Work in Sports Newsletter vol 51
LA Clippers Featured Job, Detroit Lions Company Profile, Top/New Pro jobs of the week and Our Newest Segment: Baller Careers Tip of the Week.
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Overview
In the last week, we’ve added over 35 new jobs to our job board with more being added each day! This week we continue a new collaboration with Baller Careers. Check out the Career Tip of the Week below. This edition’s featured job is a Director, Social Media Strategy role with the LA Clippers, and we break down the Detroit Lions from a hiring perspective. Top & New jobs this week come from the Green Bay Packers, AMB Sports & Entertainment, Amazon, Phoenix Mercury, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, Pegula Sports & Entertainment, Kansas City Chiefs, NFL, Buffalo Bills, and more!
Weekly Jobs Recap
Top Jobs viewed last week on Openly Jobs
Business Development Analyst @ Green Bay Packers (view here)
Community Relations Coordinator @ AMB Sports & Entertainment (view here)
Lead, NFL Sales Planning @ Amazon (view here).
Coordinator, Basketball Strategy & Research @ Phoenix Mercury (view here)
Partnership Marketing Manager @ Indianapolis Colts (view here)
Top NEW jobs on Openly Jobs
Digital Marketing Analyst @ Carolina Panthers (view here)
Data Architect -Sabres/Bills/PSE @ Pegula Sports & Entertainment (view here)
Production - Sales & Marketing Producer @ Kansas City Chiefs (view here)
Senior Technical Manager @ NFL (view here)
Director Game Day Presentation @ Buffalo Bills (view here)
Top Categories on Openly Jobs
Baller Careers Tip of the Week
Ready to land your next job in sports? We’ve teamed up with Sports Industry Career Coach and Founder of Baller Careers, Adriene Bueno, to bring you the latest sports job tips, insights, and resources.
Worst Words To Use On Your Resume (And What To Use Instead)
Don’t let a weak resume hold you back from landing your dream job in sports. Most business professionals make the same common mistakes on their resume, but people who consistently get called in for interviews again and again use the powerful action words you’ll see below.
Organization Hiring Profile
Organization: Detroit Lions
Industry: Spectator Sports
Location: Detroit, MI
# of Openings: 9
# of Employees: 430
Category of open roles: Data, Entertainment, Football Systems, Group Sales, Inside Sales & New Media
Featured Job: Premium Partnership Sales Manager - Apply Below
Featured Job of the Week
Director, Social Media Strategy
Organization: Los Angeles Clippers
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Overview: The Director, Social Media Strategy will lead the planning, alignment and management of all Clippers social media campaigns, developing content strategy and leading its execution across all social media platforms. Director will be responsible for fitting social media content into the Clippers’ overall digital content strategy and meeting overall business and basketball operations goals and benchmarks. Essential to the position is the ability to lead a social media team, creatively lead content production, grow and engage domestic and international audiences and execute overall digital and social strategies while maintaining brand integrity and consistency.
Lead and develop the overall social media strategy to drive engagement and increase followers
Lead and develop a team of employees dedicated to social media strategy execution, including providing day-to-day leadership and best practices for overall professional and platform growth
Advise on overall digital content goals as related to social media strategies, best practices and guidelines
Define, build and amplify a consistent brand and channel voice across all platforms
Oversee expansion of reach and engagement of L.A. Clippers owned social media channels
Why we like it?
This role puts a successful candidate right in the middle of an NBA organization, and allows him or her to create the strategy utilized on all social platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Pinterest, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn). This Downtown LA-based position is a mix of storytelling, public relations and creative through social media. The Clippers boast over 4 million Instagram followers, 3.7 million likes on Facebook and nearly 2 million followers on Twitter.
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