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Jessica Holland | Sports Operations & Property (2 years experience)

Learn how Jessica juggled multiple sport industry roles across operations, property and content while completing her degree

Daniel Petrucci | Football Development & Talent Identification (3 years experience)

Learn how Daniel is building a career in AFL talent identification and recruiting after two years developing players for both AFL Victoria and NRL Victoria

Anika Kapoor | Sports Marketing & Content (2 years experience)

Learn how Anika went from leading 200+ student volunteers at university to writing published sports journalism across three platforms in two countries.

Adrian Salerno | Commercial & Sales Operations (6 years experience)

Learn how Adrian was named top salesperson across three consecutive quarters while helping scale a nationwide sustainability program to 450 collection sites.

Marketing & Comms / Social Media

Casey McGuire | Sports Media & Content (4 years experience)

Learn how Casey grew North East Blaze's Instagram views to 5.7 million, up 100% in eighteen months, while also building their TikTok following from zero to over 1,000 followers, all during her media degree.

Summer Carkeek | Sports Operations & Events (3 Years experience)

Learn how Summer helped deliver sold-out crowds of 27,000+ for Auckland FC's inaugural season while maintaining an 80% volunteer retention rate.

Talent Identification

Ben Laughton | Football Scouting and Talent Identification (10 years experience)

Learn how Ben is turning a decade of high-pressure hospitality and banking experience into a career finding football's overlooked talent

Alex Donnelly | Sports Media & Content Leadership (10 years experience)

See how Alex's content leadership drove 13.1 million social views for Punters during the 2026 Autumn Carnival.

Coaching

David O'Sullivan | High-Performance Coaching & Pathway Development (20+ years experience)

Learn how David, a 17-time Australian national champion and 13-time Australian representative, spent 8 years building national coach and athlete pathway programs for an international sporting body.

Brett Mackay | Project Management & Contracts Administration (10 years experience)

Learn how Brett saved $4M on a 300+ key Sydney hotel project and delivered a $55M refurbishment in Melbourne, before stepping behind the camera to film NPL football.

Polly McKelvie Hill | Community Sport Program Delivery & Operations

Learn how Polly balances a Development Officer role with AFL Canberra, an internship with the Brumbies, and volunteer leadership at her local AFL club, while building toward a full-time career in community sport.

William Frazer | Exercise & Sport Science

Learn how William stepped up to run multiple departments under pressure at one of Australia's biggest retailers, and how he's now applying that composure to elite athlete performance.

Sithypanhasak Muny | Fan Engagement & Marketing (2 years experience)

See how Sak turned fan engagement projects with the Penrith Panthers and Blacktown City Council into a launchpad for a career in sport marketing

Events

Melanie Miocevich | Sport Events and Operations (7 years experience)

Learn how Melanie supported event delivery for Telethon Community Cinema, an event drawing 30,000+ patrons, as part of an all-volunteer team at Burswood Park.

Commercial

Selim Kapkac | Partnerships and Commercial Strategy (13 years experience)

Learn how Selim built an Adidas running community from zero to 120 members in 12 months and grew Boccia Australia's state title attendance

Community & Fan Engagement

Ryan Cowlishaw | Sports Program Delivery and Community Engagement (10 Years Experience)

Learn how Ryan grew adult social sport programs to full capacity and consistently hit individual sales targets while delivering sessions to kids and adults across multiple organisations.

Events

Vinit Contractor | Sports Operations & Event Coordination (3 years experience)

Learn how Vinit achieved a 0% match-delay rate across 55+ team carnivals and cut venue setup and pack-down time by up to 15% at Football Queensland.

Sponsorship

Emma Burrows | Partnerships and Sponsorships (1 year experience)

Learn how Emma processed GIANTS Netball memberships with 100% accuracy during live game days while supporting ticketing and fan activation operations for their Super Netball club

Business Development

Jack Green | Sports Start-up Operations and Business Development (5 years experience)

Learn how Jack grew his sports prediction game user base by 67%, organised four in-person events with 200+ attendees, and built a web platform from scratch with no engineering background, all while working full-time at PwC.

Coaching

Aashna (Aashu) Khemani | Sports Data Analytics, Coaching & Media (8+ years experience)

Learn how Aashu went from representing the UAE Women's National Cricket Team for 10 years to leading player ratings systems for globally released sports titles at Big Ant Studios

Marketing & Comms / Social Media

Sayak Das | Sports Content and Digital Marketing (4+ years experience)

Learn how Sayak grew a fantasy gaming platform's monthly organic traffic from 91,000 to 400,000 and why he's now bringing that content growth engine to Australian sport

Events

Jenna Gambrell | Sport Operations and Event Management (2 years experience)

Learn how Jenna managed entry for 1,000+ patrons at MMA events while simultaneously building experience across school sport and a state sporting organisation

Marketing & Comms / Social Media

Jack Ebert | Marketing, Partnerships and Commercial (6.5 years experience)

Learn how Jack grew a client's LinkedIn following by 95% in 15 months while spending a decade inside the QLD Rugby League High Performance refereeing system.

Football Operations

Caitlin Arnold | Football Operations and Digital Leadership (10+ years experience)

Learn how Caitlin helped build the AFLW competition from the ground up, drove 589M+ social impressions, and why she's now setting her sights on football operations.