Media Internship

Job Title: Media Intern

Accountable to: Head of Digital

Contract:Fixed Term 15 March 01 October 2024

Hours:To attend all Somerset home match days

Salary: National Minimum Wage

Location:Cooper Associates County Ground Taunton

Closing date:01February 2024

The Internship

We have multiple opportunities available to join the Somerset Team during this exciting time for the Club.As 2023 T20 champions we are driven to exceed our recent achievements in the 2024 season.

With over 1.2 million followers across all social media platforms and a website boasting 11 million hits in the last 2 years this is a fantastic opportunity to learn and develop key skills within the outstanding environment of a professional cricket team. In particular the Club is looking to continue expanding its live streaming offering after achieving over 10 million views over the last 3 seasons. SCCC were recently awarded YouTube channel of the year at the prestigious Broadcast Sports Awards.

For this placement we ask you commit to attendance on all home match days some of which are at weekends and during the evening. In return this placement will enable you to work with international sporting stars and apply knowledge of media digital and filming to that environment. Working closely with the Somerset media team youll learn and benefit from their talent and experience and youll develop a range of new skills and exceptional realworld examples to pursue a long career in the sports media journalism broadcast or digital fields.

As a Somerset CCC Media Intern you will contribute to the success of the digital strategy by:

• Providing specialist support on matchdays to the inhouse live streaming platform. This will include manning a roaming camera during hours of play and generating ideas for improving the output.
• Helping develop new ideas for SCCC digital channels.
• Building relationships with key stakeholders within the club including the playing squad and wider commercial team.
• Providing support to the Head of Digital with other projectbased tasks throughout the season.

A crucial element of this internship will involve working with you to discover your specific areas of interest in sports journalism digital and broadcast. The placement will help shape these developments and provide outstanding realworld experience from an awardwinning organisation.

We ask that you have some media and digital filming experience with an understanding of current digital trends ideally within sport. Youre a strong communicator who prioritises working effectively within a team environment and your attention to detail is exemplary. You also thrive on tight deadlines and are comfortable working under pressure.

You will need to be eligible to work in the UK.

Please download the full job description here:Media Intern Job Description

It is important you read the job description as youll need to refer to this within your application to show how you meet the essential criteria.

To learn more about us as a Club our purpose vision and values please click this link: SCCC

If you are interested in this position simply complete our application form below we use fair and safe recruitment methods therefore we dont review CVs as part of our selection process. Please provide as much detail as possible in your application responses as this is how we select candidates for the next stage of the process. For more information and support please read our Application Guidance.

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Selected candidates will be invited to a first stage interview via Microsoft Teams on either 7/8/9 February 2024.

if required further shortlisted candidates will be invited to a second stage interview to be held face to face at the Cooper Associates County Ground on 15 February 2024.