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Where are new career opportunities emerging as women’s sports grows?

For someone who wants to build a career specifically in women’s sport, which business areas are likely to need more talent as leagues, teams and audiences expand?

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Growth creates needs across the whole business, not only on the field. Look at sponsorship and partnership activation, ticketing, fan development, media and content, events, community programs, data, merchandise, league operations and business strategy. New and expanding properties also need people who can build systems rather than simply inherit mature ones. If this is the space you want to enter, follow the organizations, agencies, brands and media companies investing in it and study how their commercial models are evolving. Bring a functional skill first, then show why you understand the audience and opportunity in women’s sport.

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