Commercial Analyst

Two Circles is a global sports agency, connecting fans with sport properties using data. We work with some of the world’s biggest sports organisations – including The Premier League, World Rugby, UEFA, Wimbledon, the ECB – and have four times been named Sport Industry Agency of the Year. We have a team of over 950 Two Circlers working from 14 cities across APAC, North America, and EMEA, serving our expanding international client base.

Our Rights Management division acts as a sponsorship sales resource for iconic global sports rights holders. We successfully market the unique emotion of sport, and rationalise the value of sport sponsorship using data, to drive commercial results for rights-owners and record returns for brands. We have led and closed over $1.2bn in sponsorship rights for some of the world’s biggest sports properties, including recent record-breaking deals for UEFA Women’s Football, New Zealand Rugby and Mercedes F1.

We aim to optimize revenues for our clients whilst allowing each to avoid the long-term fixed costs associated with maintenance of large in-house sales teams. We are focused on solving problems and not selling assets, and we are ambitiously expanding our clients, geographies and our sales team.

As a Commercial Analyst your primary role is to research and identify brands for potential sales opportunities and formulating an approach strategy. These brands you identify, may eventually become sponsors of some of the greatest sports rights holders globally!  

Responsibilities may include:

• Collaborating with our Operations, Creative and Sales teams across our sponsorship sales processes
• Proactively identifying trends and opportunities within the broader sponsorship landscape, and establishing the most effective strategy for approaching sponsorship prospects
• Collecting and analysing data to support sales conversations and articulate our propositions
• Creating written reports that summarise sponsorship activity at both industry and brand level
• Supporting on strategic projects to help shape Rights Holders’ sponsorship programmes

If the above sounds exciting, but something you’ve never done before, you are in the right place! All of these tasks can be learned on the job. There is no set-profile for an analyst, however, if you have these attributes, you’d likely make a great Two Circler:

• Growth mindset, seeking out feedback and always being willing to learn
• Diligent, client-centric, attention to detail
• Strong work ethic evidenced in both academic and extracurricular activity
• A commercial understanding of what businesses need to be successful in achieving their goals
• Proactive with a great self-starting attitude - able to undertake a task on your own initiative
• Research oriented individual with a passion for identifying trends
• Some experience of Excel and basic financial modelling understanding
• Being values-led, and a respectful and approachable team player

Though these are the basics written down, we will principally be recruiting for energy, values and commitment – both to Two Circles and to your career. Even if you feel you don’t tick 100% of the boxes but feel you could bring value to the role, we’d still love to hear from you!  

Please be aware, we encourage individuals to apply early, we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and may close the application process once we have received a sufficient number of candidates. However, please note that applications will be closed no later than midnight on Sunday, 24th November.

***We encourage applicants to only apply for their preferred position, please check the early careers page - https://twocircles.com/gb/early-careers/ for the breakdown of the roles on offer***

What can we offer you? 

We offer a benefits package to suit you and your lifestyle! Out of a core monthly budget, you can choose your own comprehensive benefit package 

• Renowned Team Days often throughout the year  
• Summer Away Days  
• 23 standard days of holiday (+1 Birthday, +1 for a ‘Big Life Event’, +1 Well-being Day, and +1 Admin Day), closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays) 
• Discretionary Bonus based on company performance  
• Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases  
• Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash)
• Mobile phone contribution  
• Sport Challenge contribution 
• Gym membership contribution 
• 2x annual kit drops  

Our recruitment process will be honest & thorough, and so will our roles. In return, we can offer honesty, integrity, and the chance to progress in the organisation as quickly as you develop within it. 

Two Circles is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.