Sports Industry Roles – Technical
Technical roles could involve designing specific technology to benefit the sports industry or utilising specialised technology or technical skills to undertake a role to enhance something in sport.
Here are just some examples of roles that fall within this category. Click on each job title to find out more about roles and responsibilities, and necessary skills required:
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As a Performance Analyst you may be responsible for providing analysis for a sports team or individual athletes, covering all aspects such as opposition or competitors, performance in training, and post-match or post-event analysis.
The role will vary depending on the time of year and whether the team or individuals are in a season or during a competition. Responsibilities may therefore change depending on the need of the team or the athlete.
Roles and responsibilities may include:
- Ability to provide a detailed and tailored performance analysis
- Utilise technology to filming training & matches to effective monitor performance
- Provide performance insight reports to support with training plans and pre-match preparations
- Track, monitor and record individual and team performance statistics
- Ability to provide in depth data on athletes as required by the coaching staff
- Working with athletes to strategize and implement performance enhancing development plans and processes
Necessary skills:
- In depth knowledge of sport
- Understanding of advanced technical and tactical principles of sport and athlete performance
- Strong analytical skills, with ability to interpret data to present results in an engaging manner
- Effective communication and report writing skills
- Excellent Interpersonal skills with individuals and groups
- Use of technology and video analysis
- Highly organised and able to manage multiple tasks
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A sports nutritionist or sports dietician assist athletes in understanding how a healthy diet can benefit performance and work with them to develop informed and appropriate food plans.
They work with athletes, coaches and support staff to educate them on the nutritional benefits of certain foods and advise where supplements may be of benefit together with a healthy diet.
Roles and responsibilities may include:
- Provide knowledgeable advice about nutrition and healthy eating
- Provide insights into the performance enhancement a nutritional diet can benefit from
- Undertake research relating to healthy diets and current trends and present findings in an engaging manner
- Liaise with athletes, coaches and support staff to provide analysis of interventions; profiling the impact and setting of future targets
- Produce nutritional food plans for individual athletes or sports teams
Necessary skills:
- Clear understanding of, and interest in, science
- In-depth knowledge of nutrition and the benefits of a healthy diet
- Inter-personal skills to engage confidently with athletes, coaches and support staff
- Ability to encourage and motivate athletes through the development of nutritional strategies
- Strong communication skills, including verbal, written and presentation
- Positive attitude to research and education for continual personal development
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A technology developer will assist sports teams and athletes to develop technology to monitor, track and enhance performance.
The role will involve working on projects where there is a need for the development of software to support development outcomes, by creating innovative applications and data analysis software.
Roles and responsibilities may include:
- Develop performance monitoring and analytical software
- Create innovative applications designed to enhance athlete performance
- Delivering technology projects of various sizes depending on the sport
- Reviewing and revising current technology platforms and services
Necessary skills:
- Technically astute and savvy
- Creativity to build and implement new technology designed to benefit the organisation and benefit its athletes
- Ability to plan, execute and deliver technology change programme
- Strong knowledge of project management
- Ability to introduce and implement new technologies aligned to organisational strategies
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A gaming producer leads the production of new computer gaming development. They coordinate the activities from the designs aspects through to the product launch.
They are responsible for building the team of creatives, designers, marketers, publishers and programmers to begin the production process and effectively manage the product launch.
Roles and responsibilities may include:
- Building and developing relationships within the industry
- Programme managing the project of development from start to finish
- Conducting market research of competitive products and establish gaps in the market
- Understanding of laws and regulations in the gaming industry
- Negotiating rights and licence contracts/agreements with and partner agencies
- Managing budgets and financial controls
- Overseeing campaign delivery and product launch timelines
- Optimize game elements by incorporating player feedback
Necessary skills:
- Creativity, innovation and programming knowledge
- Project management and leadership skills to manage the development process
- Demonstrable teamwork and working collaboratively with colleagues and partners
- Interpersonal and effective communication skills
- In depth knowledge of the gaming industry
- Problem solving skills
- Clear understanding of effective marketing and how it works best in the gaming industry
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