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Check out the Internship Company Examples below but know that these are just examples of common employers and not the only possibilities. Students are matched by our Global Partner with an employer based on their interests/experiences and the employer’s hiring needs.
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Not seeing an internship for you below? If you have a very specific internship placement in mind or are looking through our program list and not seeing your location of choice, you still have options! You can “Build Your Own Internship,” where you research and secure your own internship while working with the GEO office to receive relevant academic credit. Students are responsible for finding this internship, housing, and travel arrangements independently, which is what differs from the existing internship placement programs that GEO offers. All students will be charged in-state tuition for this program and receive a guaranteed $250-$1000 scholarship.
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Examples of Internship Placements
Accra, Ghana with World Endeavors
Sports Coaching Internship:
Interns participate in training sessions, organize matches with other clubs, and collaborate with other participants during their sports coaching internship. Many Ghanaian children are interested in sports - particularly football, but in general, children enjoy anything that gets them moving. Interns apply their passion for sports and knowledge of how each game is played to inspire local children to improve their own performance. Interns will have the opportunity to assist local children in learning a completely new sport or improving at a sport they already enjoy playing. Coaching options include football, boxing, golf, tennis, field hockey, rugby, basketball, netball, martial arts, athletics and swimming.
Atenas, Costa Rica with World Endeavors
Sports Management Internship for Regional Recreation Committee:
Intern with a regional sports and recreation committee, assisting with organizing sports and recreational activities and maintaining the facilities. Interns may also assist with arranging sports activities and games for schools or after-school programs, or for children's homes. Some of the most popular sports in Costa Rica are soccer, basketball, volleyball, swimming, tennis and dancing.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, with Road2Argentina
Sports Social Inclusion Internship with Botines Solidarios:
Botines Solidarios is an NGO that promotes social inclusion through sports and its shared values. Their objective is to promote the personal development of socially vulnerable children and adolescents through rugby and hockey activities. Botines Solidarios was founded by a professional Rugby player and is inspired by the values determined by World Rugby: Passion, Respect, Integrity, Discipline and Solidarity.
Florence, Italy with World Endeavors
Sports Management Internship:
Working with recreational soccer teams, doing stats and record keeping responsibilities, and working on advertising promotions, organizing fields, and assisting with game day management.
Dublin, Ireland with World Endeavors
Sports Management Internship:
National governing body for basketball in Ireland. Interns design promotional materials for tournaments, organize and schedule games in tournaments, manage social media campaigns, assist with events, courtside liaising with coaches and officials, and assist with administrative tasks.
London, UK with Anglo Educational Services
Sports Internship with Football Company:
A sports-based internship with a primarily football focused company who has launched an app bringing the latest news and conversation to their users. The interns can expect to get involved with creating content for their social media pages, interaction with their users and attending any relevant events.
Charity Sports Internship:
A sports-based internship with a charity that has a vision of connecting communities that young people enjoy being active. The interns can expect to get involved with researching and recruiting schools and sports clubs to participate in the company's games, manage and measure the outcomes of games/new recruits and assist with the upkeep of their website and online presence.
Madrid, Spain with World Endeavors
Sports Marketing Internship:
Company specializing in digital media sports marketing, with emphasis on personal branding and digital marketing for elite athletes, events, and sports clubs. They help athletes create a personal professional brand, manage social media, and obtain patrons. They connect brands with athletes and events. They position events through digital marketing to generate interest, increase publication engagement, and improve relations with media and sponsors. Interns draft content, create social media content, manage emails, assist with press releases and communications, translate social media and web content, and provide support for marketing events.
Seoul, South Korea with CRCC Asia
Sports Company Internship:
Intern at a company determined to connect its customers to the best sport experiences in their area and helps trainers focus on what they do best – sports. This company is comprised of team of sports enthusiasts dedicated to helping everyone find the sport for them and is constantly working to develop a curated network of trusted trainers and clubs. Duties may include supporting software development, sales and marketing, and working closely with company leadership to document process maps, business requirements, data structure, and implementation challenges.
E-Sports Organization Internship:
Intern at the only e-sports governing body in South Korea accredited by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The organization was founded to promote and develop esports with the Korean government. Duties may include supporting our business team with numerous roles such as event management support, partnership proposal, writing articles, and building relationship with international partners.
Sydney, Australia with World Endeavors
Sports Company Internship:
Interns have worked with a membership organization that arranges sports events, clubs and leagues, as well as other sporting-related activities. Interns have worked with special new initiatives including a large running and walking event with over 80k participants, and assisting with coaching the basketball club, reporting to the head coach.
Tokyo, Japan with CRCC Asia
Health Tech Internship:
Intern at a health tech startup that helps people live better for longer through at-home nutrition and hormone tests using "lab-on-a-chip" technology.