Football Operations & Partnerships Internship
Learn how professional football camps are organised from A to Z, working on the Atlético de Madrid and FC Porto camps in Belgium.
Work on programs of
Atlético de Madrid
FC Porto
- Location
- Fully remote
- Schedule
- Flexible, around your studies
- Language
- English
- Mentoring
- Weekly 1:1 call with the founder
Your mission
Your mission is to help prepare well-organised football camps and to build processes that make future events easier to run. You will follow how a professional club camp is organised, from the first discussions with the club to the last day of the camp.
Work on the preparation of the Atlético de Madrid and FC Porto football camps in Belgium. You will learn how to work with professional clubs, how physical sports events are planned step by step, and how to build the processes that make a growing company run smoothly.
What you will learn
Skills you will develop
Event management
How physical sports events are organised in Belgium, step by step, with real stakeholders and real deadlines.
Working with pro clubs
How professional football clubs collaborate with partners, communicate and protect their brand.
Process design
Turn recurring work into clear workflows, checklists and templates that help a business run efficiently.
Project management
Manage timelines, priorities and several stakeholders at the same time.
Recruitment
Learn how to find, select and onboard the right people for a team.
Sports business
Understand how a sports company works from the inside: partnerships, operations and customers.
How you grow
Learn, build and grow
- 01
Learn
You learn the fundamentals of your role and apply them to first, well-defined tasks.
- 02
Build
You take on bigger tasks with growing independence, share your progress regularly and get concrete feedback.
- 03
Grow
You grow into your role with continued guidance and finish with real work and results to show on your CV.
What you will do
Your responsibilities
Plan & organise football camps from A to Z
- Help prepare the Atlético de Madrid and FC Porto camps in Belgium: timelines, venues, equipment, kits, schedules and logistics.
- Follow every step of event organisation, from planning and registrations to on-site delivery and evaluation.
- Keep track of deadlines and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.
Build our operational processes
- Create task boards, checklists and timelines to track everything that needs doing for each event.
- Turn what we do into clear, reusable processes and templates so future camps run smoother.
- Keep a central overview of camps, staff, deadlines and documents.
Work with professional clubs
- Learn how collaborations with professional clubs work: requirements, brand guidelines, approvals and communication.
- Collect and organise the marketing materials we receive from the clubs: logos, photos, videos and program information.
- Keep a well-organised asset library so the team can find what it needs quickly.
Write camp materials & information
- Write clear information for parents and players: camp descriptions, FAQs, day schedules, what-to-bring lists and welcome emails.
- Prepare briefing documents and manuals for coaches and camp coordinators.
- Make sure all information is accurate, consistent and on-brand.
Help recruit coaches & camp coordinators
- Help find coaches and camp coordinators for our summer football camps.
- Write job descriptions, help screen candidates and organise interviews.
- Prepare onboarding documents so new staff are ready from day one.
By the end
What you gain
New skills
Event management, project management, process design and recruitment skills.
A stronger CV
A relevant internship with clear examples of responsibility that you can describe in job interviews.
Real experience
Practical experience organising professional football camps in Belgium, from planning to delivery.
A professional network
Contacts in the Belgian football and sports industry, and a mentor who knows your work and your strengths.
Who we are looking for
Your profile
- You are a student in Business, Economics, Engineering, Sports Management or a related field. Other studies are welcome too: motivation matters more than your degree.
- You are interested in football or sport and in how events are organised.
- You are very organised, precise and detail-oriented, and you enjoy creating structure.
- You like building processes and checklists that make work easier for everyone.
- You are tech-savvy and quick to learn new software.
- You are reliable and trustworthy: you know that the details matter when families and clubs depend on you.
Languages
English
All preparation work is done in English with Alex. French or Dutch is a plus, and opens the door to the paid Football Camp Coordinator role in the summer.
What we offer
What this internship offers
- Hands-on experience organising events connected to major European football clubs
- Real responsibility: you build processes that the company uses
- Direct mentorship from the founder (KU Leuven BBA & MBA alumnus) in a weekly 1:1
- Fully remote and flexible preparation work, planned around your studies
- The option to join the camps on site as a paid Football Camp Coordinator
- A network in the Belgian football and sports industry
Combine it with
Speak French and/or Dutch? Combine this internship with the paid Football Camp Coordinator role and work on site at the camps you helped prepare.
From former interns
I joined Oxasport as an intern. Alex was a great mentor, and he taught me a lot about websites and CRMs while our conversations covered the business and plenty beyond it. If you're joining, ask questions, go for solutions and discuss them openly. You'll learn a lot.
Oxasport is a great place to do an internship! You get a good balance of guidance, feedback, and autonomy. What I liked the most about Oxasport is their dedication to ensure that the internship brings value to you. That is, you are encouraged to voice your preferences, so that your project is not only valuable to Oxasport but also aligns with your future ambitions.
How to apply
Send your CV and a short paragraph about why you are organised enough to help manage a professional football project. Let us know which languages you speak and whether you are also interested in the Football Camp Coordinator role.
Email internships@oxasport.com. KU Leuven students can also apply through the JobTeaser platform.
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