Media Distribution, EME – NBA

The NBA’s Media Distribution Team are looking for a talent to lead sales and account management for selected broadcast and digital media partners in Europe and Middle East.

The role is an integral part of developing all aspects of the NBA’s media distribution business and will require a dedicated and passionate individual with a proven track record in media rights sales and account management.

The position will include conducting full lifecycle contractual negotiations from client presentations through to contract negotiations but also day-to-day execution of agreed deliverables for specific markets and projects. It will also require identifying individual needs and providing marketing support, with the goal to establish NBA as a “must-have” content on our partners’ platforms.

The role will also involve staying up-to-date on market developments and undertaking competition analysis. The candidate should have articulated and persuasive oral and written presentation skills, as well as being motivated, energetic and resilient. She/he will be required to travel and work across multiple time zones while working in a highly pressured and complex matrix environment.

Main Responsibilities:

Sales

  • Conduct detailed analysis supported by our research team and define the appropriate rights distribution strategy across all platforms in each market of responsibility.
  • Negotiation and execution of media rights agreements with broadcast and digital partners in coordination with other departments (legal, marketing, content, broadcast operations…)
  • Follow and control all steps of the contractual process, from drafting of term sheet and deal memo to performing due diligence and deal valuation when necessary 
  • Work closely with media distribution leadership to exceed aggressive revenue targets and assist other members of the team in sales discussions when required

Account management

  • Execution of all deliverables in licensing agreements and ensure partners are adhering to contractual obligations
  • Day to day management of assigned partners with a particular focus on digital partners
  • Provide creative marketing / promotional suggestions to partners and work with other teams (legal, marketing, PR..) to ensure all materials are in line with NBA standards and guidelines
  • Provide support to partners on-site (e.g. Global Games, NBA All Star Week-end, NBA Finals..) and other general account/client servicing tasks when required

Other key responsibilities:

  • Keep up-to-date on market trends, new technologies, and competitive forces, and assess their impact on the NBA’s business
  • Strategy planning & business development: Identified new business concepts and new prospects for NBA Media assets.
  • Construct, deliver and execute sales presentations and detailed market briefing materials in order to support and further develop the media strategy
  • Maintain and nurture relationships with broadcast partners and relevant industry stakeholders
  • Provide critical field input and maximize and uphold customer satisfaction amongst partners

Required Skills and Knowledge:

  • Proven negotiation skills and understanding of sales cycle and various business models of the media distribution market
  • Understanding of both the traditional television landscape and of digital distribution platforms in Europe
  • Capacity to manage complex contractual negotiations and follow processes
  • Strong problem-solving skills and solution-oriented
  • Team player with the ability to build strong relationships with partners and colleagues from all functions and departments
  • Extremely capable of muti-tasking with the ability to handle and prioritize a high volume of work during peak periods
  • Strong communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • An understanding of the NBA and love of sports will be an advantage

Experience and Education Needed:

  • University degree with a major (or focus) in Business, Strategy, Digital Media, Technology or related subjects
  • Minimum 3 years in sales/account management role in media company, broadcaster or sports league
  • Experience in media content sales and business development and/or digital content/OTT distribution
  • Experience in working on complex deals and contractual negotiations, with proven success in exceeding sales targets
  • Fluency in English and at least one other European language
  • Experience in working in international / multicultural environments

Head of Marketing – ECB

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for all cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level – from grassroots to professional.

We believe cricket is a force for good that can have an enduring impact on everyone’s lives and we have an ambitious strategy to inspire a generation to say ‘cricket is a game for me’. It provides great entertainment. It teaches important skills, both physical and social. It can help inclusion and social cohesion, bringing communities together.

The ECB welcomes applications from all backgrounds to ensure we deliver our Inspiring Generations strategy and fulfil our purpose to connect communities and improve lives through cricket.

OUR VALUES

  • Stronger As One Team – We are stronger together. We allow for individual strengths and beliefs but head in the same direction. We respect, support and really listen to each other along the way.
  • Push New Boundaries – We are bold, brave and curious. We challenge and don’t settle. We forge the future whilst remembering our roots.
  • Be The Best In The Game – On & Off The Pitch – We train hard. We strive to be our best to help the team be the best. We celebrate our victories and learn from 
  • Passion For Play – We are here to inspire & be inspired. We are serious about what we do, but don’t take ourselves seriously. We enjoy the journey and have fun.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF

  • You can lead a marketing team, bringing the best out of individuals and the team as a group.
  • You can bring marketing leadership to the organisation and wider Cricket Network.
  • You can delivery brilliant works across the portfolio of multiple, diverse set of projects and stakeholders simultaneously.

