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Sports Events Intern
SportsMEDIA Technology Corp
Jacksonville, FL
Sport
Company Information
SportsMEDIA Technology (SMT) Jacksonville-based events operations team supports sporting events all across North America and the world. The scope of this department includes event preparation, support and management, working with our clients and other events teams (Video Production, I.T., Electronics) for some of the biggest sporting events of the summer, including the U.S. Open, the CrossFit Games and the Wimbledon Championships.
The Sports Events Intern is a position that serves to satisfy scholastic “work-exposure” degree requirements while at the same time exposing potential Events Staff candidates to the SMT Events Department. As an event intern, you will work in a support role for event preparation (with on-site services staff), onsite event delivery, and post-event wrap-up for events and services. You will get hands-on sporting events operation experience, while working with and learning from SMT Event Project Managers and Event Staff.
This is an on-site summer internship in Jacksonville, FL, averaging 35-40+ hours a week. Pay for this internship is $13/hour. Events Interns will report to our Events Directors.
Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a college program (prefer Sport Management, Communications, Hospitality or IT majors)
- Prior event management / sponsorship or networking / IT experience preferred
- Project management and/or event coordination preferred
- Sport industry knowledge helpful (specifically tennis, golf, or CrossFit)
- Basic events operations experience helpful
- Sound software knowledge of MS Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) required
- Sound organizational, communication (both oral and written), and time management skills
- Technical background or technical aptitude highly preferred
- Fluency in foreign language helpful
- Demonstrated leadership in athletics, academics or past work experience
Duties
- Works with SMT staff to prepare equipment for event service delivery
- Assists in day-to-day duties as needed within the SMT Events Department
- Perform risk management to minimize any project issues or safety concerns
- Maybe used to work in other SMT departments as needed
- Will be assigned to work SMT events as needed
- Will be asked to work weekends and holidays when necessary
- Participate in the loading, unloading, and inventory tracking of SMT equipment
- Assists with ensuring cleanliness and orderliness of warehouse
