US Sports Communications Lead, Amazon
Global Sports Communications
$114-188.5k
Office located in Culver City, CA
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$114-188.5k
Office located in Culver City, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.
Role
Who you are
- Candidates should have experience working in sports and/or media, with high standards under tight deadlines, and a proven track record of delivering results in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- This person must be passionate about sports, have extraordinary judgment, excellent communications skills, exemplary writing ability, and should be a strong project manager
- 7+ years of recent professional communications or public relations experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience managing crisis communications
- Experience working closely with senior-level executives both internally and externally
- Experience managing talent for events and/or publicity
Desirable
- Strong sports media contacts
- Exceptional verbal and written communications skills
- Excellent judgment, particularly in narrow timeframes
- Thrives in a collaborative environment and is willing to roll up their sleeves to get the job done
- Has a strong bias for action
What the job involves
- Prime Video is seeking an experienced communications professional to join our rapidly growing and evolving Sports team
- This position will be responsible for the development and execution of communications strategy for sports programming on Prime Video, including the NBA
- Devise, create, and execute communications strategy and campaigns for live sports and sports programming on Prime Video
- This role will be part of the Global Sports Communications team and will be based in Los Angeles
- Manage media relations for Prime Video Sports including traditional print reporters, sports and entertainment trades, consumer sports media, digital media, and influencers
- Work in partnership with other internal Amazon teams to drive successful PR programs for Prime Video Sports
- Provide strategic communications counsel to key executives and business leaders
- Manage complex communications challenges with media and internal stakeholders
- Keep current on trends, issues, and news about both the business and consumer worlds of sports, media, and entertainment
- Write press releases, media alerts, FAQs, talking points, talent and executive bios, and other publicity materials as needed
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Company benefits
- Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
- Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
- Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
- Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
- Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
- Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer
- Amazon Care's virtual services are available in all 50 states, and in-person care is active in Seattle, Washington, D.C., Arlington, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Austin, and Los Angeles, with 20+ more markets coming online in 2022 alone
- 20 weeks of paid leave to birthing mothers and six weeks for parents who adopt
Company values
- Customer obsession rather than competitor focus
- Passion for invention
- Commitment to operational excellence
- Long-term thinking
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
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Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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