📰 In The Arena Weekly
Your backstage pass for your career in sports, media & entertainment. Brought to you by Arena - where powerful industry relationships and opportunities begin and grow.
⚡ Hot Takes & Headlines
🤝 Netflix strikes global marketing deal with AB Inbev
🎬 This startup just raised $22M to build “Twitch for Sports”
💼 The Top Celebrity Side Hustles of 2025
💡 From $300 to billions: Dick’s Sporting Goods playbook
🎥 Michigan NIL collective launches a media arm to produce athlete-driven content. Is this the future? Read more.
🗓️ Events to Attend
Arena Hosted
🏆 Building Careers in Sports: Hispanic Voices on Mentorship & Career Growth co-hosted by Arena
🗓️ Sept 24, 2pm ET (tomorrow) | 📍Virtual | Register here
Virtual Session with leaders at BetMGM and the NWSL - moderated by Arena’s Adriene Bueno - on mentorship, career growth, and strategic networking in sports, media, and entertainment.
Across the Industry
Live Q&A with Todd Komarnicki | Hosted by Writers Spotlight
🗓️ Sept 27 | 📍 Virtual | More info here
Q&A with writer, producer, and director Todd Komarnicki - the creative mind behind Sully, The Professor and the Madman, Bonhoeffer, Earth Abides, and Elf.
Second Acts LIVE | Hosted by Front Office Sports + FOLK
🗓️ Sept 30 | 📍Seattle, WA | Register here
The inaugural event features WNBA legend Sue Bird sharing her journey beyond the game, the challenges of reinvention, and how she is helping shape the future of women's sports.
💼 New Jobs This Week
⚽️ Major League Soccer | Manager, MLS Features
Stamford, CT | $75,000 - $85,000/yr
⛳️ DraftKings Inc. | Sportsbook Operations Specialist
Boston, MA | $79,200 - $99,000/yr
🏟️ Oak View Group | Director of Marketing @ Mobile Arena
Mobile, AL | $80,000 - $100,000/yr
⚾️ Major League Baseball | Manager, Advertising Technology
New York, NY | $85,000 - $97,500/yr
🎶 Live Nation Entertainment | Insomniac - Talent Buyer
Calabasas, CA | $90,000 - $130,000/yr
🏈 IMG | Senior Director, Global Partnerships, Football Events
New York, NY | $138,800 - $185,000/yr
🤝 IPG Mediabrands | Group Director, Digital Partnerships
Los Angeles, CA | $180,000 - $200,000/yr
🎲 PrizePicks | Sr. Director of Community & Social Media
Atlanta, GA (Remote) | $180,000 - $215,000/yr
🏀 Portland Trail Blazers | Vice President, Global Partnerships
Portland, OR | $185,000 - $195,000/yr
💰 CAA | Director, M&A
Los Angeles, CA | $210,000 - $251,000/yr
👀 On Our Radar
We’re now in Week 2 of our Arena PowerMatch networking beta.
100s of beta testers have set up their Arena PowerMatch profiles and they’re looking AMAZING!! 🤩
If you’re in the beta, you’ll begin meeting your matches in sports, media & entertainment starting tomorrow!
If you’re not in the beta, you can join the waitlist for future cohorts here.
That’s it for this week In The Arena of sports, media & entertainment!
-Arena’s founders | Parul Khosla, Adriene Bueno & Olivia Schwartz.
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