The SportsGrad Podcast

Meet Billie Lewis, the Strength and Conditioning Lead at the Dandenong Stingrays. Billie’s role involves managing the physical development of young athletes to ensure they’re ready to excel on game days. With her knack for building rapport and meticulous attention to detail, Billie has earned her place as a trusted leader at the Stingrays. Before this, Billie worked at St Kilda Football Club in Me...

Meet Adrian Cordi, a Game Development Officer for the AFL in NSW. If you are looking for a way to break into the sports industry, this job is one of the best positions going around to help you get a foot in. Game dev roles exist in all the major sporting bodies and receive the most funding because your job is to get more people playing the sport. Adrian details exactly how he landed this job, what...

Meet Allison Robison, the Executive General Manager of People and Culture at Cricket Australia. Allison leads recruitment and culture for one of the nation's most iconic sports organisations, helping build teams that bring cricket to life. Her insights into hiring practices, including strategies for acing interviews and crafting standout applications, are invaluable. With a background in senior ro...

Meet Sam Waring, a Strategy Consultant at Gemba. Sam assists brands like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Netflix with with their sponsorship strategy across sports and entertainment. Before he was mixing in the big leagues, Sam started his journey as a Marketing Intern with the NZ Breakers before making his way to Australia. After getting rejected for his current role once, Sam stepped away and addresse...

Meet Stella Barry, a Social Media Producer for both the Australian Open and the Paris 2024 Olympics. Stella’s work involves creating engaging social media content, where at the Paris 2024 Olympics, she managed influencer partnerships and creatively leveraged trends to engage younger audiences. With previous experience working at IMG Academy and Nebraska University, Stella’s social media expertise...

Meet Angus Yeates, a Management Graduate at Adidas based in Melbourne. Angus’ traineeship has introduced him to multiple parts of Adidas' operations, including category planning, e-commerce, and digital wholesale, where he manages the brand’s presence on Amazon. His role involves optimising product placements, managing retailer partnerships, and driving Adidas’ digital growth in the region. With a...

Hello & welcome to episode #300!!! We made it fam. And to celebrate, I've packed it all in. Not gonna lie, it does pitch the SportsGrad platform to you pretty well. But if I didn't think it could get you hired 10x faster, I wouldn't waste your time. Hope you enjoy! We cover: How to find your niche in the sports industry How to grow your network rapidly How to stand out in a crowd of 1000s Addi...

Meet Jeff Dickinson-Fox, the Digital Engagement Manager at the Australian Olympic Committee. Jeff has been working with the AOC in the years leading up to Paris 2024 and recently returned from 16 days of jam-packed days sharing the stories and successes of Australia’s athletes. Lots to look out for in this podcast including how Jeff directed his degree in Journalism towards Digital Media, what it...

Has Paris got you dreaming of working at a future Olympic & Paralympic Games? Well if Brisbane 2032 is on your radar, Nat Cook (5x Olympian and Sydney 2000 Gold Medalist) is here to inspire you to do just that. Nat is on the Board of the Brisbane 2032 Committee, and back in 2021 she came on to share all of Brisbane’s plans for the Ganes, plus her keys to success as an Gold Medallist. I’m bring...

Hello friends! I spent 17 days at the Paris Olympics, today I summarise it for you in an hour. In this ep I share the 3 key things that shaped my experience, how I aimed to squeeze every bit out of it, plus all the stories from bts. We hit everything from the impact of the host nation, to the vibe around town, to what it was like running the Olympic Marathon course without training (may have done...

Meet Tom Wilkins, the Head of Research at City Football Group for Manchester City FC. City Football Group are one of the biggest sporting bodies in the world, who own and operate Manchester City FC, Melbourne City FC, New York City FC, Mumbai City FC and 9 other clubs across 5 continents.  Tom’s role as Head of Research involves helping the club understand fans to make better decisions across...

Did the Paris Olympics get you in the mood to work on LA 28 or Brisbane 32? If you’d one day love an epic job at the Olympics, today’s podcast features several people who have been living the dream. In this pod you’re going to get introduced to people working across Commercial Partnerships, Commercial development, Media rights, PR, Social Media and more. You’ll find out what they’re doing on the g...

