Manager, Internal Communications

• Bring campaigns to life by developing creative communications strategies with powerful messaging, visual content and employee engagement
• Partner with Brand comms teams across sport categories to identify and prioritize storytelling opportunities and to develop internal marketing plans for brand campaigns, sport and culture moments and product launches, including employee activations that align with North America priorities.
• Manage Corporate Communications channel strategy and maintain the shared editorial calendar for all owned topics.
• Stay current with technical processes and internal style guidance to execute publishing on our internal platform, a-LIVE and 3rd party communications platforms, including Contact Monkey.
• Build and manage the execution of the internal communications and employee engagement strategies of owned topics for the global and North American strategic business plans for U.S. and Canada-based employees.
• Collaborate with retail, brand and workplace partners to amplify and create awareness of priority messages, campaigns, products and employee engagement through digital and physical displays in the adidas Village in PDX and other North American offices and facilities.
• Partner with Content Creation team on digital screen process and publishing for all NAM offices featuring timely and evergreen content.
• Partner within team cross-functionally to collaborate on joint initiatives.
• Manage programs and brief in content for creative solutions to drive company storylines and experiences to facilitate open, engaging and consistent communication and interaction with employees.
• Cascade relevant NAM comms to internal comms team member managing distribution center/retail employee communications.
• Manage events and editorial calendars across Corporate Communications team to ensure streamlined approach to internal communications and events.
• Incorporate key global campaign and other messaging to NAM comms & execute against shared KPIs.
• Manage and track project-based budgets and expenses.
• Other duties as assigned.

Key Relationships:

• Global Corp Comms
• NAM Corp Comms
• NAM Brand Experience (Events)
• Business Units/Brand Communications
• Brand Retail x eCom
• NAM Purpose as relevant

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong cross-functional collaboration and relationship building skills.
• Creative problem solver with a demonstrated open-minded approach to identifying solutions.
• Ability to leverage earned trust and expertise to consult with partners and influence decision making.
• Highly motivated self-starter with strong organizational and project management skills.
• Proven ability to track and deliver concurrent projects against competing deadlines.
• Excellent writing and communication skills. Creative copywriting/ sharp editing a plus.
• Exceptional information architecture and digital presentation skills.
• Technologically conversant and enthusiastic about digital as it facilitates business processes.
• Passion for building online and offline communities; social capability in both digital and physical environments is critical.
• Ability to model openness to innovation and a growth mindset.
• Interest in and knowledge of US Sports ecosystem is helpful.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in communications-related field with a focus on digital and activations.
• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Marketing, Advertising, Communications or related field or the equivalent in work experience.

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• 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.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Portland, Oregon.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.