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As we dive into a new week, it’s the perfect time to refocus on your career goals and explore new opportunities.
In this week’s edition, we’re bringing you a lineup you won’t want to miss:
🏀 The NBA’s brand-new Pathway to the Pros webinar
💼 180 hot jobs with salaries up to $293K
📝 The success blueprint to securing job offers
Keep scrolling for resources to help you plan your next career move ⤵️
💼 New Jobs on Arena
🏈 Denver Broncos | Corporate Partnership Intern
Denver, CO | $18/hr
🏆 Kansas City Chiefs | Marketing - Media & Marketing Analytics Seasonal Assistant
Kansas City, KS| $52,530/year
🖥️ Vox Media | Updates Coordinator, The Strategist
United States | Remote | $60,000 - $78,000/year
⚾ New York Mets | Coordinator, Baseball Initiatives
Queens, NY | $60,000 - $83,000/year
🎰 DraftKings | Growth Marketing Senior Associate, Influencer Partnerships
Boston, MA | Hoboken, NJ; New York, NY | $70,400 - $88,000/year
📰 CNN | Producer, Alerts - CNN Programming & Distribution
Atlanta, GA | Washington, DC; New York, NY; Burbank, CA | $70,700 - $131,300/year
📊 San Francisco 49ers | Analyst, Business Strategy & Analytics
Santa Clara, CA | $77,000 - $80,000/year
🎟️ LA28 | Manager, Ticket Operations
Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 - $105,000/year
👟 Nike | Lead, Brand Marketing, Streetwear, Kids, Global Jordan
West Slope, OR| $96,852/year
⚔️ Minnesota Vikings Football | Creative Director, Content
Eagan, Minnesota | $142,000 - $182,000/year
🎥 Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology | Manager, Software Engineer - Media Engineering
Morrisville, NC | $197,154/year
🗓️ Upcoming Events
🎯 Help us level up Arena's event game: We're planning future events & networking opportunities and want to create experiences that perfectly match your needs.
Take our quick 2-minute survey here to tell us what type of events you'd like to attend, where you'd prefer to meet IRL, and how we can make these gatherings work best for your career journey.
Your input will directly shape the future of Arena's community events!
🏀 Break Into NBA Sales
The NBA is hosting its first-ever Pathway to the Pros webinar, exclusively for ambitious sales professionals ready to make their mark in pro sports.
Join industry veterans as they reveal the roadmap to building a successful ticket sales career within the NBA.
📅 Feb. 25th, 2025 | ⏰ 12PM - 1PM ET | 📍Virtual
This event is for you if you're committed to a career in sales and you’re interested in driving revenue opportunities in professional basketball.
🎟️ Ready to drive sales in sports? Register here.
Note: this event may not be a fit if you're seeking general sports industry entry and you're exploring non-sales roles.
💡Why You’re Not Making It Past The First Round Interview
Ready for some real talk? After decades of experience in sports, media & entertainment (and trust us, plenty of our own interview mishaps along the way), we keep seeing passionate professionals like you stuck in interview purgatory.
You know the drill - first rounds, ghosted emails, rinse, repeat. Let’s change that.
The truth about hiring that nobody tells you:
Here's the insider tea we wish!!! someone had spilled to us earlier: hiring isn't just about your impressive resume.
It's about risk management (boring, we know, but stick with us).
When we were building teams at major brands and orgs, every single hire was a bet on potential. And the competition? Fierce.
In 2024, about 118 people are fighting for that one dream role, with only 20% getting face time according to ResumeGenius. But we all know it’s significantly more competitive in our industry than the average shows.
💰The million-dollar question every hiring manager is really asking:
"Can I trust this person to solve my problems?"
If you're not getting that callback after the first interview, you haven't nailed this question. But don't worry – we've got you.
First… know what interview habits make employers cringe on the inside:
❌ "Me, Myself, and I": Focusing on speaking only about yourself without connecting to their hiring needs.
❌ Surface-level research: They can tell when you've only skimmed their website, especially when you hit them with a “So I saw on your website -”.
❌ Cookie-cutter responses: Generic answers are forgettable (ie. "I'm a perfectionist" answers).
❌ Value proposition uncertainty: If you can't articulate your value-add confidently, unfortunately recruiters and hiring managers can't either.
❌ Radio silence after the interview: 86% of hiring managers say that a post-interview thank-you note influences their decision according to Apollo Technical.
Your Success Blueprint (because we want you to win):
✅ Flip the script: Do the homework on them. What keeps them up at night? What's their next big move? With interviews dragging 5-6 weeks on average, this intel is gold.
✅ Tell stories that stick: Here's our tried-and-true START Method. Situation: set the scene. Task: drop the challenge. Action: what’d you do? Result: the numbers that prove it. Tie: connect it back to the role you’re interviewing for.
✅ The 24-hour power play: AFTER the interview, send a memorable thank you note.
Look, we know you're not just another candidate - seriously, we see your Arena profiles and we’re always just blown away by our community’s talent. You're a potential game-changer who just needs to tweak your approach.
Sooo.. ready to transform those first rounds into offer letters? 👀
Join Arena Pro✨ and get access to our vault of interview secrets, Office Hours to get personalized career coaching, get connected to relevant opportunities, and more. Because your next big career move? It's closer than you think.
You got this,
Arena Co-Founders
Parul Khosla, Adriene Bueno & Olivia Schwartz
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