The SportsGrad Podcast Rebroadcast | Nathan O'Brien (Tennis Australia) - Tennis Australia Event Operations Manager (Australian Open)
** Nathan moved on to the role of Executive Manager - Event Operations at the Melbourne Cricket Club.
Watch the original YouTube interview here
Nathan O'Brien is the Event Operations Manager of the Australian Open, an event that welcomed a record 796,435 fans in 2019. Nathan is a great example of how building and maintaining relationships whilst still in university can benefit your career when it becomes crunch time.
In this interview Nathan outlines:
- How he turned his volunteer role at the Melbourne Grand Prix into a longer contract the following year
- How he leveraged his experience at the Grand Prix to get the job at Tennis Australia
- How students can best stay up to date with developments in the sports industry
- How the Australian Open has innovated their fan experience to evolve every year
- Day to day, what his role looks like during the tournament, as well as the other 52 weeks of the year
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