Sports Biz Careers

🚨 ATTENTION CHARLOTTE-BASED COLLEGE STUDENTS 🚨 We're excited to announce that our applications for the 2025 Charlotte Sports Business Fellowship Program is open! Apply today to join this unique and PAID experience for Summer 2025. 🔗 Apply NOW: https://bit.ly/CLT2025 ⏰ Deadline to apply is Monday, February 3rd 🔎 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e7mrqFad 🛑 MUST BE LOCAL TO CHARLOTTE, NC 🛑 💭 HOW DOES THE FELLOWSHIP WORK? 1. Immersion; a fellow will work 11 weeks on-site with one (1) of the partner organizations in Charlotte, NC. Rotating at least 2 departments to get hands-on experience. 2. Exploration; once a week the cohort will tour and network with a partner organization. This is organized by the hosting fellow and allows the cohort to expand their social capital within the program. ⏳ Fellows work approximately 36 hours per week.   Four (4) days as part of their on-site experience (8 hours) One (1) ½ day exploring the partners involved (4 hours) 💜 Thank you to all our partners for making this opportunity possible!

⭐️ We are excited to have helped over 2500 SBC students identify careers they are passionate about in the sports industry throughout our 'Staring 5' years of service. 🗣️ Listen to one of our alumni, Amber Langley, talk about her SBC journey, her current job, and why she supports our organization. ❤️ Consider donating to our Starting 5 campaign to create opportunities for underrepresented students to build careers in the sports industry, as Amber has. 🙌 Donate Here: https://bit.ly/SBCFIVE

⭐️ We are excited to have helped over 2500 SBC students identify careers they are passionate about in the sports industry throughout our 'Staring 5' years of service. 🗣️ Listen to one of our alumni Kenya Jones, talk about her SBC journey, her current job, and why she supports our organization. ❤️ Consider donating to our Starting 5 campaign to create opportunities for underrepresented students to build careers in the sports industry, as Kenya has. 🙌 Donate Here: https://bit.ly/SBCFIVE

🔔 2024 CLT FELLOWSHIP UDPATE 🔔 Our 2024 Fellows' On-Site Experience has come to an end. This summer they've expanded their social capital by meeting around 120 industry professionals! This year, our program expanded to 17 Fellows from 10 different universities, the largest cohort in program history, with FOX Sports and NASCAR welcoming two additional Fellows! 🎉 🙏 Thank you to our partners for investing in our students, sharing your career pathways, and welcoming our Fellows into your office spaces! 💜 We're so proud of all of our Fellows and can't wait to see the amazing things they do in the future! Next for them is to start planning the Sports Biz Seminar that will serve 100 local high school students! 23XI Racing, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Truist, Bespoke Sports & Entertainment, Elevate, Charlotte Sports Foundation, CAA ICON, Tepper Sports & Entertainment, RFK Racing, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Sports Business Journal, FOX Sports, NASCAR, Charlotte Hornets

📣2024 Cast Iron Media Summer Fellowship Recap 📣 🌟 Our fellow, Benjamin Pearce, has immersed himself in the exciting world of sports business within Cast Iron Media. Throughout his fellowship experience, Ben was able to rotate in various departments within Cast Iron Media and explore 7 local organizations! 🔎 Thank you to those who opened their doors for Benjamin to learn more about your pathway and your organization: Adebola Adeleye, Brooklyn Nets (Former Cast Iron Media 2023 Fellow) Vanessa Taveras, IMG Academy Elizabeth Sanchez, Wasserman Mike Taylor, National Basketball Association (NBA) Nick skipper, NASCAR Brent Simmons City Football Group Brooke Steinberg Excel Sports Management 🗨 What has been the most satisfying part of your experience? 💬 "The most satisfying part of this internship has been connecting and getting to know the people here at cast iron while collaborating and helping them out on assignments. Every time that I worked with someone, we had some sort of conversation before or during where we got to know each other. Even though this is a smaller thing, everyone showed that they truly cared to make sure I felt welcomed and people were always open to giving advice & answering questions. I also really enjoyed working with Hannah on assignments and getting to be creative as we approached each assignment. The last thing I would say is that it was awesome to eat lunch with a few other people in my last week and I feel like I was able to build stronger connections there." 🗨 What was your favorite project/assignments? 💬 "Some of my favorite assignments were helping marketing with their one-sheets and coming up with creative blurbs to capture the attention of brands and encourage them to advertise through Cast Iron. My final assignment was conducting research and helping put together a deck on how we could use Gemini AI. Overall, I look forward to seeing the results!" 💜 Thank you to the Cast Iron Media team for your continued support! Trent Staley Dianna Delaney Ashley Shea Evan Keefe Phil Ottaviano Tim Stich Todd Rosenbluth Caroline Heyman Kaitlyn Bruce 💫 Best wishes to Benjamin as he returns to Emory University - Goizueta Business School + excited to see all you accomplish next!

