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A leading endurance sports company is seeking a Branding Lead for remote events. This role involves managing festival branding and coordinating with volunteers to maintain high standards. Ideal candidates are experienced in fast-paced environments and capable of handling outdoor conditions for extended periods.
Pay Competitive
Location Remote
Employment type Other
Company
A worldwide leader in endurance sports, Spartan is a high-growth, international organization that owns and operates mass-participation athletic events under the brands Spartan, Tough Mudder, Spartan Trail, Hurricane Heat, and DEKA, and offers numerous related fitness, health and nutrition services and products. We create transformational experiences, products, and content to help people, companies and teams tear down boundaries and expand what they believe to be possible. Together with its many subsidiaries and licensees, Spartan combines large scale global events with a vibrant digital content and community platform. With 250 events across more than 40 countries on six continents, Spartan is the worlds leading extreme wellness and endurance brand.
About the Opportunity
Reporting to the Festival Manager, the Branding Lead is responsible for the organization and distribution of all festival related branding (blades, barrier jackets, banners). Working side-by-side with the Festival Lead and Collateral Lead, the Branding Lead plays a vital role in maintaining a high brand standard.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Unload and organize the contents of the Festival Trailer within base camp (specifically branding)
Count and verify inventory of all branding (blades, banners, barrier jackets, coroplast)
Coordinate with Festival Manager and Festival Lead the layout of the festival to ensure the placement of branding
Prepare any on course branding prior to the deployment of any obstacle required to be branded (Spartan or sponsorship)
Supervise and lead the assembly of all Spartan owned tents (20x20’s, 10x20’s, 10x10’s)
Maintain high tempo of productivity and efficiency among staff with forward insight into tasks vital to the completion of festival
Manage volunteers and support staff in an efficient and deliberate manner through delegation of tasks
Create zone specific fence lines
Deploy zone specific branding (banners, barrier jackets, blades)
Be available to run supplies, volunteers to areas of need in festival, both build week and race days
Be able to maneuver through festival on race day with an understanding of what needs to be done at varying times (volunteer switchover, staff breaks, damaged branding, sponsorships needs, directing volunteers to areas of need)
Responsible for managing and recording the Festival Challenges and training the volunteers who will help monitor each individual challenge
Gather, clean, organize and inventory all branding at the conclusion of the race, then return to designated storage locations
Lead volunteers and support staff in the disassembling and storage of all Spartan owned tents
Operate and load all festival materials back into the festival trailer after being provided a load plan by the Festival Manager
Qualifications:
Have experience working in a high pace environment
Have experience operating machinery, or be willing to learn
Be comfortable traveling 100 days or more during the year
Be prepared and comfortable with working outside in all severe weather situations
Be physically capable of working long hours 10+ days consecutively
Be willing to learn the processes set in place, while maintaining an analytical and problem solving mindset to improve these procedures
Must be able to manage high volumes of people with an efficient approach to accomplishing mission critical tasks
Be capable of navigating and utilizing email, Microsoft Office programs, Google Drive and Egnyte
Tough Mudder is an endurance event series in which participants attempt 10–12-mile-long obstacle courses.
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