Sponsorship Research and Insights Analyst

Are you passionate about the sports industry? Are you interested in helping connect brands and sports rights holders with game changing sponsorships? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Two Circles is a London-founded, global sports marketing agency that uses data to drive commercial growth for over 300 of the world’s leading sports rights holders including the NFL, Premier League, UEFA, F1, and Wimbledon. Our Rights Management team focuses on sponsorship sales and strategy, building compelling, data-driven brand partnership propositions and taking them to market, seeking to deliver greater value and impact for partners while driving commercial growth for clients.

The role:

We are looking for a Sponsorship Research and Insights Analyst (internally called “Commercial Analyst”), to join our fast growing North America team. You would be working across many of our current clients, but also helping the team in a BD capacity to gain new ones!

In this role you will be collaborating with all departments (sales, strategy, operations, and design) to identify brand targets for sponsorship, assist in development of sales materials, support business development efforts and maximize efficiencies and output.

What you'll be getting up to:

Commercial Sales (85%)

• Responsible for identifying brand prospects for sponsorship outreach through an insights and data led approach.
• Company research specific to the sales process to uncover impactful insights that will aid the commercial sales lead in structuring a successful conversation or meeting about the partnership opportunity.
• Primary and secondary research surrounding specific brands or categories as part of sales process.

Business Development (15%)

• Supporting our Strategy Lead to identify potential rightsholders for engagement about Two Circles service offerings.
• Research to uncover details and key insights around business development opportunities as part of discovery process.
• Assisting in the development of pitch materials through relevant insights specific to the new business opportunity.

What we are looking for:

There’s no set profile for a Research and Insights Analyst, and we welcome applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Ticking every box on this list is not a pre-requisite, but evidence of some will definitely help your application:

• Relevant experience within the sports, entertainment, media industry or a similar field (applicable internship or professional experience is helpful).
• Research oriented individual, with a passion for identifying trends and stories through data
• Proficiency in Excel and basic financial modelling skills.
• Team player, with great written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starting attitude, adaptable, and a problem-solver.
• Eagerness to join an entrepreneurial organization where every working day is different.
• Excellent time management, organizational skills, and attention to detail.

Beyond the above, we are recruiting for energy, values, and commitment – both to Two Circles and to your career. In return, we can offer honesty, integrity, and the chance to progress in the organization as quickly as you develop within it.

Our commitment to equality:

Two Circles is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

We value and want to have all types of candidates apply for roles at Two Circles. Therefore, we would love for you to fill out the Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form as part of your application. This form does not ask for your name or information that would make you personally identifiable.

Benefits:

• Salary of $64,500.
• Renowned Team Days often throughout the year.
• 19 PTO days (+1 Birthday, +1 for a Big Life Event, +1 Wellbeing Day, +1 Admin Day), closure of office over Christmas (plus Stat Holidays).
• 401(k) with employer matching scheme.
• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Discretionary Bonus based on company performance
• Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases.
• Monthly stipend for tailored costs