Community Outreach & Athlete Relations Intern

Next Lap is building the digital home for endurance sports - connecting athletes, events, and communities. We’re a fast-moving startup using tech to help recreational athletes track, share, and celebrate their journeys.

About the Role

As our Athlete Outreach & Community Activation Intern, you will play a key role in discovering everyday athletes, sports creators, clubs, and local communities online - and welcoming them into the Next Lap ecosystem. You’ll start conversations, organise interviews, collect stories, and help bring their voices into our features, challenges, and collaborations. At its core, this role is about people and purpose : helping everyday athletes with passion and presence feel seen, supported, and part of something meaningful.

It’s also a chance for you to build genuine relationships across the sports world and gain hands-on experience that actually gets published and noticed.

Requirements / Skills

• People & Communication : Comfortable starting conversations, building rapport, and engaging with athletes, clubs, and sports groups online.
• Sports Passion : Interest in endurance sports, active lifestyles, or fitness communities.
• Community Outreach : Confident reaching out to athletes on platforms like Instagram and coordinating interviews or follow-ups.
• Digital Coordination : Able to collect photos, stories, and permissions in an organised, reliable way; familiarity with tools like Jasper is a plus (for internal workflows).
• Adaptability : Comfortable switching between outreach, conversations, interview scheduling, and community activation activities.
• Self-Starter : Takes initiative, manages multiple outreach threads independently, and keeps conversations warm without needing reminders.

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