Operations are the heart of any successful sports industry.
If you were to peel away the layers of a sports industry, you would realize that everything starts with sport being played on a court, field or ground.
This is what is defined as a sports event.
Operations are the heart of any successful sports industry.
And a sports operations team is responsible for the smooth running and execution of a sports event.
An operations team consists of but is not restricted to:
- Head of Operations - A role to head and lead the team
- Deputy Head of Operations - A role to assist and complement the Head of Operations
- Event Manager - A role that oversees all event-related arrangements for other roles to fulfil their duties is in order
- Venue Manager - A role that oversees the readiness of a venue for the event
- Assistant Venue Manager - A role that assists and complements the venue manager in case of a large event and/or crowd.
- Accreditation manager - A role that assigns accreditation credentials for an event
- Security Manager - A role that oversees the security of the event venue, the team, and the athletes.
- Hospitality Manager - A role that oversees the VIP and Hospitality section of a venue
- Concessions & Housekeeping Manager - A role that oversees that food & beverage arrangements for spectators (concessions) are in order; also ensuring the cleanliness of the venue.
- Entertainment Manager - A role that oversees all entertainment aspects of the event are in order
- Sponsorship Manager - A role that oversees that all commercial/sponsored activity and branding is as per regulations and guidelines
- Match Officials Liaison Officer - A role that escorts all match officials - such as referees, match commissioner, and other - and ensures their match-related needs are met and arrangements are in order.
- Match Operations Officer - A role that oversees the match from the time the teams/athletes arrive at the venue till the time the teams/athletes leave the venue. They oversee all elements related to match including, but not restricted to the readiness of field-of-play, match playing conditions, lineups, uniforms, unpaid penalties and fines if any, and teams/athletes behaviour.
This is a fairly comprehensive list of the kinds of roles you can expect on a sports operations team.
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