STATISTICS & INFORMATION INTERNS (Summer)
ESPN
Bristol, Conn.
Do you have a passion for sports AND statistics? Do you love curling up at night with your textbooks, while keeping one eye on the statistical trends developing in the baseball or basketball game on TV?
Have you noticed the “Next Level” content on ESPN and ESPN.com or read our Stats & Information blogs on ESPN.com? Are you the kind of fan who has filled notebooks with stats or wondered if there were databases where you can search and sort for the data that enriches your fan experience? Do you search for patterns, trends and insights in data – in an effort to either quantify performance or predict future outcomes for players and teams? “Stat Geek” is not a derogatory term in our world … it’s high praise, and an apt description for the kind of team members you would be working with.
If you answered yes to the above questions, you might be ready for a one-of-a-kind challenge, an experience that will challenge you to stretch and grow – as a person and a professional: an internship with the ESPN Stats & Information Group.
Ideal candidates for this internship will possess the following traits:
•Expert-level sports knowledge including knowledge of analytic metrics and trends
•Strong communication skills
•Meticulous attention to detail in striving for 100 percent accuracy.
•Strong news/content judgment.
•Thrive in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment.
Our content is used across multiple platforms — television, digital media, radio, ESPN The Magazine, and ESPN Mobile. The Group’s focal point – besides supplying all statistical information for pro and college sports – is to provide perspective and context around games, key sporting events and breaking news.
A Stats & Information intern may work in one or a combination of the 4 divisions within our Group: BottomLine, Production Analytics, Production Research and Stats & Analysis.
– BottomLine: determine proper treatment of games & news stories, write effective news headlines and ensure 100 percent accuracy.
– Production Analytics: create and evaluate sports metrics, formulate algorithms and ensure integration of that content across all platforms.
– Production Research: research original content for use on digital media and show support, including full-screen graphics for TV, anchor lead-ins and original pieces; provide live updates to talent in studio.
– Stats & Analysis: monitor/enter real-time scoring and play-by-play data and generate insightful content through the use of video-tracking and vast statistical warehouses.
Basic Qualifications:
•Must be passionate about sports and statistics; in fact, candidates should have a working knowledge of players, teams and the rules of the games.
•Strong news/content judgment as well as being computer proficient and internet savvy.
Preferred Qualifications
•Previous experience working with statistics in an online, television or print-media environment
•Previous experience working in a college Sports Information department.
•Previous experience working with sports content and storylines with a TV station, radio station, newspaper or notable sports blog.
•Previous experience working in the Public Relations or Marketing Department of a college, minor league or professional sports team.
•Work on an academic project focused on sports journalism, sports business or sports statistics
•Ability to read and write in Spanish
Program Length:
The length of this internship is 10 weeks, and Interns will work 40 hours per week. The approximate dates of this internship are June 9, 2014-August 15, 2014. Interns must be fully available for the duration of the internship.
Housing:
Subsidized housing is available on a first come, first serve basis for interns who live greater than 50 miles from work location.
Application Deadline:
Summer Internships are filled on a rolling basis.
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