Global Partnerships Intern - Data & Analytics (NYC)

Oak View Group

Oak View Group (OVG) is the world’s leading arena development, management, and hospitality company founded in 2015 by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff to disrupt business as usual. As the largest developer of sports and entertainment facilities in the world, OVG prioritizes the way we do business focusing on making long-term investments in our people and our planet. We focus on building a diverse workforce and cultivating an inclusive workplace. Each day our team members around the world and throughout our local communities work together to provide the greatest experience to our fans and partners.

 

We celebrate and support a strong, transparent, authentic and inclusive culture focused around four core values:  

• We treat each other fairly and with respect.
• We act with integrity.
• We have an entrepreneurial spirit.
• We give back to our global community.

 

More information at OakViewGroup.com, and follow OVG on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. 

Overview

The 9-week internship on Oak View Group's Global Partnerships team will give you exposure across OVG's owned-and-operated venues (e.g. Climate Pledge Arena, Moody Center, Mullet Arena, UBS Arena, Acrisure Arena, CFG Bank Arena), third-party sales properties (e.g. Naming Rights/MLB/NHL Jersey Patches), our Arena Alliance property (i.e. 36 NBA and NHL teams across North America), and OVG 360 (300+ managed facilities).

 

This internship will give you a glimpse of a career in corporate partnerships from the data and analytics perspective, allowing you to learn, ideate and act on some of the most prestigious properties in sport and entertainment.

 

This internship will take place out of OVG's New York City office. Upon hiring, we will provide a more detailed program that outlines the responsibilities as it relates to the most applicable and current projects.

 

job expires 3/31/2024

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

- Leverage internal and external vendor toolkits to create holistic deliverables that include valuation, actionable insights, benchmarking for contextualization, and strategic takeaways

- Ascribe quantitative and qualitative value to sponsorship assets for properties and brands across the sports and entertainment landscape- Assist in creating prospecting lists, building sales collateral, and developing the hook for owned and operated, 3rd party, OVG360, and Arena Alliance partners- Extensively research each current OVG property/market and potential future properties/markets to develop a strategic analysis of the potential business opportunities- Extensively research target categories for each property providing recommendations and insights as realized- Support the Partnership Activation team to develop analytics plans designed to measure and demonstrate the value of existing sponsorships- Support the production and management of analytical tools, reports and dashboards to inform business practices of the Sales and Marketing team- Support in management of CRM system (Salesforce/KORE) and build data sets for reporting and analytics

Qualifications

• Must be a current student or recent graduate of a college or university with a major in a related field (sport management, business, finance, real estate, econ, communications, etc)
• Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Ultimate team player willing to work across multiple departments to get the job done
• Experience with quantitative analytics and ability to draw a story out of data
• Demonstrated success analyzing marketing strategy and measurement plans
• Knowledge of and ability to apply basic marketing concepts (e.g., brand positioning, SWOT analysis, competitive assessment, marketing objectives/strategies, category analysis, etc.) used in the development of sales pitches and ideation for prospective and existing partners
• Ability to synthesize complex data sets into actionable insights that drive the business
• Creative Problem Solver with the ability to quickly understand brands/partners’ business models and research solutions for how to grow their business
• Ability to manage long-term projects as well as quick turnaround assignments
• Trustworthy, loyal and ethical
• Curious by Nature
• Values the “How” as much as the “What”

Strengthened by our Differences. United to Make a Difference.

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse