Work in Sports Newsletter vol 58

Sorare Featured Job, Excel Sports Management Company Profile, and Top/New Pro jobs of the Week

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Overview

In the last week, we’ve added over 60 new jobs to our job board with more being added each day! This week’s featured job is a Head of Communications role with Sorare, and we break down Excel SM from a hiring perspective. Top & New jobs this week come from the Fanatics, OpenBet, Major League Baseball, Amazon, Penn National Gaming, U of Maryland Athletics, Excel SM, Gametime, CAA, Puma, and more!

Weekly Jobs Recap

Top Jobs viewed last week on Openly Jobs

Top NEW jobs on Openly Jobs

Top Categories on Openly Jobs

Organization Hiring Profile

Excel Sports Management Helps Call of Duty League™ Sign Official Sponsor – SPORTS AGENT BLOG

Organization: Excel Sports ManagementIndustry: Sport/Athlete Management & Marketing AgencyLocation: Los Angeles, CA# of Openings: 10# of Employees: 241Category of open roles: Brand Marketing, Corporate Development, Hospitality, PartnershipsFeatured Job:Coordinator, Digital & Social Media Analytics - Apply Below

Featured Job of the Week

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Head of Communications

Organization: Sorare

Location: New York City, NY

Overview: Lead the strategic narrative around Sorare’s products and the company vision to external audiences globally.

What This Role Will Do:

  • Work closely with the executive team to support high profile media engagements and events and help position them as thought leaders in the NFT, Gaming and Sport ecosystem

  • Deliver proactive media relationships with journalists and influencers, including consumer, entertainment, technology, sport and broadcast press

  • Use blogs, speeches, social media, and other digital strategies to tell stories that are important to the company and our products

  • Create global communications programs that support our portfolio of products and partnerships (EMEA, NA, LATAM, APAC)

  • Manage external PR agencies to deliver results on Sorare’s global communication strategy

  • Work collaboratively with the operations team to support the growth goals of the company

Why we like it?

Sorare is transforming online sports fandom and giving its community a new way to connect to the clubs and players that they love. The platform had a monthly card sales volume of over $80M since January 2021 across 140 countries. Based in Paris, Sorare is funded by a world-class team including Benchmark, Accel Partners, e.ventures, footballers Gerard Piqué, Antoine Griezmann and Rio Ferdinand. 

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