Are you mission-driven and passionate about helping others succeed?
Do you strive to lead, follow, and act with integrity?
Are you the one who honors your commitments?
Is building trusting relationships an integral part of why you do what you do?
Do you push limits and challenge the status quo?
If you answered YES, keep reading to find out how you can contribute to the success of Team USA!
Here’s a summary of responsibilities:
Team USA is looking for a self-motivated, detail-oriented teammate to join the Team Behind the Team for a six-month fellowship. In this role, the fellow will be working on a variety of projects across external, employee, athlete and NGB communications to help accomplish the USOPC’s mission.
Here’s how you’ll have an impact:
- Play a key role in building awareness of the Olympic and Paralympic movements in the United States assisting in a variety of communications led projects and media campaigns.
- Support athlete and NGB communication needs, educational support and public relations outreach.
- Assist in developing employee communications materials including presentations, company announcements, newsletters and more. Support the development and day-to-day management of an internal communications request platform to best serve USOPC functions and departments.
- Assist in copy writing, editing, design support and file remediation for internal and external communications and publications to meet USOPC style and brand guidelines.
- Assist in building and managing distribution lists for key stakeholders, including those for media, National Governing Bodies, athletes, staff, partners and more on Salesforce.
- Support website updates and enhancements on TeamUSA.org.
- Support media pitching and facilitating interview and content capture requests for USOPC staff, internally managed NGBs, and athletes at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Centers.
- Assist in planning and development of USOPC communications events, including Team USA Media Summit, NBC/USOPC Promotional Shoot, Assembly, Hall of Fame, NGB Communications Workshop, town halls and more.
- Work closely with internal NGBs to provide support across websites, social media channels and event coverage.
- Assist with various key campaigns, research projects and other duties as assigned.
Here are the skills and experience you’ll need to be effective:
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations or a related field or equivalent work experience
- Six months to one year of experience in corporate communications, sports and/or entertainment public relations
Here are some things that will make you super competitive for this role:
- Familiarity with Olympic and Paralympic movements preferred
Here’s where you’ll work:
- This is a hybrid role that will regularly work from both our Colorado Springs Downtown Headquarters and remotely.
Here’s some more information you need to know:
- Hiring Pay Range: $17.34 to $20.38
- This is a full-time, temporary, non-exempt position intended to work 40 hours per week.
- Effective November 1, 2021, the USOPC is requiring all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In accordance with the USOPC’s duty to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards, we are adopting this requirement to safeguard the health and safety of our team members, Team USA athletes, coaches, trainers, contractors, and vendors. Any and all job offers will be contingent upon proof of vaccination or an approved exemption from the requirement due to medical or religious reasons. For more information, please visit https://www.teamusa.org/Coronavirus/USOPC-COVID-19-Mitigation-Approach