TITLE: Photography Intern
POSITION TYPE: Internship (2024-2025 Full Season)
COMPANY: Spire Sports + Entertainment: Greenville Swamp Rabbits
LOCATION: Greenville, SC
REPORTS TO: Manager, Creative Media & Marketing
POSTED DATE: 6/21/2024
SUMMARY:
Spire Sports & Entertainment is a diversified sports and entertainment organization that pushes the boundaries of traditional marketing to foster business growth in the rapidly changing modern era. Having acquired the Greenville Swamp Rabbits of the ECHL in March of 2020, the organization has seen tremendous growth in all areas of business development, highlighted by overall league-recognition as the ECHL’s ‘Rising Star Award’ winner and finalist in back-to-back seasons.
As an organization we continue to strive daily to work and live by our core principles of what it means to be a R.A.B.B.I.T:
R – Relentless
A – Accountable
B – Be Positive
B – Bring Energy
I – Impactful
T – Team-first Mentality
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Spire Sports & Entertainment and the Greenville Swamp Rabbits are seeking a Photography Intern for the full 2024-25 Season. This student intern will work, grow, and support the Swamp Rabbits Creative Media department and will be supervised by the Manager, Creative Media and Marketing. During this internship, this intern will be able to harness their skills, learn how to effectively execute them in a professional environment, and gain significant practical experience and professional development/mentorship.
Timeline:
Mid-August– May (Potential Post Season)
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Attends all home games and captures, pre-game, game, and activation photography
- Organizes, condenses, and edits photography for the needs of the teams- ability to edit and transfer files such as highlights quickly to desired parties.
- Works with Manager, Creative Media and Marketing to use created photography, assists in ideation and planning of utilizing creative assets in unique and engaging ways- helps create those content pieces
- Attends additional events and has in-office hours as assigned by the Manager, Creative Media and Marketing
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Photography experience in a sports setting is strongly preferred.
- Experience and competency in the Lightroom and Photoshop
- Organized and efficient, process and execution driven.
- A positive attitude, growth mindset and willingness to learn.
- Great at taking initiative.
- Experience with Microsoft Office programs.
- Ability to work weeknights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
Additional Benefits:
- Resume help, guidance, and advice.
- Weekly check-in meetings
- Opportunities to connect with industry professionals in field of work.
- LinkedIn crash course
- Hour long post-internship intern specific career consultation
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
