📰 In The Arena Weekly
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$100K+ roles from Amazon, JetBlue, and Playfly
Events spotlighting the future of women’s sports, conferences on creativity and more.
How authentic storytelling shapes sports, media & culture.
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⚡ Hot Takes & Headlines
📊 What every marketer needs to know about U.S. sports fans in 2025.
🏈 NFL teams up with The Gist to bring more women into football. See how.
📝 This student-athlete dropout shares his unconventional journey to becoming a writer for Netflix’s top TV shows including Forever and Roast of Tom Brady.
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💼 New Jobs This Week
🏀 Atlanta Hawks | Brand Communications Assistant
Atlanta, GA | $20/hr
📺 Paramount | Coordinator, Media Relations
Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 - $60,000/yr
📰 Fox News Media | Associate Producer, DC Bureau
Washington, DC | $67,000 - $70,000/yr
⚽ New York City FC | Manager, Media Relations
Orangeburg, NY | $70,000 - $75,000/yr
🎬 Warner Bros. Discovery | Social Programmer Sports Portfolio
New York, NY | $40,800 - $75,700/yr
🎶 Live Nation Entertainment | Manager, Digital Marketing & Strategy - Sports
New York, NY | $70,000 - $85,000/yr
✈️ JetBlue | Copywriter Social Media
New York, NY | $66,000 - $103,100/yr
🗞️ CNN | Specialist, Content Planning & VOD
Washington, DC | $70,700 - $131,300/yr
📈 Playfly Sports | Director/Senior Director, Sales
Chicago, IL | $130,000 - $180,000/yr
📦 Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios | Social Media Content Producer, Prime Video Sports
New York, NY | $108,400 - $185,000/yr
🗓️ Events to Know
Breaking Into Women’s Sports: Careers In A Growing Industry
📅 Wednesday, Aug. 27 | 📍Virtual
Women’s sports are experiencing historic growth with new leagues, record-breaking audiences, and major investment. Join leaders from the NWSL, PWHL, and GQ Sports for a conversation on building careers in this fast-rising industry and where the biggest opportunities lie.
GIS Miami: Open House
Global Institute of Sport (GIS)
🗓️ Sept. 2 | 📍Fort Lauderdale, FL | Register here
Event on GIS x Inter Miami CF partnership.
Shaping a Sustainable Future for Collegiate Sports
Hosted by Collegiate Sports Sustainability Network
🗓️ Sept. 3 | 📍Virtual | Register here
Panel on advancing sustainability and climate action in college athletics.
Power Players New York
Hosted by Invesco x Bloomberg
🗓️ Sept. 4 | 📍New York, NY | Register here
Forum on trends shaping sports, business, and media.
RISE: Women’s Sports 2025
Hosted by Sportico
🗓️ Sept. 16 | 📍New York, NY | Register here
Summit on the growth and investment in women’s sports.
2025 Clio Creative Summit
Hosted by The Clio Awards
🗓️ September 16 | 📍New York, NY | Register here
Conference on creativity, careers, and emerging tech.
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🎤 Arena Voices
Meet Amar Shah
Amar Shah, is an Emmy-winning writer and veteran of ESPN, NBA, and NFL Network. Now an author and filmmaker, his graphic memoir Wish I Was a Baller and Tribeca-premiering film The Patel Motel Story show how authentic storytelling shapes sports, media, and culture.
“I’m proud of my graphic memoir Wish I Was a Baller, which tells the story of becoming a teenage NBA journalist because it shows young readers, especially kids of color, that their voice belongs in sports and media and that their stories are worth telling.”
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