Nike
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $69,300.00 in our lowest geographic market to $137,000.00 in our highest geographic market. Actual salary will vary based on a candidate’s location, qualifications, skills and experience.
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Specialist, North America Media Relations
NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries.
Who We Are Looking For We’re looking for a Media Relations Specialist, North America who will be responsible for media engagement and help build audience‑right media strategies and engaging communications storytelling and experiences to help Nike reach new audiences and amplify the brand’s reach.
This role is responsible for media relations and communications with audiences and communities across the United States and Canada, with a sharp focus on basketball, carving resonant storytelling and influence for the Nike brand. In addition to helping build cut‑through media strategies, the role will help redefine, cultivate, and develop expressions of sport and style that challenge convention and permeate culture in new and inventive ways. The output should ignite purposeful conversations around Nike’s most powerful basketball stories and help build new, innovative and creative networks. The person will also be responsible for bringing a forward‑looking approach to communications strategies that leverage the ever‑changing media and highly engaged consumer landscape.
What You Will Work On Our work encompasses written, oral, visual, and digital communication. We focus on information and connection—what is created and how it is managed, distributed and consumed to accelerate brand growth. Our audiences include athletes, business partners, consumers, employees, catalysts, collaborators, institutions, retailers, investors, media, and NGOs. We work across North America and the globe to drive energy through inspiration, innovation and growth stories centered around sport and athletes. As a member of the media relations team you’ll contribute at every stage of the planning process and help shape the direction of the communications team’s work from the beginning to ensure strategy and execution move together as part of one integrated approach.
What You Bring
Bachelor’s degree in PR, English, communications, business, advertising & marketing, psychology, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
3+ years professional experience in fast‑paced, high‑profile corporate communications or public relations roles supporting global brand organizations.
Knowledge of North American and international media landscape and the needs of different media and communication tools for social, digital, print and broadcast.
Proven skills across communications, strategic planning, creative solutions, and agency management, with additional experience in developing and supporting proactive, creative communications strategies.
Proven ability to communicate plans across a complex corporate, regional and functional matrix.
Experience initiating and driving the ideation process to contribute meaningful, innovative strategies at the concept stage.
High aptitude for creative thinking balanced against bottom‑line business needs.
Successful experience working effectively with senior leaders and management.
Interest in and knowledge of footwear or apparel industry.
Proven cultural acuity and ability to work across large, diverse teams.
High taste level and natural aptitude for current trends in popular culture.
Strong written and oral English skills required; knowledge of second language is beneficial.
Experience working on high‑profile consumer brands.
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in‑person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the
Candidate Accommodation Request Form .
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Information about benefits can be found
here .
Specialist, North America Media Relations
NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries.
Who We Are Looking For We’re looking for a Media Relations Specialist, North America who will be responsible for media engagement and help build audience‑right media strategies and engaging communications storytelling and experiences to help Nike reach new audiences and amplify the brand’s reach.
This role is responsible for media relations and communications with audiences and communities across the United States and Canada, with a sharp focus on basketball, carving resonant storytelling and influence for the Nike brand. In addition to helping build cut‑through media strategies, the role will help redefine, cultivate, and develop expressions of sport and style that challenge convention and permeate culture in new and inventive ways. The output should ignite purposeful conversations around Nike’s most powerful basketball stories and help build new, innovative and creative networks. The person will also be responsible for bringing a forward‑looking approach to communications strategies that leverage the ever‑changing media and highly engaged consumer landscape.
What You Will Work On Our work encompasses written, oral, visual, and digital communication. We focus on information and connection—what is created and how it is managed, distributed and consumed to accelerate brand growth. Our audiences include athletes, business partners, consumers, employees, catalysts, collaborators, institutions, retailers, investors, media, and NGOs. We work across North America and the globe to drive energy through inspiration, innovation and growth stories centered around sport and athletes. As a member of the media relations team you’ll contribute at every stage of the planning process and help shape the direction of the communications team’s work from the beginning to ensure strategy and execution move together as part of one integrated approach.
What You Bring
Bachelor’s degree in PR, English, communications, business, advertising & marketing, psychology, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
3+ years professional experience in fast‑paced, high‑profile corporate communications or public relations roles supporting global brand organizations.
Knowledge of North American and international media landscape and the needs of different media and communication tools for social, digital, print and broadcast.
Proven skills across communications, strategic planning, creative solutions, and agency management, with additional experience in developing and supporting proactive, creative communications strategies.
Proven ability to communicate plans across a complex corporate, regional and functional matrix.
Experience initiating and driving the ideation process to contribute meaningful, innovative strategies at the concept stage.
High aptitude for creative thinking balanced against bottom‑line business needs.
Successful experience working effectively with senior leaders and management.
Interest in and knowledge of footwear or apparel industry.
Proven cultural acuity and ability to work across large, diverse teams.
High taste level and natural aptitude for current trends in popular culture.
Strong written and oral English skills required; knowledge of second language is beneficial.
Experience working on high‑profile consumer brands.
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in‑person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the
Candidate Accommodation Request Form .
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