Assistant Marketing Specialist

Mainz Brady Group; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Mainz Brady Group seeks a Product Marketing Specialist to support development and execution of campaigns across sports and lifestyle categories, coordinating launches, brand initiatives, and multi-channel activations while partnering with internal teams and external agencies.

The ideal candidate has a passion for sports marketing, strong project coordination skills, and an understanding of grassroots soccer communities and youth sports organizations.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of marketing-related experience, preferably in product marketing, brand marketing, or campaign coordination.
• Strong understanding of grassroots soccer and youth sports organizations.
• Knowledge of sports, fashion, or lifestyle marketing.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of product marketing campaigns, brand initiatives, and category activations.
• Coordinate campaign deliverables across retail, digital, creative production, brand communications, and agency partners.
• Manage project timelines, deliverables, status reports, and cross-functional communications.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver cohesive, multi-channel marketing campaigns.
• Maintain awareness of consumer trends within soccer, sports, fashion, and lifestyle.
• Create presentations, campaign updates, and marketing materials using PowerPoint and other tools.
• Coordinate product and promotional orders for seeding initiatives and marketing activations.
• Support campaign briefings, performance reporting, and KPI analysis.

Skills

Marketing experience

Grassroots soccer understanding

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

We’re looking for a Product Marketing Specialist to support the development and execution of marketing campaigns across sports and lifestyle categories. This role will focus on coordinating product launches, brand initiatives, and multi-channel marketing activations while partnering with internal teams and external agencies.

The ideal candidate has strong project coordination skills, a passion for sports and lifestyle marketing, and an understanding of the grassroots soccer community and youth sports organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of product marketing campaigns, brand initiatives, and category activations.
• Coordinate campaign deliverables across retail, digital, creative production, brand communications, and agency partners.
• Manage project timelines, deliverables, status reports, and cross-functional communications.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver cohesive, multi-channel marketing campaigns.
• Maintain awareness of consumer trends within soccer, sports, fashion, and lifestyle.
• Create presentations, campaign updates, and marketing materials using PowerPoint and other tools.
• Coordinate product and promotional orders for seeding initiatives and marketing activations.
• Support campaign briefings, performance reporting, and KPI analysis.

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of marketing-related experience, preferably in product marketing, brand marketing, or campaign coordination.
• Strong understanding of grassroots soccer and youth sports organizations.
• Knowledge of sports, fashion, or lifestyle marketing.
• Excellent project management, organizational, and multitasking skills.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing competing deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Ability to work independently, build relationships, and manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with digital marketing, retail marketing, or consumer brand campaigns.
• Previous experience working with creative agencies, brand communications, or sports marketing teams.