YOU’LL BE DOING

  • Driving the marketing agenda across the organisation ensuring our committed objectives and plans are delivered brilliantly.
  • Leading the team (of c. 5 people) to achieve and thrive with your coaching and support.
  • Leading the collaborative relationship with the First Class Counties’ Commercial/Marketing teams to ensure engagement and delivery of on-sale programme across Professional Cricket (England Men’s and Men’s Domestic Competitions)
  • Leading and/or overseeing brand and product design for new products within the professional and recreational game.
  • Supporting organisational strategies such as Inspiring Generations through perception-shifting marketing campaigns that inspire more to follow, attend and play cricket
  • Partnering with The Hundred Marketing leaders to ensure the whole portfolio is efficiently delivering growth for the game and not cannibalising from within.
  • Working as part of the Senior Leadership group within the Commercial department to ensure the overall portfolio is successful.
  • Owning the marketing budget to maximise ROI and ensure excellent compliance.
  • Working with your peers (ECB Leaders Group) across the organisation to ensure that marketing is contributing to the broader organisation goals.
  • Working with our commercial and broadcast partners to maximise the impact of brands and campaigns.
  • Leading the relationship with key external stakeholders such a creative and media agencies to ensure quality of engagement of and output.
  • Supporting the Sales and Marketing Director as required. 

YOU’LL HAVE

  • Demonstrable leadership of a marketing team with a portfolio of brands.
  • Demonstrable complex stakeholder engagement both internally and externally
  • Demonstrable commercial marketing delivery achieving sales targets (e.g. Ticket sales)
  • Demonstrable creative campaign and media planning leadership
  • Demonstrable delivery under pressure, showing agility and ownership
  • The ability to work with customer insight and use it to inform brand development and campaign planning.
  • Confidence in and experience of presenting to diverse groups of stakeholders.

YOU’LL RECEIVE

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days’ holiday
  • Private medical insurance
  • Non-contributory 8% pension
  • Life assurance
  • 30% discount on Castore items

Tender for TV commercial production for Japan Racing Association

Classification of the services to be procured : 73
⑵ Nature and quantity of the services to be required : TV commercial production
⑶ Expected date of the contract award : 28 October 2022
⑷ Reasons for the use single tendering procedures as provided for in the Agreement on Government Procurement : b “Absence of Competition for Technical Reasons”
⑸ Contact point for the notice : Contract and Procurement Division, Legal Affairs Department of Japan Racing Association, 1-1-1 Nishishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003 Japan
E-Mail : keiyaku-qa@jra.go.jp

Tender for 2023 UCI World Championships Event Branding

2023 Cycling World Championships Limited intends to appoint a Look supplier to manage the end-to-end design development, project management and Look application for each Venue of the Cycling World Championships.

This includes the design development and art working of all Look Kit of Parts and custom assets, the project management and detailed scoping of all Look requirements, the production of Venue specific Look application plans for review and eventual approval, managing the proto-typing, procurement and production of all Look assets, overseeing the installation, maintenance, transition, removal, remediation and disposal of all assets post Championships.

Partner Development Manager – Boston Celtics

Throughout the Boston Celtics’ storied history, they have long stood for equality and respect, including drafting the first African American player, hiring the first African American coach, and playing the first all-black starting five. The Celtics have won a record 17 NBA Championships spanning five (5) decades, including eight (8) in a row from 1959-1966, and winning their most recent in 2008. In addition, forty-one (41) former Celtics players, management, coaches, or staff have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In December 2002 the team returned to local ownership for the first time since 1963.

Do you have a passion for building meaningful relationships? Are you excited about driving outstanding experiences? If so, we want you! You will an opportunity to implement partner assets such as in-market/arena activation, branded content creation, social media campaigns, online and retail promotions, community-based programs, and event planning/execution. Cross-collaboration between Partnership Sales, Partner Strategy, Business Intelligence and Community Engagement groups will ensure we are delivering best-in-class fully integrated partnerships. This role will report up to the Director of Partner Development.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and develop internal employee and external client relationships 
  • Lead day-to-day contact and execution to fulfill asset of assigned partners 
  • Partner to develop and deliver ways to measure marketing partnership deals, platforms, and value to partners
  • Lead planning and execution of all assigned partners’ contractual elements, including traditional media assets, digital and social platforms, in-market promotions, in-stadium activation, hospitality, experiential, and community programs
  • Work cross-functionally to build and implement pre-season planning sessions, action plans and all marketing, media, social, community relationships, promotions, and events for assigned Partners
  • Manage and track sponsorship asset delivery and budgets reporting out on status update on a regular basis
  • Present season long activation plans to Partners and capture feedback for continuous improvement 
  • Drive mid and end of season recap process from start to finish with all assigned Partners 
  • Handle all tracking and reporting value of partnership initiatives and objectives
  • Be responsible for and chip in to game day set up and break down in-arena 
  • Onboard and assimilate new Partners to the Celtics organization
  • Work to achieve and/or exceed organization and department renewal revenue targets 

