Fan engagement internship

Salary: £380 per week

Closing date: 31st May 2022 at midnight

Duration: up to 3 months depending on your availability

Start date: July 2022

If using your strong writing skills to communicate with other motorsport fans sounds like a dream internship, don't miss this role with McLaren Racing. 

Working closely with the CRM (customer relationship management) Team, the internship includes hands-on execution of helping to engage McLaren’s fanbase by responding to fan enquiries and providing admin support to the CEO Office.

What you'll be doing

Fan mail (50%)

• Replying to all fan mail enquiries and charitable requests
• Coordinating the distribution of McLaren Driver Cards
• Recording and measuring fan mail volumes
• Maintaining McLaren’s tone of voice across all print and digital fan communications
• Identifying opportunities to incorporate fan mail into digital content
• Communicating directly with the McLaren fanbase

McLaren Plus programme (40%)

• Contacting McLaren competition winners and distributing prizes

• Coordinating signing sessions with McLaren F1 Drivers and team personnel

• Work closely with Brand Experience colleagues to coordinate physical and virtual fan events

CEO office

• Providing general administrative support to the CEO office

Knowledge, skills, experience

• Proofreading and copywriting experience

• Excellent communication skills and confident in contributing ideas

• Experience of working in a collaborative environment

• Experience of coordinating small scale events

• Impeccable attention to detail

• Highly organised and confident to manage your own workload

• A keen interest in working within the sports industry

• Ability to work autonomously

• Ability to work in a high-pressure environment against tight deadlines

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment; must be a team player

• Demonstrate the drive and ambition to contribute further growth of McLaren’s fan engagement activity

To apply

• Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity
• Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)
• Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully
• Do not contact the company directly
• Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk

This opportunity is only open to individuals from a group that is under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled people, and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.