Jordan Rue is the Senior Director of Content for Team Whistle where she leads content department across Team Whistle’s social content agency, managing strategy and execution on all initiatives across influencer, social media, and content strategy. The Playknox spoke with her to find out more about Team Whistle’s content strategy. What is Team Whistle’s […]
Marco Sansoni of On Location on Paris 2024 hospitality and working in the sports event sector
Marco Sansoni is a thought leader in fan and guest engagement, experience and services for global sporting events, having lead successful projects in five Continents in the last two decades, including five FIFA World Cups and working for the fifth Olympic & Paralympic Game. He is currently working with On Locations for Paris 2024. Excerpts […]
World Cup 2022: GOALS Project spotlights Qataris love & passion for football
Qatar has delivered one of the most profitable FIFA World Cups to date and at the same time will boast of leaving a lasting legacy on the game in Qatar and beyond. GOALS is part of the farsighted legacy program of the World Cup which spotlights the lives of people who work in Qatar. I […]
Japhet Weeks of Doha Debates on what makes “The Long Game” so impactful
Japhet Weeks is the director of innovation at Doha Debates and also serves as co-executive producer of “The Long Game,” a sports-focused podcast that brings inspiring stories of top athletes around the world. Before joining Doha Debates, Weeks worked as an international video journalist for over a decade. In that role, he reported from […]
Chad Biagini of Nolan Partners: “More than 60% of our placements these past 2 years have been women or ethnic minorities”
Chad Biagini boasts of 10+ years’ experience in Executive Search, representing a wide range of sports clients across French Ligue One, English Premier League, Italy’s Serie A, and all the majors in the US and Canada – Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer and the NFL. Throughout his career, Chad has recruited […]
Lucy Pearson, FA Head of Education on women participation, mental health and preparing the next gen of footballers
The national home of football, St. George’s Park celebrated its 10th-anniversary last week. Opened by HRH Prince William in October 2012, the site has overseen and underpinned an era of success, inclusivity, and progression for English football, with twelve England tournament wins, including this summer’s success for the Lionesses and the European U19 Men’s Championship. […]
Enthusiast Gaming president Bill Kara: “NFL chose us as partners for our concept and scale”
The National Football League and Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. have announced a first-of-its-kind gaming collaboration bringing together NFL players and Legends and top gaming content creators from marquee gaming organizations including Luminosity Gaming. We spoke to Enthusiast Gaming President, Bill Kara to find out more. Excerpts: Tell us about the partnership. […]
Former Olympian OBE Sarah Lewis: “When we can be gender and diversity blind in sports organisations that’s when the goal has been reached”
Sarah Lewis, a former British Olympian Alpine Skier is a formidable force within the sports governance realm. She has been involved with international skiing on both a competitive and administrative level for over 30 years, starting as a member of the British Alpine Ski Team from 1982-1988, competing in the 1987 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships […]
Ex-FC Barcelona Commercial head Juli Ferre Nadal: “When it comes to NFTs/Cryptocurrency be cautious but get into it”
Juli Ferre Nadal boasts of 15 years experience in sports & entertainment in properties such as Cirque du Soleil, FC Barcelona and AS Monaco, amongst others. In 2020 he created JFN Sport, dedicated to support companies, right-holders and start-ups in the field of sports. The Playknox spoke with him to discuss recent trends of NFT, […]
Horizm COO Luis Viveiros: “The Premier League’s global popularity has resulted in it having the most digital value”
Digital audience experts Horizm in their latest report titled ‘‘The Digital Value of Fans’ compared social media value of world’s major sports leagues & clubs. The report found that the world’s top sports teams generated over €2.1B from digital assets this year which shows the top leagues have created over €2.1 billion digitally over […]