Senior Analyst, Sports Media Rights, London

Ampere Analysis is a research and analytics firm focusing on the media, sports and gaming industries. Ampere works with an extensive range of companies across these sectors, including Hollywood studios, public broadcasting groups, major sports leagues and clubs, video games producers, and financial institutions. As a rapidly-growing business working with some of the world’s largest companies, Ampere is regularly seeking talented and motivated people to join our team.

Working at Ampere provides the opportunity to build a career in research and analysis. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and actively work on building an inclusive, friendly, and open-minded culture that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration and teamwork and encourages both personal and professional growth.

We are looking to recruit a full-time Senior Analyst to join Ampere’s Sports Media Rights vertical. The primary responsibility of this role will be to support the growth of Ampere’s syndicated media rights data product with responsibilities in data collection, modelling and editorial output. The role will require a background in the sport media rights space. Demonstrable understanding of how deals are made, awareness of major trends in the sector, and evidence of experience in research or analysis skills, will be required.

The Opportunity:

• Learn and build on your experience with a team of globally acclaimed experts in the sports, media and entertainment industries across the UK and US.
• Explore and research the rapidly evolving sports media landscape, exploring trends across broadcast rights, streaming, fan engagement, advertising and emerging business models.
• Develop your skills in a data-driven environment, helping to create solutions to solve real-world problems for some of the largest sports and media companies in the world.
• Continue to grow and enhance your skills by working with, and presenting to, key players in the industry, as well as potentially see your research published in global publications.
• Receive a selection of other company benefits such as private medical insurance, company pension, regular team-building activities and early finishes on Friday in the summer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help to expand and further develop Ampere’s existing database of media rights deals.
• Maintain and build new models which underpin Ampere’s dataset.
• Create thought-leadership pieces to drive awareness of Ampere’s expertise and data coverage of the sector.
• Produce engaging analytics pieces to support client understanding of trends and developments in the sport industry.
• Engage with sales and marketing to support product marketing initiatives, support client sales conversations.
• Work on custom consulting projects on the media rights sector, alongside wider Ampere teams.

Skills & Experiences:

The successful candidate will have:

• 2-4 years experience in a research, strategy or analysis role in the sports industry. This may have been acquired at a rightsholder, agency, industry analyst house or a consultancy.
• Analytical: An eye for detail and pattern recognition is a key part of the job – understanding and really getting to grips with the nuances that underpin the sports industry.
• Communication: We would like to work with people who can develop the ability to communicate complex issues in a clear and simple manner – both in-person and through written briefings.
• Flexible: Enjoy learning and want to improve a wide range of skills – such as data modelling, data analysis, industry knowledge, and other related skills.
• Enthusiasm: We’re looking for a candidate who enjoys research, who has (or could develop) an interest in becoming an expert in the sport sector.
• Technical: comfortable using Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint). Basic knowledge of a programming language (Python/SQL) is a plus but not essential.