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Player Operations Intern

Celery City FC
6 hours ago
Internship
On-site
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
$600 USD monthly
Paid or Stipend, College Credit
Internship Objective: Celery City FC is offering an opportunity for current college students looking to gain real-world soccer operations experience to position themselves for a career in the sports industry upon graduation. You’ll thrive in this role if you are exceptionally organized, love the game, and like being the person who makes sure everything is where it needs to be before anyone asks.
Start Date: Beginning of May
End Date: On or near mid-August
Academic Qualifications: Declared major or minor in Sport Management, Exercise Science, Business, Hospitality
Description of Responsibilities: As the Player Operations Intern, you’ll work directly alongside the President and both coaching staffs to support our men’s and women’s teams. You’ll help with team travel and housing logistics, schedules, matchday paperwork, kit and equipment, and visiting team hospitality. On match nights you’ll make sure both locker rooms, the officials and the visiting team have what they need, and that the right people are in the right place at the right time.
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
  • Availability to work all matches, trainings and team travel days
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented
  • Professional and trustworthy around players, coaches and officials
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Soccer playing or team manager experience is a plus but not required
About the Organization: Celery City FC is Kalamazoo’s newest summer tradition: an experience and entertainment venue built around soccer, with a men’s team in USL League Two and a women’s team in the USL W League. Matches are played at Soisson-Rapacz-Clason Field at Mayors’ Riverfront Park, starting May 2027. The club is built by the team behind the Kalamazoo Growlers, Northwoods League Organization of the Year in 2016, 2020, 2022 and 2024. Come for the entertainment. Stay for the soccer.
About the Leagues: USL League Two and the USL W League are the United Soccer League’s pre-professional summer leagues. Top college players spend their summers competing for clubs across the country while keeping their college eligibility, and many go on to professional careers.
Other tasks and activities to include, but are not limited to:
  • Picking up and removing trash
  • Hanging flags, banners and stadium signage
  • Matchday setup and teardown, including lifting 30 to 50 lbs
  • Working concessions and merch as needed
  • Participating in in-stadium entertainment
  • Fan interaction and engagement
  • Delivery receiving
  • Office organization
  • Stadium recovery after matches
  • Working special events
  • Player meal delivery and pickup
  • Merch modeling, sorting and displaying
  • Creating and appearing in promotional videos
  • Community street team marketing
  • Intern Olympics
No Compensation: The Intern and the Company clearly understand that there is no expectation of compensation. The Intern understands that they are not entitled to wages for their time spent in the internship. The Intern agrees that they will be compensated in knowledge, education and experience as consideration for the duties and responsibilities they will undertake during the internship.
Housing & Living Expenses: Housing is not provided. The intern is responsible for coordinating summer arrangements. There are plenty of summer housing options in Kalamazoo. The Company will provide a $600 monthly stipend to help cover living expenses such as food, gas and housing.
Credit: College credit toward a major, minor or general elective is required.
Questions:
  • Why do you want to help build Celery City FC in its first season?
  • What is something you possess that you believe would engage thousands of people on a match night?
  • Tell us about a time you kept a team or group organized under pressure.
  • What would make a visiting team leave Kalamazoo saying it was the best road trip of their season?

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.