working

- You demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset and can move initiatives forward with limited direction or established frameworks

- You are comfortable navigating competing priorities and evolving business needs in a fast-paced growth environment

- You are comfortable using data, reporting, and insights to support recommendations and decision-making

- You possess strong business acumen and approach challenges with an enterprise mindset

- You are a strong collaborator who can influence and align stakeholders across multiple functions and levels of the organization

- You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration

- You inspire continuous improvement and look for opportunities to create scalable solutions

- You seek the best, sometimes not the easiest, solutions with an unwavering commitment to do what is right

- You have a passion for, or knowledge of, the global trail running community, key athletes, events, and competitive landscape

- Experience working within the running, outdoor, footwear, or sporting goods industries is considered an asset

- Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact View email address on randstadusa.com.


Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.