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If your New Year’s resolution is to land a new job in 2025, keep reading…

You're not alone – thousands of sports, media and entertainment professionals are ready to level up their careers this year.

But while others are just hoping for their break, you can now access something we've built specifically to turn job search frustration into career celebration.

And this is perfect timing, because January's hiring wave is just beginning.

Arena Pro✨ is now LIVE

Arena Pro just launched, and it's transforming how sports, media, and entertainment professionals land their dream jobs using AI!

For the next 48 hours only, get 20% off Arena Pro and join our founding members who are already:

  • ⚡Finding perfect job opportunities with our Smart Job Matching

  • 💼 Accessing 100+ exclusive industry events and insider resources

  • 🎯 Getting first access to our AI Resume Builder (launching early 2025)

Use promo code “NEWYEAR20” at checkout

⏰ Offer ends Jan. 9, 2024, 11:59pm ET

💼 Featured Jobs

Job opportunities with companies hiring on Arena.

🏈 The Minnesota Vikings are hiring a Project Manager. They’re looking for someone who is highly organized and detail-oriented to lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of key projects and strategic initiatives throughout the NFL calendar year. (Salary: $70K to $80K/year).

📰 6AM City is hiring a Sales Executive, National Brand Partnerships. 6AM City is the fastest growing newsletter-first local media company in the country. They’re seeking a rising star media seller with experience prospecting, pitching, closing, and growing business. (Salary: $50K to $100K/year + commission).

📻 Musen is hiring a Founding Software Engineer. Musen is an audio-only livestream platform specifically designed for live sports commentary. They’re looking for someone to take over the engineering for the platform. (Salary: $10 to $100/hour + equity).

💡Career Advice

Making Your Job Search Resolution Actually Stick in 2025

Let's be real – most New Year's resolutions don't make it past January. But your career goals? They're different. Here's how to turn "New Year, New Job" from a wish into your reality:

The Power Hour 💪

The most successful job seekers we know swear by this: Block one focused hour every week to plan your job search. Not just any planning – we're talking specific, actionable moves:

  • Review your career goals and adjust your strategy based on sports, media & entertainment industry trends

  • Pick 3 target companies to research deeply this week

  • Update your experience and skills based on recent projects or learnings

  • Map out networking opportunities that actually align with your goals

Track Everything 📈

Smart job searching isn't about the quantity of applications – it's about quality moves that get you closer to your dream role. Keep tabs on:

  1. Quality conversations (beyond random LinkedIn connection requests)

  2. Meaningful applications (ones where you match 60%+ of requirements)

  3. Weekly wins (that insightful industry webinar you attended? It counts!)

Here's the secret sauce: It's not about doing everything everywhere all at once… it's about doing the right things consistently. One focused hour beats five scattered ones every time.

Ready to make 2025 your year? We've built Arena Pro to help streamline this entire process. Get 20% off for the next 48 hours using promo code “NEWYEAR20” at checkout here.

Arena’s Spring 2025 Internship Update:

First, a huge thank you to everyone who applied to our spring internship program! We're blown away by the hundreds of talented candidates who want to join the Arena team.

Now that we're back from the holiday break, we're diving into applications and will email interview invites to select candidates over the next 3 weeks.

Whether selected for interviews or not, every applicant will hear back from us directly via email. Appreciate your patience!

Happy New Year 🥳,

Arena Co-Founders

Parul Khosla, Adriene Bueno & Olivia Schwartz

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