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and related experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in corporate partnership activation or client service, prior experience from a team, league, property, or sports/brand marketing agency is a plus
  • Consistent track record of building and maintaining positive relationships
  • Broad understanding of partnership platforms, content, social media, community engagement, branding, and in-market activation
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written
  • Ability to multitask and adapt to evolving business environments and situations
  • Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays
  • Open to travel as needed for out of market activations and meetings
  • Self-starter with ability to own projects as well as ability to work within a team to accomplish goals

Banner Seventeen, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All employees and applicants for employment are afforded equal opportunity in every area of hiring and employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy (and pregnancy related conditions), gender identity or expression, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, genetic disposition or carrier status, marital status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, military or veteran status or any other category protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

Sports Operations Manager – TikTok

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire – for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.

Our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. At TikTok we are guided by the following operating principles: we strive to be user-centric and endeavor to create the best possible experiences for people on our platform. We are committed to building trust with our community and society more broadly. We are building an inclusive global community that embraces diversity. We believe in freedom of expression that cultivates a safe and inclusive community. 

TikTok’s UK Sport team is the local content arm of our global Operations & Marketing organization. Serving the UK market, this team is focused on delivering localized sport strategies, sport content partnerships, sport partner performance optimization, and sport partner program management. All of this to help deliver on our broader global commitment to understanding and championing the needs of our creators and communities while building a strong and trusted global brand that celebrates the diversity of our users and & our platform. 
This role is for someone who enjoys relationship building, strategic planning and taking ownership of a content vertical. At the core, this is a parnterhsip and business development role working with UK sports broadcasters, federations, leagues, teams, publishers and creators. This is a role that requires great interpersonal skills, strong coordination, and an ability to anticipate partner needs.

The UK Sports Operations Manager will report directly to the Head of Sports and Gaming, UK. They will support in building and executing the UK sports strategy and be responsible for the wider sports ecosystem growth on TikTok. 

– Manage a portfolio of the top UK sports TikTok accounts
– Oversee and organize partner management efforts with identified sports organisations, publishers and creators on TikTok
– Build relationships, onboard and manage our top sport partners, and create scaled ways to create engagement and sustained growth.
– Responsible for day-to-day tasks such as partnership operations and activations, relationship building and crafting educational materials.
– Analyze, interpret and translate key quantitative metrics and business trends around the sports community into strategic insights that drive top users and community growth as well as help to streamline operational workflows and process improvements. This includes presenting detailed insights and recommendations to UK leadership team. 
– Work with the UK Head of Sports and Gaming to define unique sports opportunities to suit local market needs. 
– Track, analyze and drive to optimize the performance of local content partners
– Ideate creative programs that will drive key growth metrics and support desired business outcomes 

Qualifications

– Extensive experience in the sports industry with existing relationships with UK and EU sports partners
– Knows how to work with data and numbers to develop impactful content strategy
– In-depth domain knowledge and about the sports industry
– Strong business development background
– Experience with online video, social media and/or online influencers
– Demonstrated success in process management and developing client relationships
– Excellent written, verbal, and professional communication skills
– Superior attention-to-detail, multi-tasking, and time management skills
– A team player who is accountable, proactive, and solution-oriented
– TikTok evangelist – you need to be passionate about the community, genuinely enjoy and are ready to engage with the product

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Director, Partnership Insights – Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are looking for a Director, Partnership Insights to oversee the Data & Analytics vertical within the Corporate Partnerships department. This scope of this roll will span across all properties – Chase Center, GSW, Santa Cruz Warriors, Golden Guardians, and Warriors Gaming Squad. In this role, you will collaborate with members of the New Business and Partnership Development teams to deliver industry-leading asset and platform valuations and go to market strategy, while providing oversight to our reporting cadence for internal customers and external partners. This position reports to the Vice President, Partnership Insights.Come share your expertise while learning more about this growing sports and entertainment organization that values your initiative, creativity and dedication!This is full-time role based onsite in San Francisco, CA.Key Responsibilities

