About the Position

The Golden State Warriors are looking for a creative, hard-working and detail-oriented Marketing Operations Manager. In this role, you will support our creative procurement efforts across Warriors, Chase Center and Thrive City brands. Additionally, you will deliver world class fan experiences by overseeing our promotional merchandise strategy, delivering season-long giveaway and gifting ideas, implementing onsite branded signage efforts and enhancing our supplier diversity. This position reports to the Sr. Director, Marketing & Operations.

Come share your expertise while learning more about this growing sports and entertainment organization that values your initiative and dedication!

This is a full-time position based onsite in San Francisco, CA.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Sr. Director, Marketing & Operations in the sourcing and processing of all marketing creative procurement requests (e.g., promotional merchandise, giveaways, gifts, event signage, etc.)
• Partner with internal clients (e.g., Corporate Partnerships, Community Relations, Ticket Sales, Warriors Basketball Academy, etc.) to develop promotional merchandise and signage ideas, pricing estimates and production timelines for their creative projects
• Collaborate with Marketing, Studio and internal teams to review and approve all co-branded creative assets from production through final implementation, including onsite QA upon delivery
• Manage promotional schedule - communicate giveaway updates for game themes, group themes and associated giveaways/activations as well as ideate marketing support plans to promote Warriors game night giveaways in collaboration with Studio and Social/Digital channel owners
• Build and manage incoming delivery tracker and ongoing inventory status to streamline status updates with vendors, external warehouse team, internal teams across game days, concerts and other special events programming
• Lead day-to-day vendor relationships - brief on requests, negotiate costs and stay up to speed on the competitive landscape and enhance vendor network with a focus on building our supplier diversity portfolio
• Develop and optimize vendor onboarding/invoicing process with requesting departments and Finance
• Available to be onsite as necessary to coordinate receiving and delivery instructions of game day giveaways with Loading Dock, Event Services and internal departments
• Prioritize and balance multiple and concurrent high priority projects and be detail oriented in communications with vendors and internal requestors including providing timely presentations, formalizing orders, and tracking production timelines with delivery dates
• Lead and develop 1 direct report
• Other duties as assigned

Required Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 3 years in promotional merchandise management or procurement
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent written and verbal communication, customer service, attention to detail and resolution skills
• Ability to build positive relationships with clients and peers at all levels within the organization
• Ability to balance multiple projects at once in a fast-paced work environment

Time Commitment

• Ability to attend Warriors home games and special events as needed
• Ability to work evenings and weekend as needed

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

 Golden State Warriors is an equal opportunity employer.

We will ensure that qualified applicants with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Want to learn more about who we are and what we value? Visit www.warriors.com/employment