Intern | Sport Communications | London

About us

Hanover is an awardwinning communications consultancy that advises enterprises institutions and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation.

From our offices across Europe and the Middle East we adopt an integrated approach that connects the dots across channels audiences and issues.

Our collective of smart curious people think differently and live by a shared mission purpose vision and values. These shape how we work not just with our colleagues but with clients and partners too.

Our mission is to rewire communications for impact and harness its transformative power to advocate trailblaze and make a difference.

We do this by igniting and empowering the potential of every individual within our company recognising that each person is a unique spark capable of creating extraordinary impact. We believe that by nurturing and harnessing the collective brilliance of our people we can drive innovation foster an uncommon work culture and make a positive difference to society.

Embracing the complete range of skills and services across the communications spectrum without constraint we create the best outcomes for our clients and deliver worldclass work.

Hanover Sport has run a very successful intern programme over the last four years which has seen previous candidates now in senior positions on some of our most highprofile accounts.

Hanover Sport

Our industry leading communications team believe that sport is at the centre of the universe driving entertainment culture purchasing policy community engagement tourism and of course participation.

However the business of sport is complex thats why our team combines experts in the fields of strategic communications brand storytelling sponsorship activation international affairs and media and political engagement so that we can help organisations use the platform of sport to achieve their goals.

Purpose

To support the team with day to day execution of client campaigns including media relations social media content creation creative ideation and events.

The role will include working across a diverse range of sports brands including the likes of WSL Football Chicago Bears community projects and Legends Team Cup.

As part of the role you will receive training and support from the media content and client experts in the team and you will be given experience meeting media and clients.

Personal Attributes:

Finger on the pulse for trends and passionate interest in sport and lifestyle

Confident communicator within large groups

Proactive committed enthusiastic and energetic

Excellent writing skills

A passion for brands marketing and media

A good understanding of the UK media landscape

Instinctive understanding of digital and social media

Highly organised with great attention to detail

Adept at building relationships with external and internal stakeholders

Primary Responsibilities:

Clients

Compiling lists of relevant media for specific client campaigns

Liaising with the media to gain positive coverage

Drafting high quality press releases and relevant media materials

Attending internal account meetings and drafting action notes

Monitoring campaign outcomes and compiling client reports

Supporting social and digital client campaigns

Organising logistics for client events and creative initiatives

Attending and supporting on experiential events

Liaising with talent and developing their profile to a broader range of media beyond sport

New Business

Carrying out research to provide insights for client and new business briefs

Tracking sport cultural media and industry trends to inform the team

Administrative support for the team and new client accounts

The internship is full time MonFri for 12 weeks (with potential to extend) and paid at a competitive rate. The team are looking for someone available to start as soon as will be a part of our hybrid working policy with 3 days spent at our Bankside offices (Riverside House 2A Southwark Bridge Road SE1 9HA).

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Statement

Hanover Communications is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating and ensuring a fair inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We believe that equality and diversity are essential to high performance and a thriving culture.

We maintain a strict notolerance stance against any form of discrimination and harassment ensuring all individuals are treated equitably irrespective of their race ethnicity religion beliefs age sex gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin disability marital or pregnancy status genetic background or any other attribute safeguarded under our company policies or federal state or local laws and legislation.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process please send an email to with the nature of your request.

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Hanover is part of AVENIR GLOBALs powerhouse of specialist communications consultancies across EMEA and North America. Collectively we rank among the top 15 largest communication firms in the world.

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