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Basketball Analytics Summer Intern, Los Angeles Lakers, El Segundo, CA

Posted March 5, 2020

Position Summary

The Summer Intern, Basketball Analytics is a paid hourly position that will support the Basketball Analytics team by taking on a variety of responsibilities, including modeling basketball situations, researching team strategy, and streamlining existing or new processes. The Intern will engage in multiple individually-owned projects to be delivered to stakeholders at the conclusion of their term.


Who We Are

The Basketball Analytics team supports the Los Angeles Lakers’ Basketball Operations department by creating tools, curating research, and performing predictive modeling. We are a nimble, sharp, and interpersonal team focused on the big picture. More than computer folks, we enjoy our work and remember to smell the roses.

 

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Enthusiastically perform any task asked of them, which may include code review, data cleaning, presentation formatting, or data sourcing

  • Assist Basketball Analytics team in providing data-oriented solutions to the appropriate stakeholders

  • Manipulate and leverage large data sets to enable statistical analyses of the data. Source, process, and visualize new datasets that may aid in potential evaluation or prediction of teams or players

  • Create efficient, interpretable, automated tools to aid in communicating data results and visualizations


Education

  • Current university undergraduate or graduate student with proficiency in Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (note: no specific major requirement)

Technical Qualifications

  • Proficiency with a multipurpose language (e.g. Python, R)

  • Proficiency with basic statistical techniques (e.g. clustering, regression modeling, decision trees) and knowledge of associated performance characteristics

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

  • Experience with technologies and tools to clearly and aesthetically deliver insights (e.g. Tableau, RMarkdown)

  • Experience with building mobile or web apps a plus

  • Familiarity with relational database architecture and technologies (e.g. SQL Server) a plus


Other Qualifications

  • Adaptable, eager to learn technical, communication, and presentation skills

  • Ability to communicate complex results, statistical or otherwise, to non-technical stakeholders

  • Attention to both quantitative and aesthetic details

  • Ability to work in the US

  • Passion for basketball


Perks

  • Onsite gym

  • Free coffee, tea, and snacks

  • Fun, intelligent, conscientious colleagues


Location: El Segundo (office M‐F), and other occasional off‐site events

 

Travel: Less than 5% of the time


Hours: Full-time. Must be available to work evenings, weekends and holidays

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