TMS Rights Activation Intern

Department: Television & Marketing Services
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Contract Type: Internship (12 months)
Activity Level: 100%

The International Olympic Committee is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement.

A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees, the International Federations, Organising Committees for the Olympic Games, the Worldwide Olympic Partners and Olympic broadcast partners. It also collaborates with public and private authorities including the United Nations and other international organisations.

This internship provides an excellent opportunity for a young university graduate/HES or equivalent to acquire experience in the area of rights activation in a large international sports organisation.

About the role:

As the Rights Activation Intern you will be supporting the Rights Activation Team and Rule 40 Approvals. You will also be helping with Rights Activation activities and processes as agreed with Senior Manager, Rights Activation.

Your responsibilities:

Provides assistance and knowledge and helps the Rights Activation Team with:

• Rule 40 approvals support

• Support the RA Team on approvals and servicing

• Support the RA Team on its Sharepoint sites

• Support the RA Team on Milano-Cortina 2026 preparations

• Support the RA Team on platform development activities

• Other projects as they relate to Rights Activation and/or TMS

Generally, lends assistance to colleagues when priorities and emergencies dictate.

Our requirements

• University qualification, first work experience a plus.

• Capacity to create visually appealing presentations

• Familiarity with teamwork, in terms of both managing the flow of files and communicating with colleagues.

• Knowledge of the world of sport.

• Complete familiarity with IT software, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

• Fluent in English.

• Ability to anticipate problems and propose solutions.

• Autonomy, sense of organisation and priorities.

• Good ability to manage stressful situations and handle the unexpected.

• Accuracy, speed and reliability when executing tasks.

• Ability to communicate and deal with people on a daily basis.

• Diplomacy, tact and discretion.

• Keen sense of confidentiality.

• Very good oral and written expression.

• Ability to help generating a working atmosphere where team spirit contributes to improving performances.

• Curiosity with a keen sense of responsibility for all tasks

• Adaptable with regards to working hours and flexibility.

• Excellent command of corporate tools and follows the internal usage rules (OneDrive, Outlook, etc.).

Behaviour and Attitude

• Respect the Olympic values andthe internal rules of conduct and all instructions and procedures in place (i.e. Information Security, Code of Ethics, etc).

• Align with IOC Television and Marketing Services Culture: think business, demonstrate a collaborative approach, be proactive, strive for excellence, celebrate diversity and act with integrity.

• Diligence and discretion combined with solid professional ethics.

• Collaboration and transfer of knowledge.

• Positive attitude, open-mindedness.

• Possessing agility and flexibility while maintaining focus on core issues.

• Enthusiasm, reactivity and efficiency.

• Independent and proactive with a can-do attitude, yet able to work closely with different teams and manage multiple stakeholders.

• Results-oriented and personal commitment to setting and achieving lofty goals.

• Ability to adapt, react, and efficiently deliver in an environment in constant evolution.

• Diligence and discretion combined with solid professional ethics.

Come and join an organisation where the spirit of inclusion, gender equality and diversity is a top priority and which focuses on what unites us – a passion for sport and its values. Work in a flexible and rewarding environment which offers competitive employee benefits and numerous incentives to live a sustainable, healthy and active life. By joining us, you become part of the Olympic Movement and help to build a better world through sport. You will have the opportunity to work with people of more than 70 nationalities.