#339: How to get cut through and land your first job in sport with Josh Marton, GM of Public Affairs and Marketing in Golf

Dec 14, 2025

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Meet Josh Marton, the General Manager of Public Affairs at the PGA of Australia and Golf Australia.

In this episode, we follow Josh’s journey from starting in journalism, to becoming a Marketing and Communications Account Executive at TGI Sport, to working at the Australian Open Golf tournament where he was part of the leadership team that brought Rory McIlroy to Royal Melbourne.

We also take a deep dive into Josh’s time at Cricket Australia where he was the Head of Communications working across the Ashes and the Cricket World Cup and also at Fox Sports where he was the Partnerships Executive.

If you’re looking for a job at Golf Australia, Josh provides what we looks for in applicants and what you can do to help to help break into the sports industry.

We cover:

(03:57) - Interview Begins

(06:37)- Quickfire Questions

(08:15) - Interview question Josh would ask at Golf Australia

(17:17) - Josh’s pinch me moment during the Australian Open

(20:46) - Josh’s experience in the build up to the Australian Open

(24:28) - How Rory McIlroy made his way Down Under for the Australian Open

(28:08) - What did Josh do early days?

(35:03) - Josh’s experience working at TGI Sports

(44:08) - Josh’s work at Cricket Australia during a T20 World Cup Campaign

(50:03) - Career advice from Josh about breaking into the sports industry

(01:00:14) - Josh and Reuben workshopping LinkedIn post about the Australian Open