Futures Sport & Entertainment - Australia

Futures is a leading global sports and entertainment strategy consultancy. We are part of the Interpublic Group, one of the world’s premier advertising and marketing services companies. We deliver independent and objective analysis of the historic and future value of sport and sponsorship properties, and their contribution to the media and marketing mix. We work for leading teams, federations, events and global brands, as well as investment banks, management consultancies and even governments. Our work covers five broad areas: media, consumer, market, sponsorship and sport research. All are delivered via our market-leading digital dashboards.

The Role

Futures’ core projects span media, sponsorship and fan analytics. Graduate Analysts work alongside Futures’ more seasoned Analysts on projects for sport governing bodies and clubs. Their focus is to help optimise sponsorships, better understand how fans follow sport, and how to drive growth opportunities, domestically or overseas.

Graduate Analysts are required to demonstrate strong analytical skills, creativity in problem-solving and the ability to work effectively as part of a team. They should also have a demonstrable interest and knowledge in the world of sports and entertainment.

Graduate Analysts are tasked with delivering timely, insightful solutions, and help in the development of our software and proprietary tools. They will be able to take direction, complete tasks by given deadlines, manage their workload, communicate clearly and confidently with their peers, managers and clients, and present themselves in a professional manner.

Developing skills for a Graduate Analyst include client service and project management skills that are core to the performance of a professional consultancy business.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, analyse and interpret complex data
• Interpret data to deliver bespoke commercial insight to clients
• Structure and deliver analysis
• Regular reporting on status and issues to line management
• Attendance at key client meetings where appropriate
• Clear and timely communications with clients
• Ability to interpret and understand client requests in order to deliver timely and appropriate responses
• Management and prioritisation of personal deliverables across multiple projects or workstreams
• Team and project administrative support, including but not limited to, the keeping of meeting notes and the initial development of project timelines and trackers
• Contribute to writing and preparing client reports and presentations, including and ability to translate complex information into clear, simple, well-presented reports
• Reading, understanding and insightful points of view on core industry trends across the sports and entertainment landscape
• Internal presentation of research projects to small groups

Core Skills and Attributes

• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent quantitative skills, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Continual development of technical skills, especially SQL, with a focus on developing sound analytical processes
• Self-starter attitude, comfortable taking initiative and leading work streams independently, with some degree of supervision

Important Note: This job description serves as a guide to the scope and range of activities that may be required of the incumbent and may change at any time according to the needs and priorities of the Company.

We kindly encourage all candidates to apply through the official application link, as only submissions received via this channel can be reviewed. To maintain a fair and consistent process for everyone, we ask that all queries and updates be directed through our HR team.

Candidates who attempt to contact team members outside the formal process will not be considered.