Responsibilities

• Conduct quantitative and qualitative research across the global sports and entertainment landscape, including sports properties, leagues, teams, athletes, audiences, sponsorships, cultural trends, consumer behavior, and competitive activity.
• Gather, organize, and analyze data from a variety of internal and external sources to identify trends, patterns, opportunities, and implications for OSA clients.
• Support the evaluation of sponsorship and partnership opportunities through research, benchmarking, audience analysis, competitive assessments, and other relevant data points.
• Translate complex research and data into concise, digestible insights and compelling narratives for client presentations and strategic recommendations.
• Develop research reports, landscape analyses, competitive reviews, and other materials that help inform client decision-making.
• Support measurement and analysis of client programs and partnerships, including the development of measurement frameworks, performance reporting, and post-program analysis.
• Maintain an ongoing pulse on developments across sports, sponsorship, media, technology, consumer behavior, and culture, proactively surfacing relevant trends and opportunities to the broader OSA team.
• Help identify and build new research tools, databases, trackers, and processes that strengthen OSA’s overall research and insights capabilities.
• Support the development of sports marketing, sponsorship, and partnership strategies across multiple client accounts.
• Bring research and audience insights into strategic and creative development, helping ensure recommendations are grounded in data while remaining culturally relevant and actionable.

Requirements

• 1–2 years of experience in research, analytics, sports marketing, sponsorship, consulting, brand marketing, agency, or a related field preferred.
• Strong interest and knowledge of the global sports and entertainment landscape.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct research, synthesize information, and identify meaningful insights from quantitative and qualitative data.
• Experience working with data, research platforms, audience insights, consumer research, or measurement tools preferred.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Google Slides and other research or data visualization tools preferred.
• Ability to turn data and complex information into clear, concise, and visually compelling stories.
• Familiarity with sports sponsorship, partnerships, marketing, media, and/or experiential marketing preferred.
• Ability to travel domestically and globally as needed.
• Ability to occasionally work non-standard hours around major events, client needs, and deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communications, sports management, analytics, economics, or a related field preferred.

Benefits

• medical/dental/vision insurance
• employer paid basic life and personal accident insurance
• Annual Profit Sharing/Bonus Plan based on the company’s performance and your individual performance
• 401(k)
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• PTO
• STD/LTD insurance benefits