Offre de Stage : Media Rights – Comité International Olympique

Department: Television & Marketing Services SA
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Contract Type: Internship (12 Months)

Activity Level: 100%
Application Deadline: 20.09.2024

As a Media Rights Intern, you will support and learn from the Media Rights unit.

Main responsibilities

The Media Rights unit (MR) is responsible for the sales and exploitation of the broadcast media rights for Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games and the Olympic Qualifiers Series. As part of the MR unit, the Media Rights Intern will:

• Assist the Media Rights team on the preparation for sales processes, such as market-sensing, tender documentation and financial projections.
• Compile intelligence and information for the targeted territories on the media landscapes, potential broadcasters as well as new trends and opportunities in the region.
• Prepare presentations for Sales meetings with potential Media Rights Holders.
• Assist with the account management of Olympic Games Media Rights Holders and identify opportunities to leverage the partnership and further commercialisation to enhance upcoming media rights sales.
• Assist in administrative tasks including contracts overview, SharePoint management and weekly meetings.
• Contribute to internal and external audience and other reporting activities.

Our requirements

• University or business school (or related field) student or graduate.
• Interest to work in a commercial environment.
• Understanding or work experience in the sports media industry or sport’s governing body.
• Knowledge and affinity with media landscape an asset.
• English fluency both spoken and written; additional language an asset.
• Able to compile data and feature key information in presentable formats.
• Excellent command of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI and other corporate tools.
• Familiarity with the ‘Olympic Movement’, a plus.
• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines.
• Analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a “can do” mentality.
• Attention to detail and ability to interact and communicate effectively with team members.
• Strong sense of organization and pro-activity.
• Strong results-orientation mindset.
• Rigorous professional ethics; sense of initiative; ability to work in a dynamic environment and still meet thigh deadlines.
• Ability to consider interpersonal differences as a source of added value and interact constructively with all kinds of people and flexible in working with a multitude of internal/external/agency constituents.