Marketer

Sports Basement Long Beach/South Bay: Marketer

Sports Basement is looking for a rock star Marketer who can direct and implement community-based programs that drive new customers to our third location in Southern California. The Marketer will maintain and improve upon our existing marketing approach in SoCal, expanding into a new region for Sports Basement.

The Marketer role includes managing larger scale events, leveraging new corporate, community and school partnerships, identifying and attending community events and hosting in-store events that WOW and delight attendees. The Marketer has amazing communication skills (written and verbal), an aptitude for event planning, demonstrated enthusiasm for our products & wellness and excellent organizational and time management skills. The Marketer has demonstrated ingenuity in creating partner programs that are a win-win, dynamite hosting energy, while simultaneously understanding the dynamics of the business. We are looking for a candidate that boasts a strategic and analytical mindset that ensures our continued success.

Job duties:

• Work with the Director of Marketing, Sr. Marketer and Store GM to drive in-store traffic, via new business and partnership development, field event activation and community outreach and engagement.
• Oversee marketing partnership development within your scope of focus.
• Business Development: Strategically identify, analyze and secure new partnership opportunities.
• Leverage corporate, non-profit, club/league, professional and school partnerships to broaden our win-win ethos on a large scale/regional level.
• Support regional large scale events with company wide impact.
• Oversee field event activations within your scope of focus.
• Develop and host innovative in-store events that show Sports Basement to be “so much more than retail”. Curating well executed experiences for our community partners.
• Represent Sports Basement at community events. Continuously explore new ways for Sports Basement to grow both within the local community and nationally.
• Provide consistent engaging content for social media campaigns and posts.
• Contribute to large-scale efforts to reach and compel visits and sales from tourists.

Qualities of a successful Marketer:

• Proven history of effective, creative, and tactfully persistent communication to open doors and build partnerships.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience developing high ROI programs.
• A warm, genuine, professional and fun demeanor that others delight in; embody the SB brand.
• Exceptional leadership skills, to include mentoring and training.
• Strong aptitude for event planning and logistics.
• Precise attention to detail.
• SB Fit - Enthusiasm to work in Sports Basement’s unique company culture.
• Excellent written & oral communication skills; strong listening & relationship skills.
• Strong research and communication skills needed to negotiate and navigate partnerships to create win-win partnerships.
• Knowledge of Sports Basement’s product, services, and departments.
• Flexibility and awareness to prioritize competing day-to-day activities to ensure that all management objectives are met.

Compensation & benefits:

Sports Basement offers a fun, challenging work environment that allows you to share your love of the outdoors with customers and co-workers. We’re an entrepreneurial company with plenty of ways to grow and build a career. Starting wage: $22-$33hr based on experience, plus bonus and benefits (see below).

We also provide an outstanding list of benefits to staff so they can lead healthy, active, fun lives:

• Full health, dental, and optical coverage (full-time staff)
• Participation in our profit-sharing bonus pool (full-time staff)
• 40% off our already low prices… for life (you keep your employee discount when you work more than a year full-time and leave in good standing)
• A kitchen fully stocked with free, tasty, healthy food for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner
• Free airline miles program
• Free skiing, camping, and biking trips with our “Out of the Basement” program
• Free use of our rental gear (subject to some guidelines)
• Up to $1,000 per year in event and race fee reimbursements
• 401(k) plan
• Free Long Term Disability insurance (full-time staff)
• Stock options program (full-time staff)

Requirements:

• Excellent time management. Able to organize and prioritize the workload.
• Self starter with a strong work ethic and high productivity.
• Highly flexible and adapts well to a rapidly changing environment.
• Willingness to regularly work the sales floor, and in the field as we dive into a new market. This includes holidays and winter months.
• Ability to work weekends and holidays depending on what the store and marketing programs require.
• Commitment to doubling down and working the festive holiday season from Thanksgiving through mid-January.
• Solid analytical skills and a basic understanding of retail financial measurements.
• Proficiency in Google Suite and CRM platforms are a must.
• Joyful and engaging
• Access to a car.

How to apply:

• Please fill out the application and be sure to attach your resume and cover letter.