Sports and entertainment marketing agency managing talent, events, and brand partnerships globally
Octagon operates a full-service sports and entertainment marketing business across talent representation, brand sponsorship consulting, and large-scale event management. The company's tech stack is predominantly Microsoft Office + enterprise backend (SAP, Workday, Greenhouse) with design tooling (Adobe Creative Suite), reflecting a services-heavy, people-centric operation rather than a software-first one. Hiring velocity is steady across 158 open roles, with marketing and sales dominating the headcount, and current project focus concentrated heavily on FIFA World Cup 2026 activations — signaling a major revenue concentration around a handful of high-stakes marquee events.
Notable leadership hires: Account Director, Hospitality Director, Director, Staffing Lead, Transportation Lead
Octagon is a global marketing and talent-management agency headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, founded in 1983. The company operates across three interconnected business lines: creative marketing and sponsorship consulting for blue-chip corporate clients; athlete and personality representation and management; and large-scale event production and logistics. Octagon's operational footprint spans 800+ employees across five countries (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore), manages relationships with over 1,000 athletes and personalities, and produces more than 10,000 events annually. The business is heavily transactional — revolving around deal-making, event execution, and real-time logistics — which explains the pain-point concentration on ticket inventory, budget tracking, high-volume hiring, and FIFA regulatory compliance.
Octagon actively hires in Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, and Canada. Most hiring activity is concentrated in the US and UK markets.
Octagon uses Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Microsoft 365), SAP for enterprise resource planning, Workday for HR, Greenhouse for recruiting, and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) for design work.
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