Meet Lyndall MacInnes, Project Manager at the Australian Olympic Committee. If you wish you were working on the Paris Olympics this week, well today you’re going to learn how Lyndall navigated career changes across 5+ industries before landing a dream job at the Australian Olympic Committee. Today we dive deep into what her job looks like in the lead up to Paris 2024, unexpected challenges that co...

Meet Lucy and Emma Race, sisters who are the co-founders of Making The Call. If you haven’t heard of Making The Call, it’s an organisation that develops and delivers pathway programs for women and non binary people in sports media. Additionally, they’re co-creators of the award winning The Outer Sanctum Podcast, and between them, they are public speakers, broadcasters, board members and producers...

Welcome to part 2 of our 2 part ‘Best of Ask SportsGrad’ episodes! This is a collection of the most popular questions asked by you guys that have made it to Ask SportsGrad. Today we’re going to dive into your top questions specifically around job hunting, networking and using LinkedIn. You’ll learn how to find experience when you can’t get any, how to job hunt if you’ve just moved to Australia, wh...

Welcome to part 1 of our 2 part ‘Best of Ask SportsGrad’ episodes! This is a collection of the most popular questions asked by you guys that have made it to Ask SportsGrad. Today we’re going to dive into your top questions specifically around cover letters and interviewing. You’ll learn how to stand out in a cover letter, how to make sure you get to the interview stage, and how to follow up after...

Meet Mirinda Kidman, Manager of Delegation Services for the FISU World University Games 2025. If you’ve never heard of FISU before, this episode is going to open your world to one of the largest employers in the sports industry - university sport. Based out of Germany in the Rhine-Ruhr region, the 2025 games will host over 10,000 athletes and officials from 170 countries across 12 days. In this ep...

Interested in making the move to Australia to land a job in sport? Meet George Ludlow, an Account Manager at Gemba who has just made the move from London! George has transformed his life from leaving behind a career in property he wasn’t passionate about, to now working on some of the most lucrative partnerships in Australian sport, including Toyota’s sponsorship of the AFL, Australia’s biggest sp...

Meet Ashleigh Newton-Spence, the Competitions Coordinator at Champion Data. If you’re not familiar with Champion Data, they’re the company behind the statistics of some of your favourite sports - think the AFL, Netball Australia and LIVGolf! Ash has been with Champion Data for over 8 years, and previous to this worked in radio production, and at Channel 10 as a Production Assistant. She’s also one...

Meet Jeffrey Leong, the Sponsorship Manager at MKTG Sports + Entertainment. He has over 5 years of experience in Sports Marketing, currently managing brands such as Great Southern Bank and Cadbury. Through this, he leverages their partnerships through rights-holders such as the Brisbane Heat, Carlton FC, Football Australia & Rugby Australia. Lots to look out for including how to work in sponso...

Meet Jacob Gaynor, the Social Media Manager of the most followed club account in the AFL, the GWS Giants. They have attracted attention this season by taking an approach that some see as a little bit edgy, however the numbers speak for themselves. The Giants have topped the list for follower growth in 2024, gaining 10k more than second place, Collingwood FC. The Giants have been very deliberate ab...

Meet Leigh Southern, the Team Manager of the newest professional team in Melbourne, the Melbourne Mavericks Super Netball Club. If you’re looking to work in operations in sport, team management, or want to know how people have made career changes into sport, you’re going to love Leigh’s story. Leigh started his career in the tourism industry, but after a while realised it just wasn’t for him. Not...

Meet Steph Maiolo, the Football Operations Manager at the Sydney Swans Football Club. Over the past 6 years, she’s climbed her way up the ladder at the Swans, starting as an intern, to a coordinator, to now a manager! Lots to look out for including how to work in football operations and the skills you need to do so. If you enjoy this chat with Steph, come along to the Sydney SportsGrad Meetup on M...

Meet Hayley Gorman, the Workforce Coordinator at UniSport Australia, and one of our beloved SportsGrad Members! We met Hayley last year in October when she joined the Community, and was working part-time for the Bicycle Network. Since then, she’s gone to land her first full-time role, as well as become a super active and well-known member within SportsGrad. Lots to look out for including how to la...

Meet Kimerah Ramnath, Formula 1 Content Creator, who specialises in F1 fashion, pop-culture, and insightful commentary. In less than two years, she has grown a community of over 48,000 followers, and amassed over 5 million likes, driven by a passion for inclusivity and empowerment of women in motorsport. Lots to look out for including how to work for yourself in content creation, the skills needed...