Lead, Corporate Communications
Under Armour
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Baltimore • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $97,459 - $134,006 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Monitor trends, competitors, sentiment, and cultural moments to surface emerging opportunities and identify risks for UA’s communications strategy
- Lead the planning, coordination, and publishing cadence of the global communications team’s editorial calendar including awards, speaking engagements, social content, and milestone moments
- Collaborate with the brand and internal comms teams to develop a strategy for Under Armour Communication’s social handles to amplify leadership, innovation, and corporate initiatives for internal and external visibility
- Identify cultural moments and maximize partnership opportunities; Lead the submissions process for corporate and brand awards across product, purpose, people, and innovation; partner with teams to identify and develop compelling stories and key moments where UA can show up and show out
- Identify and manage strategic speaking platforms for executives and leaders, supporting profile-building aligned to brand values and business goals
- Be the connective tissue across comms workstreams, ensuring deadlines are met and opportunities are capitalized on with discipline and creativity
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with typically 6-8 years of relevant experience or Master's degree with typically 4 years of relevant experience or typically 10 years of relevant work experience without degree
- Skilled in editorial planning, project management, and meeting tight deadlines
- Experienced in data-driven, culturally relevant storytelling, sentiment analysis, and media performance tracking
- Strong writing and editing abilities with a focus on relevance and audience engagement
- Proficient in executive communications strategies, including speechwriting, building narratives, and managing press relationships
- Experience working with press, shaping narratives, managing rapid response, and social media monitoring
- Passionate about sports, digital culture, and impactful storytelling that inspires
Benefits
- Paid "UA Give Back" Volunteer Days: Work alongside your team to support initiatives in your local community
- Under Armour Merchandise Discounts
- Competitive 401(k) plan matching
- Maternity and Parental Leave for eligible and FMLA-eligible teammates
- Health & fitness benefits, discounts and resources- We offer teammates across the country programs to promote physical activity and overall well-being
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
editorial planningproject managementsentiment analysismedia performance trackingspeechwritingnarrative buildingpress relationship managementsocial media monitoringdata-driven storytellingdeadline management
Soft skills
creativitycommunicationcollaborationleadershiporganizational skillsaudience engagementstrategic thinkingadaptabilitydisciplinepassion for storytelling