Lead Professional, Account Marketing, JD Sports

Nike's partnership with JD is evolving, and so is the way we show up for the next generation of consumers. As Lead Professional, Partner Marketing, JD, you'll influence how Nike appears across EMEA - uniting teams, elevating the Nike x JD narrative, and driving work that inspires consumers at scale.

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH


In this role, you'll report directly to the Senior Director, JD Group Account Marketing and operate as a key member of the JD Account Marketing team. You'll collaborate extensively across the Nike x JD MPU cross-functional team, Sport Brand teams (with a strong focus on Sportswear and Running), Brand Creative, Communications/Energy Marketing, and Sports Marketing, as well as the external JD Account Marketing team.

You'll act as a connective force across these diverse groups, aligning priorities, multiplying expertise, and driving cohesive seasonal plans and campaigns across EMEA. Your ability to bridge teams, elevate thinking, and create clarity will be essential to delivering impactful work for Nike's #1 retail partner in the region.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR


As part of the JD Partner Marketing Team, you'll shape and deliver seasonal stories and marketing campaigns rooted in JD's account brand positioning, featuring products, Athletes/Catalysts, and services/experiences that inspire and enable the youth consumer.

You'll support and execute the timely delivery of seasonal plans, ensuring innovation, distinction and consumer engagement are at the heart of every activation across JD's ecosystem. You'll evaluate performance with a data-informed mindset and translate learnings into sharper, more resonant future stories.

This role is ideal for a passionate, creative marketer who thinks consumer-first and thrives at the intersection of sport, youth culture, and retail. You're energised by pushing into new spaces, shaping narratives, and driving executional excellence. You bring agility, collaboration, and a solution-oriented mindset to fast-paced, evolving environments, and your energy lifts the team around you.

You'll bring:

• A consumer-first approach and experience as a brand, digital, or retail marketer.
• A passion for sport, youth culture, and community, with a deep understanding of what motivates and inspires the JD consumer.
• Innovative, forward-thinking problem solving, with the ability to connect dots across teams, insights, and opportunities.
• A collaborative, positive, solution-oriented attitude, thriving in environments with complexity, pace, and change.
• Adaptability and resilience, bringing clarity and momentum even when navigating ambiguity.
• A data-driven mindset to evaluate campaign performance and strengthen storytelling.
• Energy, empathy, and curiosity, always seeking new ways to elevate the Nike x JD partnership and unlock growth.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON


You'll be a core member of the Integrated Retail Marketing, Account Marketing team dedicated to JD, partnering closely with Sport Brand teams (primarily NSW, with support across Running, Football, and Training) and the cross-functional partner team. You'll drive the seasonal offense and build marketing strategies and plans that support Nike's brand and business priorities within JD.

Core responsibilities include:

• Being a strategic thought partner in shaping the JD x Nike vision, roadmap, and day-to-day relationship.
• Creating distinction through partner positioning, ensuring Nike's Brand Standards show up consistently and powerfully across every JD consumer touchpoint.
• Leading seasonal planning and strategy in partnership with JD marketing teams, with a focus on Innovation, Sport Moments, Athletes, and Cultural Catalysts.
• Building and sustaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including Nike teams, JD teams, agencies, and vendors.
• Serving as a primary liaison across key functions and agencies within the integrated JD MPU team.
• Contributing to a culture of mentorship and partnership, coaching and inspiring teammates to grow, collaborate, and deliver their best work.

Client-provided location(s): Hilversum, Netherlands

Job ID: nike-21272_R-77778

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-23T17:16:02