Pickstar announces global partnership with GameDay
Pickstar has announced a global partnership with GameDay, a leading provider of digital solutions to international, national, grassroots and professional sporting organisations across Australia, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and New Zealand.
The partnership will see Pickstar integrate its talent marketplace into the GameDay onlineplatform from mid-November to enable GameDay clients to easily and efficiently add star powerto their events and activities.
GameDay is the leading provider of digital solutions, used by two-thirds of Australia’s sportsparticipants and administrators - from grassroots to elite levels - across Australia, the UnitedKingdom, Europe, and New Zealand.
Pickstar is the destination to book sports stars, celebrities and well-known personalities forevents (online or in person), for marketing campaigns, appearances, star experiences andmore.
The GameDay and Pickstar partnership will focus on driving opportunities for interactions withsports stars and clubs and leagues from youth, grassroots and amateur settings within Australiaand the UK.
Andy Graham, GameDay general manager, said: “Pickstar is an exciting addition to ourpartner ecosystem. The ability for our leagues and clubs to seamlessly book talent for afunction, awards night, or a medal presentation is an exciting prospect and one we believe willdeliver many great benefits and memories.”
James Begley, Pickstar CEO/founder, said: “Pickstar has the ability to connect youth andadults alike with their heroes, which can have enormous benefits. We are thrilled to partner withGameDay and support them in providing their users easy and efficient access to some of theworld’s most inspirational and life-changing stars.”
About GameDay
GameDay have been providing next generation sports technology solutions in the Australian market since 2001 and have extended the key markets they work in across the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and New Zealand. GameDay provides membership, competition, and event management platforms, and various digital website, e-commerce and auction fundraising solutions to the sports community.
About Pickstar
Pickstar Group offers a simple, online marketplace that helps people to connect with sports stars, celebrities and personalities, with an end-to-end digital platform that enables the fast and effective bookings of talent for any type of commercial arrangement. Founded in 2017 by two former AFL athletes, James Begley and Matthew Pavlich, Pickstar Group has become the most trusted platform for facilitating paid talent engagements, large and small.
In addition to Pickstar’s Marketplace, Pickstar Group offers VLAST, a tool created by players, for players. The tool offers talent and sporting bodies an easy and efficient way to manage all aspects of valuable talent appearances and activities. It improves the talent experience, reduces administrative costs and removes human error - empowering talent, agencies, brands, and rights owners to maintain and develop more meaningful relationships and appearances.
VLAST caters to the needs of the sponsorship, activation, and endorsement ecosystem. It offers a centralised dashboard providing automatic scheduling, messaging, and holistic overviews of the most important elements of activation.
With offices in Adelaide, New York and London, Pickstar Group’s reach is truly global and with expansion into new star categories including chefs, media and wellness influencers, Pickstar can find a meaningful connection for any business and any opportunity.
Go to www.pickstar.pro for more information on Pickstar or www.govlast.com for more information on Vlast.
For more information and interviews, please contact:
Chris Guest
Commercial Director, GameDay
Phone: +61 (0) 412 085 241
Email: chris.guest@mygameday.app
Jackie Helliker
Communications Director, Trippant / Pickstar
Phone: +61 (0) 412 405 761
Email: jackie@trippant.com