Summer 2025 Associate, Football

Excel Sports Management is an industry-leading sports agency representing top-tier talent, blue-chip brands and marquee properties. Our success is rooted in our people, our high character reputation and our commitment to creating a diverse and welcoming workplace. We focus on team chemistry, collaboration, strong relationships, valuable networks, and ambitious ideas to deliver innovative solutions that keep our clients and agency ahead of the curve.

Excel Sports Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

Our Associate program is a paid opportunity that allows participants to contribute to the organization’s success while applying learning from the classroom. This semester will be fully in-person. Associates are responsible for their individual transportation and housing needs.  

Associate Expectations: 

Associates are expected to work 24-29.9 hours per week during the session. While assigned to a specific division, they will have opportunities to learn about other areas within Excel through lunch and learns held throughout the semester.  

Important Dates:   

Our Summer Program runs from Monday, June 2^nd, 2025 through Friday, August 22^nd, 2025

Office Hours:   

• 8:00 am‐5:00 PM PST, Monday-Friday OR as agreed upon with advisor.  Days in office must be coordinated with Advisor’s schedules. 

 Our Associates must:  

• Be available to work under 30 hours per week.
• Be available to report to Irvine office approximately 3-days a week.
• Have a senior standing in college (must have completed your junior year of undergrad).

OR 

• Be enrolled in graduate school

OR

• Have a Bachelor’s or Postgraduate degree

Interview Process:   

• Applications will close on April 25^th, 2025
• If selected, the expectation is that offers will be extended end of April/early May.
• The program will begin on June 2^nd, 2025.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support the day-to-day management of Excel Sports Management (ESM) Football clients
• Build and maintain positive client relationships that result in enhanced partnerships and increased ESM opportunities
• Support the development of creative platforms and new consumer engagement activations across current and future client sponsorship opportunities
• Plan and support client status calls which include scheduling, preparing agendas, and creating/maintaining status documents
• Support the Excel Football Team by providing on-going client updates
• Support teammates across the group to ensure flawless client-service and a second-to-none agency experience
• Lead preparation for weekly internal calls by developing an agenda
• Provide weekly internal activity reports to the Football Team

• Support during the NFL Combine training period with client servicing, including managing daily and monthly schedules for the draft class and agents

The pay for this position is $16.50 per hour. Please note that the foregoing compensation information is a good-faith assessment associated with this position only and is provided pursuant to the California and New York City Salary Transparency Law. 

This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Excel Sports Management provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, leaves of absence, compensation and training.