About the Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional football team and a member of the National Football Leagues AFC South Division. The Jaguars are one of the NFLs youngest franchises playing their first regular season home game on Sept. 3 1995 in Jacksonville Fla. and have since won four division titles. The Jaguars are owned by Shahid Khan a visionary leader whose businesses include Flex-N-Gate Fulham Football Club All Elite Wrestling Bold Events and Iguana Investments. Since 2012 Mr. Khan has had a positive impact on the Northeast Florida community through his investment in the team capital improvements to EverBank Stadium and the creation of Dailys Place which hosts upwards of 40 concerts a year. Through the Jaguars Foundation the Khan Family has donated more than $38 million to many worthy causes including in three key areas of focus: neighborhood revitalization youth development and NFL-league-wide initiatives.
The Jaguars and Iguana Investments opened the Miller Electric Center a state-of-the-art sports performance center and home to Jaguars football operations in 2023. Over the next several years the Jaguars and Iguana Investments will complete Phase 1 of the Jacksonville Shipyards a revitalization of the St. Johns Riverfront which will include a Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences an office building inclusive of the Jaguars front office headquarters and a modernized marina and support building as well as begin additional projects to transform the area around the stadium into a year-round mixed-use sports and entertainment district.
In 2024 the Jaguars and the City of Jacksonville announced plans to move forward with a reimagined Stadium of the Future securing Jaguars football in Jacksonville for generations to come and a continuation of annual traditions of the Florida-Georgia Football Classic and TaxSlayer Gator Bowl while also opening opportunities for future Super Bowls Final Four tournaments college football playoffs marquee concerts and more. The Stadium of the Future features a protective canopy wider concourses new communal spaces scenic lookout decks immersive in-bowl technology new seating types and a public Floridian nature park.
Summary
The Jacksonville Jaguars are committed to developing talent and interest in professional sports. A shadow opportunity at the Jaguars will provide you a meaningful educational experience designed to give you a chance to explore your career interests learn the ropes of the sports and entertainment industry and network.
Management and staff will teach and encourage but its up to you to bring an enthusiasm to learn and cast vision for your future. Through this program you will hopefully identify career fields you enjoy and thus serve as a guide as you pursue higher education.
Learnings
- What the day-to-day activities of a professional sports team looks like as well as what various career fields and paths exist.
- Observe events meetings and communications of the mentor(s) you are shadowing.
Shadowship Qualifications
Required
- While open to all university students this opportunity aims to celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Additionally this opportunity will prioritize impacting students in our local community (to the Jaguars Northeast Florida Market).
- Enrolled in university.
- All Interest must be submitted through TeamWork Online.
- Be available to be onsite for the full duration of the shadowing term June 1 - 5 2026.
Preferred
- Have a dream or goal to one day work within the world of sports and entertainment.
Other Details
- Term: June 1 - 5 2026
- This posting closes on February 27 2026.
- Shadowships are not paid positions of the Jaguars. Duties will not be performed nor assigned. Shadowing is a time for students to observe learn and better identify their ideal career path.
- Chosen shadows are responsible for accommodation such as housing and transportation.
- Those identified to enter the process of selection will be invited to do so via email in March and April.
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Applications are being accepted online only. Please do not call to apply for this opportunity. Please provide complete information. An incomplete application may affect your consideration for this opportunity. The Jacksonville Jaguars are committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant on the basis of race color religion creed national origin ancestry sex age disability veteran status genetic information or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal state or local laws rules or legal requirements.
By submitting this application you understand that you may be subject to a pre-employment drug test. You certify that the information in your application is true correct and complete. You authorize the Jaguars and its representatives to contact your prior and current employer and other references and all others for purposes of confirmation of the information you have provided. You understand your application is subject to among other things your eligibility to work in the United States.
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