Branding Lead

Job Details

Description

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

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

Spartan Race is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and celebrate the uniqueness of every individual on our team. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. Spartan Race is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.