Nielsen Sports is the world’s leading trusted adviser and partner in sports and entertainment consumer research, media evaluation, and data-driven consultancy. We help the world’s largest sports rights holders, brands, agencies, and broadcasters better understand their fans and maximize commercial success.
We are seeking an organized, proactive Commercial Executive to join our team. This is a foundational, entry-level role focused on providing vital administrative and operational support to our commercial division. In this position, you will take ownership of contract setups, manage the sales pipeline within Salesforce, and coordinate day-to-day initiatives that sustain our long-lasting industry relationships.
This is the perfect launchpad for a recent graduate or a junior professional looking to kickstart their career within the fast-paced business of sports and media.
Job Description
Contract Administration: Take ownership of the end-to-end setup, preparation, and management of client and renewal contracts, ensuring high attention to detail.
Salesforce Coordination: Actively maintain and update the CRM pipeline within Salesforce, ensuring accurate account tracking and data visibility for the commercial team.
Commercial Support: Work closely with the Commercial Director to provide daily administrative and operational support to help facilitate new business opportunities.
Sales Coordination: Help support renewal contracts and sales initiatives across the wider Nielsen team, ensuring smooth communication between internal business units.
Client Presentations: Assist in creating and formatting clear, concise, and compelling proposals, solutions, and presentations for internal and external clients.
Product Knowledge: Eagerly develop a solid working understanding of Nielsen Sports’ solutions and wider Nielsen products to better assist the team with client insights.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree, preferably with an analytical or numerical background (Economics, Statistics, Business, Marketing, or Market Research). Recent graduates are highly encouraged to apply!
Experience: 0 to 2 years of experience in an administrative, sales support, internships, or corporate coordination environment.
Industry Passion: A strong, genuine interest in the business of sports, media, events, and entertainment. (Previous industry experience is a plus, but not mandatory!)
Technical Savvy: Comfort learning and using data systems and software. (Previous exposure to Salesforce is a bonus, but full training will be provided).
Soft Skills: Exceptional time management, organizational skills, and multitasking abilities. You have an eye for detail and thrive in a fast-moving, agile environment.
Work Style: A collaborative team player with a strong willingness to learn, ask questions, and support the commercial division's daily goals.
Nielsen Sports works with the world's top leagues, teams, and brands to deliver the most comprehensive, reliable, and meaningful data analysis and insights. Our Analytics, Consulting, and Commercial teams work hand-in-hand to drive a fast-paced, evolving industry.
Why join us? Nielsen Sports supports a fun, flexible, and adaptable workplace. We leverage our global Smart Work initiative, giving our associates the flexibility they need to thrive both personally and professionally.
Compensation Transparency: The stated salary range represents the full compensation scale for this level. To allow for future progression and development, new employees are typically hired into the lower to middle portion of this range. An individual's exact starting salary at Nielsen depends on several factors, including geographic location, skills, experience, training, certifications, and other business needs.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree (Economics, Statistics, Business, Marketing, or Market Research preferred)
- Analytical or numerical background (preferred)
- 0-2 years experience in administrative, sales support, internships, or corporate coordination
- Comfort learning and using data systems and software
- Previous exposure to Salesforce
- Exceptional time management, organizational skills, multitasking, and attention to detail
- Strong interest in sports, media, events, and entertainment
- Collaborative team player with willingness to learn and ask questions
Nielsen Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nielsen and has not been reviewed or approved by Nielsen.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as generous, including flexible or unlimited PTO in some roles, paid holidays, sick days, volunteer time, and flex days. Personal days accrue monthly and can be used at employees’ discretion.
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Parental & Family Support — Support includes paid parental leave, family medical leave, adoption assistance, and adoption subsidies. These programs are positioned as part of a comprehensive package for families.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Select roles benefit from commissions, car pay, longevity bonuses, and performance-based bonuses. In some cases, overall compensation is characterized as outstanding or very satisfying.
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What We Do
Nielsen shapes the world’s media and content as a global leader in audience insights, data and analytics. Through our understanding of people and their behaviors across all channels and platforms, we empower our clients with independent and actionable intelligence so they can connect and engage with their audiences—now and into the future. An S&P 500 company, Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) operates around the world in more than 55 countries.
