Fall Internship - Audience Development

Description

Position at FloSports

Come help us cover the exciting world of college football this Fall at FloSports!

FloSports is a world-class sports media company strategically positioned to be the essential destination for passionate sports fans, delighting them with live event coverage, breaking news, highlights, stats, rankings, and team and player profiles. We are growing Our Sports every day by continuing to invest in our ever-expanding ecosystem, which consists of over a dozen sport verticals and hundreds of streaming partners.

The Audience Development Fall Intern will play an important part in covering college football, basketball and wrestling among other sports! FloSports is creating the home for sports like hockey, track & field, racing, grappling, wrestling, cheer and more, and we are looking for innovative and passionate people like you to help us!

THE ROLE:

• Project based work with specific goals that can be added to your portfolio
• Advanced training on how to implement and execute a successful SEO-centric content strategy
• Crafting and creating a coverage strategy for college football, college basketball and more.
• Have a dedicated supervisor/mentor to guide and challenge you throughout the duration of the program
• Learn the ins and outs of an OTT sports media company
• This internship is available from September 2nd through December 30th.
• Seeking a minimum availability of 20-25 hrs/week.
• Weekend availability required
• This is a paid internship, offering $18/hour.
  
  
  

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create content that engages fans, markets live events, tells compelling stories, and enhances the brand.
• Do a bit of everything in digital media – writing, editing, SEO research, social media with on-camera opportunities.
• Building content based on current and historical trends around our events, breaking news or using trends data to create evergreen content
• Role will allow Intern to learn basic, intermediate and advanced SEO search strategy, techniques and how to implement them in content
• Working collaboratively to support goals of the FloSports Content team
• Must be available from September-December
  
  
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of Google Trends and how to navigate Google Trends a plus
• Must have experience in writing content with basic editing skills
• Familiarity in AP Style, Chicago Style required
• Experience in Google Docs, PowerPoint and Excel or Google Sheets
• Must be able to take direction and open to creating content across multiple sports
• Interns may be required to keep flexible schedules to work weekend events
• Must be able to hit deadlines and anticipate when a deadline won’t be met
• Highly motivated to learn more about the world of digital sports content production
  
  
  

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY:

At FloSports, we are bonded by our passion for sports and our purpose to unite communities around experiences that finally give underserved sports the love they deserve. We recognize the need to build a company that seeks out, embraces, and celebrates our individual differences, ideas, and talent. FloSports is committed to the pursuit of a fair, equal and inclusive workplace where everyone is given the opportunity to grow to their fullest potential.

OUR BENEFITS:

• Recognized three years in a row as a Top Workplace by the Austin-American Statesman
• Flexibility at work - you can take control of your profession and personal schedule
• All-hands events hosted twice a year in beautiful Austin, Texas
• Annual equity awards for all top performers
• Competitive and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
• Peace of mind through company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance
• Generous 401(K) company match vested immediately
• Progressive parental leave policies
• Unlimited paid time off
• Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events
• Free laundry service for all positions that require travel
• Company donation to youth teams and leagues that our employees coach
• Stocked snack bar, catered lunch and breakfast tacos every week