Deandra Duggans: The Art and the Science of Sports Marketing - a podcast by Brian Clapp - Work in Sports

Baltimore Ravens Manager of Advertising and Branding Deandra Duggans joins the show to discuss why she got into sports marketing, the challenge of creating unique visions and how to Ravens marketing mirrors the team and the community at large.

Hi everybody I’m Brian Clapp Director of Content for WorkinSports.com and this is the work in sports podcast…



A fan of the show said too me recently, I know you focus primarily on jobs in sports marketing and sales, but maybe you’d consider interviewing this person I know on the legal side of sports. Her suggestion was a good one, and I’m already connecting with her person and getting them on the show.



But I was taken aback a bit.



Have I been leaning too much into jobs in sports marketing and sales? I’m trying to be as diverse as I can – in jobs, in genders, in race – but maybe I have fallen into a pattern.



You can tell I’m kind of a paranoid person.



Anyway I went back and categorized our expert interviews and it breaks down like this:



* Broadcasting/Sports Media: 4

* Public Relations: 4

* Professor: 4

* Team operations: 3

* Sports marketing: 3

* Sales: 2

* HR/recruiter: 2

* Community Relations: 2

* College Athletics: 2

* Digital Content/Social media: 2

* Athlete: 1

* Student: 1

* Coaching: 1

* Security: 1

* Mascot: 1



This made me feel a little better, our content and our guests are balanced. If I noticed any blind spot on my part it’s that only 9 out of our 33 guests have been women. That’s just 28% and that’s not really indicative of what is happening in the sports industry at large.



There are more women than ever in power roles in sports – Athletic Directors like Sandy Barbour at Penn State, Michelle Roberts the executive director of the NBA players association, Dawn Hudson the CMO of the NFL – the list goes on.



And that brings us to today’s guest – and up and comer in the world of sports marketing Deandra Duggans is the manager of Advertising and Branding with the Baltimore Ravens and shares some incredible career advice during our interview. She’s not just a woman in the sports industry, she’s one of the brightest minds in the business of sports.

Question for Baltimore Ravens Deandra Duggans

1:  On this podcast when I talk about sports marketing I get a lot of buzz – people love the idea of working in marketing for a sports team – but marketing is a pretty broad term, there are many roles within the marketing department. You’ve been with the Ravens for a little over two years now, tell us a little more about the specifics of your role with the team.



2: Prior to the Ravens you worked as a Marketing Manager for Events DC in the sports and entertainment division – how different was it working on the individual event side of marketing vs. a huge globally recognized organization like the Ravens?



3:   When I worked at Fox Sports Northwest, we had a mission statement posted on the front wall as you entered the office, it was basically our call to action, our mission and our brand identity all wrapped into one. How would you articulate the brand vision of the Ravens – who are you striving to be and how do you want to be represented in the public eye?



4:  We hear all the time about how coaches, right after a win, don’t take any time to celebrate it’s right onto the next game. Is it the same way in marketing – you come up with a great idea, execute on it…and them just have to move along to the next idea?



5: We have a private Facebook group and before every interview I ask that group what questions they have for our guest – you blew up the feed,

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