Intern - Digital Athletics Archive

Named one of Sports Business Journal's Best Places to Work in Sports (2024/2025), Athletes Unlimited owns and operates professional women’s sports leagues featuring world-class competition and fan experience. 

This summer, Athletes Unlimited invites rising college seniors to become a part of an exciting softball season! As the Athletes Unlimited Softball League debuts our city-based model this year, you’ll work alongside our team to support the success of this inaugural season. Our five-week internship program is designed to enrich your professional toolkit through hands-on projects and workshops, with the goal of providing the skills and confidence to build your career in this industry.

During your time with us, you will:

• Gain Real-World Experience: Work on live projects that will directly impact AU’s overall goals under the mentorship of an AU employee
• Engage with Senior Leaders: Get direct access to and insights from the executives shaping the future of our leagues
• Develop Professionally: Develop and refine your skill set through project based work and professional workshops, culminating in a capstone project and presentation

Project Dates: June 29, 2026 - July 31, 2026

Expected Hours: 25/wk

Department Overview 

The Technology department at Athletes Unlimited ensures our team stays seamlessly connected and secure in a fully remote environment year-round. We provide technical support to ensure our operations run flawlessly during live game days, while simultaneously partnering with departments to design custom automation and AI workflows. Whether we are troubleshooting in the heat of the season or building intelligent systems to streamline our internal operations, our mission is to provide a reliable, innovative digital workspace that operates seamlessly behind the scenes.

Project Overview

Modernize and optimize footage for around 10-12 AUSL games per week by integrating structured play-by-play data into YouTube. The goal is to transform "passive video" into "searchable data" that Google Gemini and YouTube’s discovery algorithms can index and cite. 

Key Responsibilities

• Metadata Retrofitting: Audit this year’s game footage. Extract play-by-play data (from our API) and integrate it into YouTube descriptions using Video Chapters.
• Accessibility Enhancement: Convert game logs into .srt (SubRip) caption files and upload them to ensure all on-field action is searchable via transcript indexing.
• Structured Summarization: Write concise, SEO-driven game summaries for every video, prioritizing the "Lead" paragraph for AI scraping.
• Thumbnail/UI Optimization: Ensure consistent naming conventions across the archive to improve "Entity Linking" (connecting players to their stats across different years).

Learning Outcomes

• Multimedia Processing: Gain hands-on experience in media conversion workflows, specifically mastering the technical process of turning game logs into industry-standard .srt (SubRip) caption files.
• Database Management: Learn how to structure and organize digital assets within an archive to ensure high discoverability and long-term data integrity.
• Accessibility Standards: Understand the importance of searchable transcripts and closed captioning in making sports media accessible to diverse audiences

• Rising college senior pursuing a degree in IT, Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI, or a related field
• Ability to work with APIs to extract play-by-play data and integrate it into platforms like YouTube
• Understanding of how to audit historical footage and use Video Chapters for metadata retrofitting
• Knowledge of converting game logs into .srt (SubRip) caption files to ensure searchable transcripts
• Ability to write concise, SEO-driven summaries and lead paragraphs optimized for AI scraping
• Legal authorization to work in the United States

The rate for this position is $20/hr.

Our DEI Statement

As a company, we share a vision to change the world for the better and believe in the power of sports to tear down barriers. We will Be Unlimited in our pursuit to intentionally create an environment where every individual can be their authentic self.

Athletes Unlimited is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its hiring process based on race, religion, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy status, parental status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.