News Intern

Overview  

Stats Perform is the market leader in sports tech.  We provide the most trusted sports data to some of the world's biggest organizations, across sports, media, and broadcasting.   

Through the latest AI technologies and machine learning, we combine decades' worth of data with the latest in-game happenings. We then offer coaches, teams, professional bodies, and media channels around the world, access to the very best data, content, and insights.  In turn, improving how sports fans interact with their favourite sports teams and competitions. 

How do they use it?  

• Media outlets add a little magic to their coverage with our stats and graphics packages. 
• Sportsbooks can offer better predictions and more accurate odds. 
• The world's top coaches are known to use our data to make critical team decisions. 
• Sports commentators can engage with fans on a deeper level, using our stories and insights.  

Anywhere you find sport, Stats Perform is there. However, data and tech are only half of the package. We need great people to fuel the engine. 

We succeeded thanks to a team of amazing people. They spend their days collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data from a wide range of live sporting events. If you combine this real-time data with our 40-year-old archives, elite journalists, camera operators, copywriters, the latest in AI wizardry, and a host of 'behind the scenes' support staff, you've got all the ingredients to make it a magical experience!   

Program Overview  

Stats Perform summer internship program is a paid 8 week full-time internship. Interns work together and individually within the organization to gain valuable experience and make an impact in sports technology.  Not only will Stats Perform Interns have hands on experience in their field of study but there are awesome perks too! There will be activities, training sessions with other Stats Perform employees, and an end-of-summer presentation. 

Department Overview  

Stats Perform’s News Department provides broadcast, digital, social, and editorial clients video content about the biggest sporting news, names and storylines every day in a range of formats and languages. We produce video for clients in the form of game highlights, interviews, press conferences, fan colour in a host of languages including English, French, Spanish and German. 

Football is the sport we cover more than any other, focusing on major international tournaments such as the World Cup, European Championships and Copa America to the top level of the club football including the Champions League, Premier League, Ligue 1, LaLiga, Serie A and Bundesliga. Outside of this, we also extensively cover the world’s other major sports and global competitions including the NBA, NFL and SuperBowl in America and the key calendar events from basketball, tennis, cricket, and rugby. 

As our English language service, referred to as the Global team, produces content for markets across the globe, we will try and provide them with content that is globally relevant. Simply put, anything relating to Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James, Tom Brady, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal (to name a few!) we're all over it. Outside of this we have four regional teams: French, German, Spanish and Australian who will produce more localised content that is of interest in their native language of in their specific market. 

Position Overview  

In simple terms, our job is to provide productions with all the material they need to produce content for our clients in a process referred to as ‘Newsgathering.’  We gather content in many ways such as shooting footage ourselves in the field, hiring video journalists across the globe to cover events for us and using content sharing agreements where we take content directly from. 

Responsibilities:  

• Using news aggregators and social media to monitor top news stories 
• Ingesting incoming video content into the CMS and liaising with video journalists on content 
• Providing production teams with breakdowns and transcripts and translations of incoming content 
• Attending and recording live news conferences virtually and providing breakdown of content 
• Researching potential interview targets across a variety of sports and news storylines and writing questions 
• Transcribing and translating (if necessary) exclusive interviews and archiving quotes using internal project management tool for future use 
• Using vast archive content to write scripts and publish videos using CMS system to provide clients with newsworthy content 
• Working alongside producing teams to write scripts and provide raw video content to clients using CMS 

Required Qualifications:  

• Entering your Junior or Senior year in pursuit of a Bachelor’s degree 
• A passion for global sports and journalism 
• A broad knowledge of European and global soccer and other top sports including US sports 
• Enjoy working on newsgathering 

• Good awareness of sports news and picking out key storylines 
• Strong communication and organisation skills 

Why work at Stats Perform?  

We love sports, but we love diverse thinking more!  

We know that diversity brings creativity, so we invite people from all backgrounds to join us.  At Stats Perform you can make a difference, by using your skills and experience every day, you'll feel valued and respected for your contribution.    

We take care of our colleagues.  

We like happy and healthy colleagues. You will benefit from things like Mental Health Days Off, ‘No Meeting Fridays,’ and flexible working schedules.  

We pull together to build a better workplace and world for all.  

We encourage employees to take part in charitable activities, utilize their 2 days of Volunteering Time Off, support our environmental efforts, and be actively involved in Employee Resource Groups.   

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Stats Perform  

By joining Stats Perform, you'll be part of a team that celebrates diversity. A team that is dedicated to creating an inclusive atmosphere where everyone feels valued and welcome. All employees are collectively responsible for developing and maintaining an inclusive environment. That is why our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion goals underpin our core values.  

With increased diversity comes increased innovation and creativity. Ensuring we're best placed to serve our clients and communities. Stats Perform is committed to seeking diversity, equity, and inclusion in all we do.