The Discovery Internships Program
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Discovery Internships guarantees an internship.
Students gain real work experience and increased insight into an industry. Each student has a personal Internship Coordinator that will help him or her determine the best internship opportunities based on their interests, skills, and goals and then secure an internship with a host organization from within our extensive network of internship providers.
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Sports Management
Sports management professionals combine the love they have for sports with business and marketing skills to 
reach their ultimate goal. From high profile major league sports, college, high school, amateur or international, spectator sports are a popular source for entertainment and sports management professionals are behind the scenes, making it all come to life! As with a sports team, there are many players within the sports management profession. Sports information directors act as a liaison between teams and athletic departments, preparing press releases, and organize “media days”. Athletic directors and general managers report to team owners or educational director or principle to make personnel decisions such as the hiring of team coaches, scheduling, along with taking care of various tasks within the organization. Sports agents work with players and coaches to negotiate contracts and sponsorship opportunities. There are dozens of other aspects of the sports industry such as merchandising, sponsorship sales and cross-marketing initiatives, equipment and apparel manufacturing, and much more.
As a Discovery sports intern, you could see one of many different aspects of the industry. Sports professionals can be found working at educational institutions, scouting upcoming students, discovering new ways to market a team or product, coordinating promotions with local media or sponsors, or perhaps coming up with fresh ideas for half-time entertainment. Please note, sports is one of our most popular industries and internships are highly competitive and limited in number. Applicants for sports internships received after our December early application deadline should expect to choose an alternate industry preference.
Past sports Discovery Interns have:
- Assisted professional players like Boston Red Sox’s Jon Lestor at Josh Beckett’s Charity Event
- Create presentations as to why to draft certain upcoming stats from the NCAA
- Interview fans to gain a sense of their experience, what drew them to the stadium, for instance.
- Helped with venue preparation, before, during, and after games
- Marketing and advertising idea creation and execution
- And much, much more…
Testimonials
I was in charge
of running the scoreboard and stat management for major tennis matches and got
to meet huge tennis stars like Anna Kournikova, Venus Williams, and Martina Navratilova. Part of my responsibilities also included
assisting the players in all their needs. Never have I dreamed of working
directly with some of Tennis’ bests!
- Kara
I worked with Jon Lestor of the
Boston Red Sox assisting him during a charity event for Josh Beckett. It was incredible!
Mainly, I needed to keep away all of his fan base, allowing certain people to
connect with Jon, and his wife, and others were not allowed past me! I also got
to help create, prepare, and advertise the charity event for Mr. Beckett. Even
though I am a die-hard Yankees fan, it was an opportunity of a lifetime!
- Jon
I happen to be an
avid Sports Center coach potato and know everything about the NFL, NBA, and
NCAA. My internship used my knowledge of upcoming hot NCAA football players
where I needed to create presentations and convince my internship mentor why
our agency should work with certain players. It was amazing to feel like an
adult and get treated like an adult and a professional just because I had such
deep insight into sports and the NCAA
- Quincy
Don't see your field of interest? No Problem.
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