  • Lead all aspects of Data & Analytics vertical to identify data gaps, develop hypotheses, and gain a comprehensive view of the audience, category landscape or opportunity at large
  • Oversee rate card evaluation, pricing methodology, and tracking across all Partnership assets & platforms; share recommendations as appropriate
  • Develop assets & programs that efficiently and effectively reach target audiences at scale and drive revenue
  • Provide expertise on marketing and sponsorship activation, including groundbreaking packing and promotions to engage and excite B2B and B2C consumers
  • Subject matter expertise in growth tactics, lifetime values, churn, retention, business strategy and GTM plans
  • Analyze business/brand, category, consumer, and cultural trends that highlight opportunities for partners’ businesses and inform strategic output
  • Partner with Sr. Manager, Partnership Insights to conceptualize innovative partnerships that highlight all GSW properties and its partners
  • Lead the strategy and implementation of the partnership measurement and recap process; establish return on objective (ROO) tracking and reporting dashboards
  • Identify “white space” opportunities for revenue optimization
  • Manage and develop two employees

Required Experience & Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business Administration/Marketing, or equivalent work experience; MBA preferred
  • 7+ years of property, agency, brand, or consulting experience; understanding of Media-League-Team partner groups
  • Minimum 2 years of people management experience; strong leadership and mentorship skills
  • Experience working with B2B & B2C Fortune 500 companies, preferably in the sponsorship, marketing, and experiential space
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, KORE Software and Tableau; experience with quantitative and qualitative data sets, surveys, logo detection software, etc.
  • Experience developing, evaluating, pricing, and packaging activations within marketing, experiential, digital, and/or community that have yielded positive business results
  • Ability to understand, use, and present data while delivering recommendations, particularly to senior level executives
  • Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to collaborate, influence and build positive relationships with clients and peers at all levels
  • Ability to balance multiple projects at once in a fast-paced environment

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Golden State Warriors is an equal opportunity employer.We will ensure that qualified applicants with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Marketing Manager – Saracens Group

We’re looking for an experienced Marketing Manager to join our in-house team and drive the strategy and execution of marketing for the Saracens Group. Saracens Group helps us impact the lives of 100,000 people locally, enriching lives through sport and entertainment, fighting racism and discrimination, powering gender equality, fostering mental well-being and promoting LGBTQ+ inclusion whilst powering some of the best sports teams in the world.

Saracens Groups is dedicated to raising the bar on our fans, customers and partners experience and our marketing team is at the heart of that movement. As Marketing Manager, you will use your experience to develop, influence and create longevity in our relationships with our fans, customers and partners in innovative ways that communicate our values, successes, and product benefits. Through your work, you will also help drive our partners brand strategies to build high trust, meaningful, symbiotic relationships – adding enormous value to the Saracens teams and community as a result.

The role will report directly to the Marketing Director. As part of the interview process, you will be asked to present your marketing strategy for growing ticket sales for our Women’s match VS Harlequins (The Duel) and outline your plans for your first 30 days. In advance, you will also be asked to analyse some data, share your observations, and make recommendations. These tasks will help you understand the requirements of the role and set you up for success when joining our team.

Saracens is an inclusive, people first organisation. A core part of achieving our mission is that our workforce is diverse and reflective of the community that we serve. There will be no discrimination in our recruitment and selection processes, nor when considering pay and benefits. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for the position and join us on our mission to enrich lives through sport and entertainment. (You can read more about diversity and inclusion here).

Our mission at Saracens Group is to enrich lives through sport and entertainment. We can only do this through the continued support and loyalty of our fans, customers, and partners. If you are excited by the idea of working with a dynamic marketing team, we’d love to hear from you.

DETAILS

  • JOB TITLE: Marketing Manager
  • LOCATION: StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London, NW4 1RL
  • CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
  • REPORTING TO: Marketing Director & Senior Marketing Manager
  • SALARY: Up to £40,000 (subject to experience) per annum
  • KEY STAKEHOLDERS: All internal departments, our teams and agencies

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING



Marketing Delivery

The role focuses on facilitating and implementing creative and strategic marketing briefs across our group brands. Within this, you will be responsible for:

  • Clarifying marketing project briefs
  • Communicating the features and benefits of our experiences and products through compelling storytelling to drive adoption and engagement
  • Campaign Planning, execution, and reporting
  • Data Management and manipulation within technology platforms
  • Identifying success metrics and measure the results of your strategies and initiatives

The role requires a well-rounded knowledge of the extended marketing mix, working on a diverse range of products and projects in a 360-degree manner. The Marketing Manager will ultimately be accountable for success of marketing campaigns, working across:

  • Content Production
  • Social Media
  • Print Marketing
  • PR Campaigns
  • CRM Management
  • Event Coverage
  • Email Marketing
  • Branding
  • Digital Planning
  • Website Management
  • SEO, Analytics

YOU SHOULD APPLY IF 

Experience

  • You have at least 3 years’ experience in the marketing industry is essential. Experience in sports and entertainment marketing is desirable but not essential. Experience with influencer marketing is a bonus.
  • You have excellent written, verbal, presentation and communication skills (proficiency in MS Excel is expected).
  • You have experience in formulating, managing and delivering against budgets.
  • You have experience in dealing with senior stakeholders and the ability to build strong relationships internally and externally with key stakeholders, at all levels.

