Grassroots Intern

Found in: Talent UK C2 - 1 week ago


London, United Kingdom Csm Full time

At CSM we are driven by a clear purpose; to Pursue Extraordinary. We exist to create a positive impact on our partners, their audiences, our industry and our people, and to look for opportunities that can inspire a better world in everything we do.

Our diversity of experience, expertise and opinions is our greatest asset, which is why we celebrate our differences. We are looking for individuals who want to put their hand up and challenge convention to create something exciting, bigger and better each and every time.

CSM is proud to share fresh perspectives and new ideas to produce work that others don’t and won’t.  What we do is fast-paced, exciting and rewarding which is why we love it and why you’ll love life at CSM.

Brands & Properties: Communications Internship

Our Grassroots internships are back for 2024 We are looking for enthusiastic people to join our UK Communications teams this summer on a paid six-month internship starting from June 2024. This programme will give you the opportunity to experience the breadth of our Communications scope in the sports and entertainment landscape across disciplines of Strategy and Planning, PR and Media relations, Reputation Management and Digital and Content Communications.

We are looking for those who have a real interest in communications and the sport industry. Ideally we’re looking to recruit an intern who has a level of communications understanding or study, has strong written and analytical skills and who is eager to learn and get stuck in during a busy summer, as we work to bring to life a range of exciting brand activations across a multitude of sport clients.

What you will be doing?

Our Wasserman Brands & Properties Communications team manage multiple key partnerships across sports and entertainment including cricket, football, rugby, Formula 1 and baseball and we need an enthusiastic and driven intern to support. The role will primarily be working and learning key disciplines of PR & Media Communications plus Digital and Content Communications.

Day to day responsibilities across multiple clients will involve:

  • Event support, including planning and delivery
  • Day to day desk research requirements
  • Media relations, including support drafting written media materials and developing PR toolkits
  • Reporting on events and projects
  • Input and drafting of briefing documents

How to apply?

To level the playing field, CVs aren’t important, instead, to apply for this role, we want you to create a short video and submit a written answer.

Video brief:

Using a smart phone, create a three-minute video of yourself telling us why you want this internship by answering the below questions: (be as creative as you like)

  • Tell us your name and why you’re looking for an internship in sport marketing
  • How would your peers describe you?
  • Name a sport partnership that has caught your eye recently – and tell us what you thought of it (whether it was good / bad – and why), thinking specifically about the communications techniques that brought it to life for fans/the public
  • This role involves working on events and engaging with sports fans/the media/general public. Talk us through how you would respond if a journalist told you that they were planning to write a negative story about the brand that you’re working on behalf of?
  • You’re the captain of a football / rugby / any sport () team and you’re currently playing a match. It’s halftime and your team is losing. You’re in the dressing room leading the team talk – what do you say to your team to motivate them for the second half?

Share a link of this video via a platform like WeTransfer in the application questionnaire (don't include an expiration date to the video).

Written answer brief:

'In 500 words or less, please tell us about a sporting event or partnership that has impressed you and why. (Key things to think about could be; location, audience, brand advertising, use of talent/ambassadors, PR & marketing activity, creative content , etc).'


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