Sports Consultancy and Data Analyst Intern (Futures Sport & Entertainment) null

Your role

An opportunity exists to join the Octagon 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.

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 sports!
• Analysis and summary of trends in Futures sports fan surveys
• Other administration tasks requiring strong attention to detail

About you

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 student's 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

Desired skills:

• Have an interest in sports and the business of sports and entertainment
• Be a driven and diligent self-starter
• Have meticulous attention to detail
• Have high academic grades
• Ideally have experience with Excel

Benefits

Octagon 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. Octagon invests in growth so they invest in internal mobility, mentorships, learning opportunities and career development. They strive to create an environment that celebrates the distinctiveness of each team member – ensuring that each one feels they are valued and can contribute to What’s Next.

Training & development

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 the commercial and business strategy that shapes the Australian sports landscape.

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How to apply

Please provide your course and subject details along with the number of internship hours required to be completed as part of your coursework

Source

The following sources were used to research this page:

• octagon.com/careers/