Job Title: Brand Management Specialist
Industry: Consumer Retail / Apparel & Footwear
Location: Hybrid in Beaverton, OR (WFH Fridays)
Duration: ~9 months – W2 Contract
Schedule: Full-time | 40 hours per week
Position Overview
The Planet Group is looking for a Brand Management Specialist to join our well-known retail brand on a roughly 9-month contract! This role is 40 hours per week and will be hybrid in Beaverton, OR, working remotely on Fridays. This person will report to the Sr. Director, Global Brand Management, Tennis & Golf and work closely with Global and Geo Brand Marketing, Sports Marketing, and Business Teams to ensure the global Training strategy and resources serve both brand and business.
Recruiter Insights
• Global Golf & Tennis Brand Management Team
• You will notice that this role is not looking for a ton of experience in Brand marketing directly, 1–2 years. However, the experience and understanding the golf and tennis business will be more crucial here.
Key Qualifications
You have:
• 2+ years of experience in brand marketing or related fields with a deep understanding of the tennis & golf ecosystem
• Experienced in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, etc). Do not need to be expert in Excel, but general understanding will be needed
• Experience working with talent and high-profile athletes
• Passion for tennis & golf culture and knowledge of innovation, trends, and ideas shaping the future
• Ability to balance creativity with operational discipline in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across cultures and levels
• Ability to travel up to 5%
• Thrive in a global matrix, influencing across levels and geographies
• Proactive, collaborative, and curious
Nice to Haves
• Experience working with Tennis/Golf product. Understanding of SAP ordering/program
• Keynote
Responsibilities
• Support the global marketing offense for Golf and Tennis —executing strategy, storytelling, and seasonal stories across Geos
• Obsess Golf & Tennis culture with a focus on key demographics that are influencing and disrupting sport
• Understand the Tennis & Golf consumer deeply—their motivations, passions, and cultural connections—to inspire aspirational storytelling and concepts
• Partner with a cross-functional marketing team to deliver world-class storytelling and consumer journeys that take the brand and athlete somewhere new
• Support seasonal marketing campaigns that position the client as the authority in Tennis & Golf
• Demonstrate operational excellence by owning and driving assigned workstreams, managing budgets, ensuring clear team communications, and maintaining process discipline and workflow efficiency
• Collaborate with a highly capable, diverse, and world-class, multi-disciplinary marketing team
• Combine consumer obsession with creative interest and operational rigor