Intern - Europe & Middle East - London, United Kingdom - the NBA

Description

Position Summary:

We are delighted to announce our highly competitive internship programme, commencing Summer 2023 We are seeking five interns to join us on a full-time basis, commencing in August 2023 and ending in January 2024.

This paid programme provides interns with opportunities to work on meaningful projects that contribute to the organisation's success, whilst developing their personal and business acumen.

Interns will gain mentoring and insight into the business of basketball, get firsthand access to a global sports organisation and interact directly with and learn from NBA employees and executives.

We are seeking 5 Interns in total to work across 4 disciplines:

• 2 Interns for Fan Engagement & Direct-To-Consumer
• 1 Intern for Global Partnerships
• 1 Intern for Global Media Distribution
• 1 Intern for Basketball Operations

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Department Summaries and Main Responsibilities:

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Fan Engagement & DTC_**Fan Engagement & DTC is responsible for managing the NBA's Direct-To-Consumer products and services (NBA App, NBA League Pass and more) as well as the regional marketing operation, brand development, strategy, and advertising of league-wide marketing campaigns and promotional initiatives across the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, and NBA 2K League.

This department works to carry out the league's strategy of growing the game of basketball globally by hosting NBA events around the world, creating new content formats for our digital products, managing all of our social media accounts and overseeing international public and media relations as well as insight and analytics.

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Global Partnerships (GP)_****_
Global Media Distribution (GMD)_**Global Media Distribution manages relationships with the NBA's domestic and international television and digital media partners.

The group oversees the distribution of NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, and NBA 2K League games and programming content in more than 200 countries and territories.

The content is circulated in more than 40 different languages, reaching millions of households worldwide. The GMD Intern will be responsible for providing business functional support to the GMD EME team, assisting with the account management of all GMD partners (incl. various supporting functions such as Programming, Scheduling, Broadcast Operations or handling the media credential/ticketing process during the season and on-site during events) and the preparing of business development & sales materials.


_Basketball Operations_

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• Fluency (written and spoken) in English (Additional language skills are a plus).
• Interest in Sport, Basketball and/or the NBA a plus.
• Demonstrated computer proficiency (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and ability to learn new computer programs.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Flexible, with the ability to adapt to constant changing environment.
• Team player with intellectual curiosity and the ability to multitask, prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Strong workethic and selfmotivated.
• Goal oriented, and ability to work within a team environment.
• Detailoriented and well organized.

Educational Background & Other Requirements:

• Must hold the Right to Work & Live in the UK.
• Graduated from either their undergraduate or postgraduate university degree.

Recruitment Process & Next Steps:

• An uptodate copy of your CV.

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