Digital Services Internship- Fall 2019

Job Summary

• Provides students with the unique opportunity to gain practical sport management experience in a professional sports league setting. 
• Participants will gain hands on experience with league staff as well as its member teams.
• Participants are tasked with and responsible for working within a specialized department but will interact with all league departments across the organization including:

1. Finance
2. Business development
3. Digital, marketing
4. Team services
5. Analytics

• Ultimate goal of providing well-rounded practical work experience in sports to students.

• Participant will assume an integral role in the placement of content for all league sites as well as the enforcement of league guidelines across the network.   

• Assist with the monitoring of club websites to ensure compliance with league guidelines.
• Work alongside the Digital Services team to generate and organize statistical, team and player-specific pages within the website platform.
• Update internal website pages with roster, schedule, and information changes.
• Assist with the communication of player, team and match information to the league’s Official Data Provider - Opta.
• Execute on-page and on-site SEO best practices as directed.
• Develop ideas for content and layout on the official sites.
• Act in a quality assurance role to ensure a uniform display and maintain functionality.
• Utilize HTML and CSS to create page elements for league sites.
• Work with other areas of the business – communications, marketing, analytics etc. – to accomplish their web goals.

• Working towards a bachelor’s or master’s degree in related field and/or training.
• Must certify that they are able to receive college credit from an accredited college or university for their participation.
• Solid computer skills and proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint are a must.
• Basic working knowledge of HTML skills is necessary. 
• Comfortable augmenting (re-sizing, cropping etc.) images in Adobe Photoshop and PixIr/Fotor.  
• Excellent verbal communication skills are required.
• Positive attitude and strong work ethic a must.
• Must have a “team-first” mentality with an eagerness to learn.
• Should be extremely organized and detail oriented, with a focus on quality and consistency.
• Ability to work under fluid deadlines and complete tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
• Knowledge of sports/soccer is preferred, but not required.