Personal Characteristics

  • A keen interest in rugby and sport as entertainment and a method to enrich people’s lives is essential
  • You are comfortable with data, motivated by growth targets and are excited to work at a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, values driven company
  • You have a relentless focus on and obsession with delivering exceptional marketing support
  • You manage projects, activities, and resources effectively, assuming personal ownership and accountability for results
  • You encourage open discussion of different ideas and views; welcome and solicits feedback
  • You are happy with a mix of getting your hands dirty and thinking strategically

BENEFITS

Compensation

  • Your manager reviews your salary every 24 months as a matter of course. However, proactive pay increases will be implemented to reflect growing responsibilities

Working from home

  • We all work from the office on Monday and Thursdays. This keeps team collaboration and engagement high.
  • If you are normally office-based, you can still work from home occasionally – as long as you have a good internet connection and a private, quiet space which allows you to do your best work
  • There will be some working on match days where required.

Holiday

  • 25 days’ holiday a year, plus bank holidays – please use them all!

Health & Wellbeing

  • Paid sick leave for both physical & mental health

Sports & Entertainment

  • After work events including PT, football and tag rugby
  • Ballot tickets for Saracens Home Games
  • Ballot tickets for International Rugby Games
  • Opportunities for discounted tickets to Saracens games and events for you and your family

Family

  • Enhanced paid maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave, if you’ve been with us for at least 26 weeks
  • Life assurance with Zurich

Commuting

We’re a member of the cycle-to-work scheme

Senior Manager, Fan Intelligence – NHL

Founded in 1917, the National Hockey League (NHL®) is the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. With more than 600 employees across offices in New York, Toronto and Montreal, the NHL is a global sports and entertainment organization committed to building healthy and vibrant communities using the sport of hockey to celebrate fans of every race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status. At the NHL, we are looking for dynamic, energetic and impactful individuals who are committed to doing the same by sharing in our philosophy that Hockey is for Everyone – and inclusion belongs on the ice, in the locker rooms, boardrooms and stands.


Benefits to working at National Hockey League include:

  • Medical/ Dental/ Vision insurance effective on the date of hire
  • 401(K) Plan and Defined Contribution Pension Plan
  • Annual Bonus
  • Generous PTO policy
  • Commuter Benefit Program
  • Paid Company Holidays


Overview


The Sr. Manager, Fan Intelligence will provide subject matter expertise, technical expertise and thought leadership in the area of Fan Intelligence through first-party fan research on behalf of the NHL League office and the 32 Clubs. The collection of first party research, as well as the analysis and reporting of that research is of critical importance to the NHL and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to make a marked difference for all League organizations.


Essential Duties

  • Lead survey design for league benchmarking survey over multiple waves throughout each season
  • Wield advanced Tableau skills to display survey results on a Club-by-Club basis and across the League as a whole, in both standardized and ad hoc reporting presentations
  • Utilize market research and analysis experience to guide League and Club stakeholders in interpreting research data and fan input
  • Lead information sharing and consultative guidance efforts with Clubs through identification of insights and action items regarding League Fan Research Studies
  • Collaborate across the Fan Engagement & Analytics department to provide guidance on all initiatives aimed at better understanding our fans’ interests and preferences 
  • Support email marketing and paid media efforts with insights for optimizing fan response and engagement


Qualifications

  • College degree
  • 4+ years’ work experience
  • At least four years of relevant experience
  • Collaborative, team-driven approach to projects and execution
  • Open and clear communicator
  • Experience with large-scale survey platform (ideally Qualtrics)
  • Advanced skills and experience in Tableau and Tableau Prep, both to use and to teach others
  • Strong written and verbal communication (including editing) skills. 
  • Excellent proof-reading and grammatical skills
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to work effectively across departments and teams
  • Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through
  • Highly motivated with ability to work independently with discretion


When applying, please be sure to include a cover letter with your salary expectations for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity, however only qualified candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. NO EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS PLEASE.


We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.