Futures Sport and Entertainment
With offices in Sydney, London and New York we provide strategic consultancy services based on market leading analytics, to service premier sport’s governing bodies, leagues, teams and broadcasters across the globe. Internationally, our clients include the NFL, NBA, NHL, Manchester United, Adidas, PlayStation and the UFC whilst domestically we work alongside Tennis Australia, and Supercars to name a few.
An opportunity exists to join our team as part of a course-credit internship requirement, that will provide you with hands-on experience and a true taste for the sports industry and our business in consultancy, research and insights.
Working in either a single block or on a regular part-time basis you’ll be partnered with a Graduate Analyst or Analyst for the duration of your internship, briefly shadowing their experience while also getting an immediate opportunity to immerse yourself in the collection, review and analysis of real-life data. From the get-go interns are given the opportunity to understand how to interpret data and form insights that will inform commercial and business strategy that shapes the Australian sports landscape.
Specifically, the internship will see you undertake:
- Use of internal apps and software to collect and store data required by analysts
- Collection and cleaning of sports match data to explain trends in audiences and brand exposure patterns, boosting your Excel skills
- Analysis and insights to help understand patterns in camerawork and drivers of brand exposure during sports broadcasts, putting your creative thinking to the test, through watching sport!
- Analysis and summary of trends in Futures sports fan surveys
- Other administration tasks requiring strong attention to detail
Desired skills:
- Have an interest in sport and the business of sport and entertainment
- Be a driven and diligent self-starter
- Have meticulous attention to detail
- Have high academic grades
- Ideally have experience with Excel
Eligibility For Internships
Before you apply, please ensure you meet the below requirements:
- You are currently enrolled in an Australian tertiary course that requires you to undertake an internship/placement (arranged by the educational institution or the students’ own initiative) in line with the requirements of your course
- It can be a component of the course as a whole, or of an individual subject or module. Please provide your course and subject details along with the number of internship hours required to be completed as part of your coursework
Please note: Our internship places are non-paid positions and must be undertaken as a requirement of an education or training course, in line with the Fair Work Act 2009.
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What We Do
We are Octagon. A global agency in sports, entertainment, and culture. We strike deals. Set the pace. We’re playmakers. A group of creative thinkers and energetic doers inspiring and helping brands and talent to step up and stand out. Octagon is the world’s largest creative marketing and sponsorship consulting practice, and a pioneer and leader in athlete and personality representation and management. With our fingers firmly on the pulse, we set out a clear vision for the future. Our passionate team of 800+ around the world are relentlessly committed to helping you force fate and push forward. We work with hundreds of blue-chip corporate clients, more than 1000 Athletes & Personalities, and manage more than 10,000 events per year. Leading stakeholders in the sports and entertainment world continue to look to Octagon to provide leadership in understanding fans’ passions and how these insights can build more effective, efficient, and measurable marketing programs.
