Director, Trade Marketing, Sports and Olympics

$110,000 - $125,000/Yr

NBCUniversal - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

Broadcasting and Content Providers

About the position

As the Director, Trade Marketing - Sports and Olympics, you will be responsible for working with key stakeholders across NBC Sports Group and NBCUniversal to market and drive demand for cross-platform Olympics advertising sales. This role involves creating the value proposition for the Olympics offering specifically for the Milan 2026 Winter Games and LA 2028 Summer Games, developing go-to-market strategies, and building product and audience-driven trade marketing campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Work across sales, communications, research, and development to create the value proposition for the Olympics offering specifically Milan 2026 Winter Games and LA 2028 Summer Games
• Develop go-to-market strategies with the value proposition both externally and internally
• Develop sales collateral and materials that illustrate the value proposition including presentations, sizzle videos, e-blasts and more
• Build and develop product and audience-driven trade marketing campaigns that drive awareness to the benefits of buying Olympics
• Liaise across multiple NBC Sports Groups such as production, marketing and programming teams to gather all of key information to develop offering
• Oversee event management & premium development (content strategy, event ideation, branding, list management & execution) in collaboration with sales and corporate events
• Develop immersive & one-of-a-kind experiences and activations that help build sales relationships and drive awareness for Olympics properties

Requirements

• 7+ years' experience with a league, agency, client or media company sales organization background
• Olympic media experience preferred
• Ability to tell compelling stories by distilling and analyzing data into insights, positioning, and value propositions
• Ability to project manage marketing campaigns including branding, collateral, merchandise & event execution in a timely manner
• Bachelor's Degree

Nice-to-haves

• General understanding of sports & Olympics advertising marketplace across various platforms
• Experience in media marketing and the advertising sales process
• Strong interpersonal skills (i.e., the ability to interact with all levels of management)
• Self-Starter with strong organizational, project & event management skills
• A detail-oriented individual with the ability to work in a cross-functional and fast-paced environment on multiple projects under tight deadlines
• Highly innovative with positive & flexible attitude
• Excellent oral and written skills
• A comprehensive understanding of the suite of Microsoft Office tools, other presentation platforms, etc. (Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator and Ceros experience is preferred)

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• A variety of other discounts and perks