2024 Summer Stadium and Events Operations Internship

Sporting Kansas City

3mo ago

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Summer Internship
Marketing
Kansas City

Requirements

Personal Attributes:
Strong organizational, communications and interpersonal skills.
Ability to organize work effectively, conceptualize and prioritize objectives and exercise independent judgment based on an understanding of organizational policies and activities.
Passionate about professional sports (preferably soccer), and stadium and event operations.
Positive attitude.
Ability to work both independently and as a part of a team.
Strong work ethic.
Excellent leadership skills.
Exceptional attention to detail, and talent for accuracy and precision.
Professional appearance and attitude, as well as the ability to work with others.
Skills and Experience :
Pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree at a four-year, accredited college institution or enrolled in an accredited graduate program, as well as the ability to provide proof of receiving credit for the internship toward the completion of a degree.
Minimum of a 3.0 cumulative G.P.A. based on a 4.0 scale.
Interest and experience in competitive sports preferred.
Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Calendar.
Must be able to fluently speak, read, and write the English language.
Physical Abilities:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
Required to sit, stand and walk.
Frequent stooping, bending, pulling and pushing.
Reach with hands and arms.
Required to talk and hear consistently.

Responsibilities

Learn how professional sports venues operate by collaborating with the Operations Team at Children’s Mercy Park with all hosted events, experiencing as many aspects of operations as possible.
Understand the logistics and execution of private events; including corporate meetings, weddings, holiday parties, special sporting events (i.e.; college football, U.S. Soccer, rugby, soccer clinics, etc.), large and small scale concerts, or any other applicable event.
Learn and participate in the organizational philosophy of a pristine stadium for all events.
Understand the logistics and execution of special, non-stadium events (not at Children’s Mercy Park), such as video shoots, Sporting KC II games, marketing events at offsite locations, events at the training facility, etc.
Assist stadium management during game day preparations, i.e. assist with coordinating sponsorship activation on Mazuma Plaza. Ensuring correct signage is placed around the stadium, ensuring premium spaces are set-up and transitioned at appropriate times, etc.
Attend department meetings to learn about the processes used to organize an event.
Assist with game day presentations and operations such as: the National Anthem, Color Guard, Military Family, half-time promotional events, coordinating giveaways, ball kids, etc.
Take lead on special projects designated by the event operations manager. (i.e. inventory game day staff equipment, being responsible for sponsor’s activation items stored at the stadium, etc.
Rotation of office tasks (i.e. creation of event diagrams, game profiles for SKC II games, and updating spreadsheets.
Assist with the accreditation process.
Always represent Sporting Kansas City and its related affiliates in a professional manner.
Perform other related tasks as assigned.
Attend all Sporting Kansas City home games, as well as non-soccer related events.
Match Day Responsibilities:
Act as a representative of Sporting Kansas City at all home matches, engaging with guests and working to create Magic Moments for all fans.

Sporting Kansas City

@SportingKC

Entertainment & Media

Industry

501-1000

Employees

1996

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Sporting Kansas City is proud to be the only professional sports organization in Kansas City with local ownership. The team's parent organization, Sporting Club, consists of the following five entrepreneurs in the Kansas City business community: The Patterson Family, Cliff Illig, Robb Heineman, Greg Maday and Pat Curran. Sporting Kansas City is a charter member of Major League Soccer and plays at state-of-the-art Sporting Park, which opened in June 2011 as one of the best stadiums of its size in the world.