Associate, Business Research, Legends - New Buffalo Bills Stadium

Role Details

Description

LEGENDS

Founded in 2008, Legends’ operating divisions worldwide include – Global Partnerships, Global Sales, Hospitality, Global Partnerships, Global Merchandise, Global Technology Solutions, Attractions, Growth Enterprises – offering clients and partners a 360-degree data and analytics fueled service solution platform to elevate their brand and execute their vision. Currently, Legends works with marquee clients across business verticals including professional sports; collegiate; attractions; entertainment; and conventions and leisure. We are the industry leaders in designing, planning, and realizing exceptional experiences in sports and entertainment. For more information, visit www.Legends.net and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @TheLegendsWay.

GLOBAL SALES

A true partnership on every level. That’s what Legends forges with each and every team, stadium, athletic director, and owner we serve to strengthen sales and partnership results as a team effort. As an extension of your team, our sales experts work diligently with your management and staff to create solutions and programs that are always fully custom to your needs and goals. Look to us to delve deep to understand your values, your market and your target audience – help you solve problems, and ultimately deliver the right game plan to drive your organization forward.

LEGENDS & THE BUFFALO BILLS

The Buffalo Bills & Legends have an expansive partnership to support all aspects of the Bills New Stadium project including stadium design, planning, feasibility studies, project management, data analytics, marketing and holistic revenue generation across partnerships, ticketing, and suite sales. Legends is proud to represent and support the Bills during this historic moment in Western New York and is focused on delivering the most fan-experience driven stadium in the National Football League.

THE ROLE

The Business Research Associate will work as a member of the Data & Analytics team to help drive data strategy and actionable insights throughout the project. With a focus on research and reporting, this role will be touch projects on strategic planning and decision making as it relates to the overall New Stadium Project, Ticketing, Marketing and Corporate Partnerships.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports

• Conduct research and analysis for sponsorship pitches and ticketing leads

• Summarize results of research and analysis for both internal and external purposes.

• Work in a cross functional environment with various business groups to identify, document, and communicate business processes

• Create and develop reports and dashboards for data visualizations

• Excellent communication, presentation, and story-telling skills.

• Collaborate with users across the organization to drive efficiency and effectiveness

• Work closely with management to prioritize business and information needs

• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities

• Ad hoc special projects as required or as necessary

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, the candidate must be able to perform each essential duty above at the highest levels. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Minimum one (1) year of experience in analytics or consulting role

• A passion for working in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment

• Experience working with reporting software (such as Tableau, Power BI, etc) and generating insights from large datasets using statistical knowledge and software (Excel, SAS, etc)

• Experience writing queries and extracting data from a database (SQL)

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy

• BS in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Statistics, or Business preferred

  COMPENSATION

$55,000 - $65,000

Competitive salary, commensurate with experience, and a generous benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid vacation, and 401k plan.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Location: On site

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear; use hands to finger, and handle controls. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand, walk, and stoop. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Legends is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or genetic information.

Legends Hospitality provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.