Baseball Sales & Marketing Trainee at Octagon

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

THE JOB / Baseball Sales & Marketing Trainee – Fall/Winter 23/24

Are you a hard-working and focused individual who is interested in a career in sports marketing? This role will provide you with hands-on experience in talent marketing. The position is remote, and is a paid part-time, (20 hours per week) beginning in November.

Who we’re looking for:

You are a current student or recent graduate
You are highly Proficient with Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
You have experience in sales or marketing outreach, business development, cold calling, and research
You are very organized with a strong attention to detail
Strong interest in baseball preferred
You have proven experience in positions requiring discretion, judgment, tact, and poise
You have the ability to work under deadlines

The work you’ll do…

Provide administrative support to the marketing staff with tasks such as compiling and organizing data, servicing existing marketing deals, researching new leads, and setting up meetings/calls
Research college sports NIL marketing updates and opportunities
Build target lists of brands and companies for potential marketing opportunities with clients
Make cold outreach via phone/email to marketing leads
Research specific markets, brands, and athletes
Coordinate and assemble presentation materials for internal meetings and sales pitches
Manage requests for our Creative and Legal teams
Respond to immediate client requests and/or needs. Follow up on specific client inquiries regarding marketing, appearances, logistics, special requests, travel arrangements etc.
Assist with social media strategy and execution for agency and clients
Organize and maintain information files

The bigger team you’ll join

Where others see complexity, we see possibility.

Octagon is the global sports, entertainment and experiential marketing arm of the Interpublic Group. But if that classification doesn’t do it for you, and it shouldn’t, let’s take it a step further.

We are what we believe. And we believe that while the world of sports and entertainment is full of opportunities and possibilities, sometimes the amount of choice can seem a little overwhelming. Even daunting.

That’s where we come into play.

At Octagon we inspire talent, brands, and our people to see the world for all its potential. We then help break down the complexity and push forward to help our partners make the next right move.

Octagon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

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