Branding Lead

ABOUT US

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 world's leading extreme wellness and endurance brand.

ABOUT THE GIG

Location: Remote

Department: Race Operations

Type: Full Time

As a Branding Lead at Spartan Race, you'll be at the forefront of 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. Along with taking lead on branding disbursement they also play a key role in assisting the Festival lead and Festival Manager meet specific timelines to build the festival layout as well as running race day operations and tearing down the festival in a timely manner. Branding lead is also responsible for training and working alongside volunteers. 

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Attend at least 11 events per year up to 12 days at a time. 
• Manage volunteers in setup, operation, and tear down of the festival area,
• Working with the festival team to ensure the festival is built and torn following a specific timeline.
• Work with the sponsorship team to make sure all branding is distributed to the correct areas and the right number are allocated.
• Looking over the sponsorship doc provided from the sponsorship team to go over all allocated branding. (blades, barrier jackets, banners)
• Operating machines to help load, unload, and move product/festival items.
• Coordinate with Festival Manager and Festival Lead the layout of the festival to ensure the placement of branding
• Manage volunteers and support staff in an efficient and deliberate manner through delegation of tasks
• Create zone specific fence lines and deploy zone specific branding with the festival team or volunteers

REQUIREMENTS:

• Able to spend long hours standing and walking.
• Able to lift at least 50 pounds.
• Adaptable to ever changing situations and weather conditions.
• Ability to make decisions in a potentially high stress environment.
• Customer Service skills.
• Have experience operating machinery, or be willing to learn
• Be comfortable traveling 115 days or more during the year