In this episode, host Roger Breum interviews Jeff Taylor, Global Team Lead for Athletes & Ambassadors at Jaybird Sport. They discuss how Jaybird chooses and works with athletes, the biggest challenges of working with a global set of athletes and ambassadors, and implementing incentives for athletes and ambassadors for brand promotion.
Jeff talks about:
- His career background & how he came to be the Global Athlete Team Lead at Jaybird
- Athletes & their involvement in the larger Jaybird organization (beyond just sports marketing)
- The importance of personality and brand fit for their ambassadors
- The cultural implications of a global set of ambassadors
- Implementing incentives for athletes and ambassadors for brand promotion
- How Jaybird stays connected with their ambassadors
- What’s coming next – the importance of the quality of the relationship between a brand and the brand ambassador
“Being able to back into the ROI of our ambassadors by using Hookit data has changed the way we work with our ambassadors at Jaybird.”
– Jeff Taylor, Global Team Lead for Athletes & Ambassadors @ Jaybird Sport