WME Basketball Marketing Assistant

Job Description

WME Basketball is a global agency representing elite athletes, coaches, personalities and institutions. We deliver world-class guidance, personal attention, and opportunities that build legacies beyond the game. From NIL leadership and draft-day dominance to record-breaking contracts, global brand partnerships, media deals, and athlete-led ventures-we provide the strategy, resources, and global reach to unlock every dimension of our clients' potential.
This position provides wholistic support to two basketball marketing agents, managing their calendar s , email s , and phones, while also supporting their sales efforts from ideation, to outreach, to negotiation, to execution.

Related Work Experience:
• Ideal candidates will have one year of sports-related work experience or internship in a sports or entertainment environment or related field.
• Must be detail oriented and able to handle complex instructions with care, follow-through, and follow up.
• Must be an excellent multi-tasker and have proven problem-solving abilities.
• Must be passionate about the business of sports, especially basketball.
• Must be generally knowledgeable about the NBA, WNBA, and College Basketball
• Must demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness in execution of assigned tasks.
• Friendly and open demeanor with ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Ability to adapt to changes and work in a fast paced, demanding environment.
• Dependable and proactive.
• Relentlessly curious.
• Able to prioritize the workload and use time efficiently.

Essential Responsibilities:
• Assist agent in all professional administrative matters.
• Ensure clients are handled appropriately.
• Answer the telephone and make calls in a professional manner.
• Analyze content and related material.
• Schedule meetings and maintain calendar.
Core Competencies:
• All applicants should possess excellent verbal and written skills. Must be self-confident and diligent. Must be highly organized.

Technical Skills:
• Basic computer skills are mandatory, including Microsoft Excel proficiency.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.
Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the hourly rate shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.
Hiring Rate Minimum:
$22.00 hourly (minimum will not fall below the applicable state/local minimum wage thresholds)
Hiring Rate Maximum:
$22.00 hourly

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-36v3zq-216-73-216-230-42 in your application.