Intern - Rights

Why Join DAZN?

At DAZN, we’re transforming the way fans experience sport. With rights to some of the world’s most exciting competitions, from Serie A and UEFA Champions League to NFL, volleyball, and combat sports, we bring fans closer to the action than ever before. Joining us as a Rights Intern in Milan means stepping into the fast-paced world of sports rights management, where every detail contributes to the fan experience. You’ll be part of a global team, learning how commercial rights are acquired, managed, and maximised across platforms. This is more than just an internship: it’s a chance to gain first-hand experience in the business of sport, develop core skills in commercial and stakeholder management, and build a career foundation within one of the most innovative companies in the sports media industry.

The Role

As a Rights Intern, you’ll play an essential supporting role in DAZN’s Rights team, helping to coordinate relationships with clubs, leagues, and key partners while also ensuring rights are fully activated and exploited across our platforms. You’ll act as a bridge between rights holders and DAZN stakeholders, ensuring smooth communication and delivery of commitments, while also helping to manage renewals and assist with new acquisitions. Working closely with colleagues in Italy and internationally, you’ll gain exposure to all aspects of rights management, from daily operations to long-term strategy. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about sport, commercially curious, and eager to learn within a dynamic, global environment.

Department

89-383 - Rights Management - Commercial (Rights)

Employment Type

Fixed Term Contract

Location

Italy - Milan - Piazza República

Workplace type

Hybrid

What You'll Be Doing:

• Liaise externally with clubs, leagues, and rights holders to coordinate activities, provide updates, and share insights.
• Act as an internal point of contact for rights-related queries and issues.
• Support the local rights team with planning, briefing, and facilitating relationships between rights holders and internal departments.
• Ensure the correct exploitation of live and non-live content, helping to maximise audience reach and exposure.
• Assist with managing renewals of existing agreements and contribute to acquiring new rights on competitive terms.
• Provide support to the international rights team with queries and ad hoc projects.

What You'll Bring:

• Academic background in Business, Law, Economics, or Sport Management.
• A strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highly organised with attention to detail and strong commercial awareness.
• Ability to prioritise tasks, work under pressure, and meet deadlines.
• A genuine interest in sports, especially football, volleyball, NFL, and combat sports.
• Business fluency in Italian and English.

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, lunch vouchers, free coffee and snacks, family friendly community, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind),  learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working and access to our internal speaker series and events.

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. 

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. 

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.