The Athletic

Student

• Attend daily meetings with Daily Desk editors
• Edit stories filed by different sports verticals, asking questions of reporters and vertical editors as necessary
• Generate story ideas based on the news during the reporting portion
• Work writing shifts focused on breaking news and react quickly when news happens, as both a reporter and editor
• Gain experience in editing and reporting/writing through six-week rotations
• Connect with editors and reporters beyond the Daily Desk
• Get involved in coverage of all sports and establish relationships throughout The Athletic
• Work nights and weekends as expected

Student Intern, Summer 2027

General

• Work on projects with a specific vertical in collaboration with the Sports Business desk
• Conduct interviews with subject-matter experts and newsmakers
• Create first-person explainer videos on sports-business topics
• Help curate and create the weekly MoneyCall Sports Business newsletter
• Work on projects involving the video team and data team
• Participate in selective day-to-day reporting and writing opportunities as news arises
• Receive hands-on editing from the hiring manager and others
• Conduct daily industry research to spot potential stories and develop story-pitching and honing skills
• Attend 1:1 meetings with reporters and editors focused on Sports Business reporting

Sports Business Intern, Summer 2027

iOS Engineer

• Own key aspects of the native iOS application
• Contribute to core features and architecture
• Build beautiful, polished user experiences
• Architect elegant, maintainable code
• Keep up-to-date with best practices and bleeding-edge Apple features
• Work with Design and Product teams to build UI that is beautiful, performant, and well-engineered
• Architect and build the app for performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality
• Write unit and functional tests
• Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues
• Brainstorm product ideas and improvements with Design and Product teams
• Refactor existing code to improve quality of life for other engineers
• Work within a highly cross-functional team and suggest process improvements

Senior iOS Engineer

• Own key aspects of the native iOS application
• Contribute to core features and architecture
• Build beautiful, polished user experiences
• Architect elegant, maintainable code
• Keep up-to-date with best practices and bleeding-edge Apple features
• Work with Design and Product teams to build UI that is beautiful, performant, and well-engineered
• Architect and build the app for performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality
• Write unit and functional tests
• Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues
• Brainstorm product ideas and improvements with design and product teams
• Refactor existing code to improve quality of life for other engineers
• Work within a highly cross-functional team and suggest process improvements