🌟 We are excited to have helped over 2500 SBC students identify careers they are passionate about in the sports industry throughout our 'Staring 5' years of service. 🗣️ Listen to one of our alumni, Mico Quijano, talk about his SBC journey, his current job, and why he supports our organization. 🙌 Consider donating to our Starting 5 campaign to create opportunities for underrepresented students to build careers in the sports industry, as Mico has. ❤️ Donate Here: https://bit.ly/SBCFIVE

🔔 2024 CLT FELLOWSHIP UDPATE 🔔 As part of the Fellowship Program, the entire cohort participates in weekly site visits with each partner organization where they learn directly from the industry professionals on their career path and gain advice on how to navigate a career path and gain on how to navigate a career in sports. 📍 Our final site visit of the summer was with Charlotte Sports Foundation 💜Thank you to the Charlotte Sports Foundation team for virtually hosting our fellows + supporting our mission. Kaleah Rodgers, Miller Yoho, Will Pitts, Will Lawson, Hannah Butler, Angela Davis, Owen Godfrey, Sydney Jordan, Kennedy Mack, Connor Kochera, Jimmy Webber Jr., Will DeLorenzo, Danny Morrison Jayden Law is the Charlotte Sports Foundation Fellow this summer, working in Community Event Planning! 💡 Hear from our Fellow, Aly McNair on how this experience impacted her: Aly: "I heard a wonderful price of advice today, and it was “You’re running your own marathon, not somebody else’s” and that speaks volumes for so many reason. Nowadays, it is almost effortless to get caught up in comparison with others, but it’s important to know that your path is YOUR path for a reason. This industry is non-linear in every individual’s path, and this just show you how much so! Stay true to to you and your plan, and do not worry what others are doing in front of you or beside you. Where you are right now is exactly where you need to be." ✨ Stay tuned for more updates and highlights of our partner organizations!

🎉2024 CAREER EXPLORATION CAMP - #NYC24 🎉 Last week high school students in New York City completed our fourth Career Exploration Camp of the summer! DAY 3️⃣ Students started the day with a tour and panel at the National Football League (NFL)! 🏈 Special thanks to Kristina Hart and Trinity Monteiro for hosting us at their wonderful office! After lunch, students headed to Underdog Sports Ventures! Students had lunch with team members of Underdog and learned about their career paths! Following lunch students listened to a panel discussion and completed a professional development workshop! Thank you to every member of the underdog venture team for your hospitality and for sharing career insights with students! 💜 To support more programs like this, consider donating to our starting 5 campaign: https://bit.ly/SBCFIVE

🎉2024 CAREER EXPLORATION CAMP - #NYC24 🎉 Last week high school students in New York City completed our fourth Career Exploration Camp of the summer! DAY 2️⃣ Students started the day with a tour, panel, and interactive workshop at Fanatics! 🏅 Special thanks to Christina Upchurch for hosting us at your wonderful office! After lunch, students headed to Morgan Stanley to learn about financial literacy! Students toured the office and completed a resume workshop with members of the Prodigy Search team! 🏦 Thank you to the Morgan Stanley team members - Stephen Elmore, Bryson Williams, Ahkiel White, Angela Valvano, CFP®, and Elijah St.Hilaire! Shoutout to BOD member Vanessa Taveras and members of the Prodigy Search team - Kevin Carmichael and Tyler Everhart! 💜 To support more programs like this, consider donating to our starting 5 campaign: https://bit.ly/SBCFIVE

🔔 2024 CLT FELLOWSHIP UDPATE 🔔 As part of the Fellowship Program, the entire cohort participates in weekly site visits with each partner organization where they learn directly from the industry professionals on their career path and gain advice on how to navigate a career path and gain on how to navigate a career in sports. 📍 This weeks' site visit was with Elevate 💜Thank you to the Elevate team for hosting our fellows + supporting our mission. Vica Bondurant, Jordan Galligan, Jimmy Bruns, Taylor France, Greg Petorak, Samantha Baier, Cole Koeniguer, Tony Swegle, Cameron Labbato Gavin Broome is the Elevate Fellow this summer, working hand in hand with their Brand and Partnerships departments! 💡 Hear from our Fellows, Chloe Castain and Kayla Hoch, on how this experience impacted them: Chloe: "We had an amazing time at Elevate! Everyone was personable, excited to share their experience, and all wanted to help us succeed in our careers. My main takeaway from Elevate is the importance of working as a team, and uplifting those around you. ‘Our people are our superpower’ and it’s so important to lean on and trust your team to deliver the best product or service possible. Additionally, research is respect! Knowing your interviewer and the company you are interviewing with is incredibly important, and shows that you care and are willing to go that extra step to help you stand out." Kayla: "I really enjoyed the panel and them talking about the different routes we can take within sports business, not everyone has to be a sports business major or go to grad school to be a part of sports. It gave me a lot of reassurance that even though I did not major in sports, I am still in the right place, I also really enjoyed them telling us to learn how to have a positive attitude even when things aren’t going your way, and to keep pushing through." ✨ Stay tuned for more updates and highlights of our partner organizations!