Sports Sales Assistant - Talent Community

OVERVIEW

The London office is always seeking highly organised and motivated assistants to work within our Sports Sales team. Sports Sales Assistants are responsible for providing administrative support to our Sports Agents, carrying out research, preparing presentations and connecting with prospective brand partners with the ultimate aim of establishing new partnerships for our Sports Property (teams, governing bodies) and Sports Talent clients. You will work alongside an experienced group of sports professionals, learn how the commercial sports industry works and make a direct contribution to CAA as well as its core clients.

Assistants are an important part of the CAA structure, and it is hoped that they will, in time, become an Agent within the company.

Key tasks and responsibilities include:

• Cold reach out to brands to generate new business leads.
• General market research / analysis as required on: Clients, Industries, Brands, Contacts, Territories, Legislation.
• Prospecting new and relevant business opportunities.
• Create new business pitch presentations.
• Create client meeting update presentations.
• General assistance to the team with ongoing projects for our broad client base.
• Day-to-day support for the team, including diary management, travel arrangements, general administrative support.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Must have a general understanding of the commercial sports industry and the nature of a talent agency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise a busy workload.
• Ability to develop business relationships at all levels.
• Some previous experience in related fields is desirable.

Please send us your CV and we will be in touch should we think you’d be suitable for any future Sports Assistant positions.

Please provide complete and legible information. An incomplete application may affect your consideration for employment.

Creative Artists Agency, UK Limited (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy and maternity or any other legally-recognized protected basis under UK law. The Company also complies with applicable laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.