Everyone wants a career in sports. But how do you get it? This post is very simple in purpose and yet overly important for your life and your career. We all grow up cheering for our favorite sports teams and saying we are going to play for them one day. Unfortunately we don’t all get…
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Washington Capitals Director of Digital Media Talks Social Media (VIDEO)
The Washington Capitals are well known in the sports world as being one of the more “technically” savvy teams in professional sports. There is no doubt that this is due to the fact that their owner, Ted Leonsis has a long history in the tech world as the former President of AOL and now majority…
How To Position Yourself as The Best Candidate For a Job in Sports
One of the biggest mistakes students and young professionals make when they’re trying to land a job in sports is that they’re too vague. Or they’ll position themselves in a generic, “I have a passion for sports” kind of way. That’s the exact opposite of what you should do. If that’s you, let me tell…
How I Landed My Dream Sports Internship
A lot of materials, opinions, and publications exist regarding how to get a job in sports. However, most of them are not geared towards law students or lawyers. From my experience, law students are ambitious and often have a passion to work in sports. With legal positions in sports being so limited, it is extremely difficult…
The Ultimate Sports Job For A Gamer (VIDEO)
I was fortunate enough to spend the day at the EA Sports Campus in Burnaby, BC, Canada a few weeks ago at an event hosted for the Make A Wish Foundation – BC & Yukon. It was one of many events that the EA Outreach program hosts for deserving non-profit organizations that are focused on…
The First Step to Launching Your Sports Career
If your dream is to have a sports career, but have no idea where to start, you’re not alone. I get a ton of email from college students and recent grads telling me they would love a career in sports, but don’t have a clue how to get started. So I ask them: “What do…
Social Media Marketing Agency Co-Founders Discuss Their Path To Success In Sports
If you are an active follower of trends in social media and sports, then it’s likely that you’ve noticed some of the cutting-edge social media campaigns that Red Bull has launched over the past few years. Red Bull continuously pushes the envelope by implementing creative campaigns that integrate the latest social media tools while leveraging…
EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR: 0 To 20M+ Facebook Fans: A Review Of European Football Clubs
*Webinar available to SEA Members Only. SEA Members CLICK HERE to login and sign up for the webinar 0 To 20M+ Facebook Fans: A Review Of European Football Clubs Date: March 8, 2012 Time: 12pm EST (9am PST) Oscar Ugaz is the former Digital Business Manager of Real Madrid F.C. and Regional Project Director…
How To Get A Job in Sports with Tom Jolly, Former Sports Editor – NY Times
I had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Jolly last week as a part of our ‘How to Get a Job in Sports’ series. Tom is currently the Associate Managing Editor of the Nightly News at the NY Times. Previous to this role, Tom was the Sports Editor at the NY Times. I actually first met…
Former Real Madrid F.C. Digital Business Manager Shares His Success Story
I had the pleasure of interviewing Oscar Ugaz recently. For those of you not familiar with Oscar, he is a Digital Business Consultant that has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world including Toyota, SAB Miller and Real Madrid F.C. In his former role as the Digital Business Manager for Real Madrid F.C., he…
How To Get A Job In Sports with Kevin Cote, Asst. Dir Digital Marketing – Golden State Warriors
This interview is part of our Sports Jobs Interview Series where we talk with successful sports business professionals about their role in sports, how they got there, the role social media has played in their success, what a typical day looks like and advice they would give to sports business students looking to land their dream job…
Do You Want To Work In Sports? Learn From The Pros!
The Sports Industry is hugely competitive. If you throw your name in the hat for a highly sought after position, it’s like you will be up against 100’s (if not 1000’s of other applicants). So, how do you make sure that when the time comes, your name comes to mind and you land that dream…