Imagine amateur football finally had the platform it deserves.
Every weekend, millions of people write their own personal football stories – on pitches, in clubs and on the sidelines. We believe this passion deserves a digital home too. That's exactly what we're building every single day.
Internship HR (Recruiting, People & Culture) (All Genders)
Köln
Full-time
Intern / Student
Hey!
Main information
- Start: As soon as possible
- Location: Cologne
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Team: People & Culture
Is this a match?
The key basics – so we both know if it's a good fit.
- Location: You're excited to work from our office in Cologne (Belgian Quarter) and can be on-site at least 3 days per week.
- Your Background: You're currently studying or have recently completed a degree in Business Psychology, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a comparable field.
- Languages: You speak fluent German and have very good English skills.
- Startup Mindset: You'd rather take ownership and actively shape things than simply work through a to-do list – even if that means tackling challenges without a ready-made roadmap.
Your Internship at PREMATCH
Here's how your internship is structured and how you'll gradually take on more responsibility.
- Who it's for & Duration:
- Bachelor students or recent graduates (6–12 months)
- Master students or recent graduates (6–11 months)
- Your goal: Get to know the role, gain hands-on experience, and understand what it's like to work in a startup.
- Your responsibility: Support our day-to-day People & Culture work while gradually taking ownership of your own tasks and small projects.
Your playing field
Here's why this role is so important to our mission.
- From day one, you'll be right in the middle of it all. You'll work across all areas of People & Culture, bring in your own ideas, and gradually take ownership of your own responsibilities.
- From attracting top talent and supporting onboarding to organizing team events and contributing to exciting HR projects, you'll gain hands-on experience across the full People & Culture spectrum.
- Together with me, Lisa, you'll actively shape our recruiting and People processes and see the direct impact of your work.
- Your goal: Help us attract the best talent for PREMATCH and build a company culture where everyone feels welcome and empowered.
How you'll make a difference
Here's how you'll make an impact every day.
- Recruiting: You'll create job postings, screen applications, coordinate interviews, conduct your own interviews, and support our recruiting process from start to finish.
- Active Sourcing: You identify and connect with great talent where they are, proactively reach out to them, and get them excited about joining Prematch. With your eye for potential and people, you continuously build and nurture our talent pipeline.
- Candidate Experience: You'll help create an outstanding experience for every candidate throughout the entire hiring process.
- Team Events & Offsites: You'll help plan and organize our team events in Cologne as well as our multi-day company offsites.
- HR Projects: You'll contribute to exciting People & Culture projects and help us continuously improve our processes.
- Employer Branding: You'll support us in making PREMATCH an even more attractive and visible employer.
- HR Operations: You'll support our day-to-day People operations and take on a variety of administrative HR tasks.
What you bring to the table
We're not looking for the perfect CV. But you should see yourself in these qualities.
- Motivation & Initiative: You're eager to take ownership, bring in your ideas, and get things done.
- Organization & Communication: You work in a structured way, stay organized, and enjoy connecting with people.
- Curiosity & Willingness to Learn: You're excited to explore the full spectrum of People & Culture and continuously develop your skills.
- Hands-on Mentality: No two days are the same – and that's exactly what you enjoy.
Bonus
Not a must – but definitely a plus.
- You've already gained some initial experience in People & Culture, Recruiting, or HR - for example through an internship or a working student position.
Benefits
We want you to not only enjoy joining PREMATCH, but also love being part of our team for the long term. There's more behind every benefit – just expand the sections below to discover it.
- Be part of it from the start - Shape how Prematch grows and transforms amateur football.
- Paid internship - gain experience and get fair compensation.
- Three cool offices in Cologne, Berlin, and London - true startup vibes to work and grow together. Want to visit another office? We support that too!
- Remote work - You spend 3 days a week in the office and can work the rest remotely (home office at the start and end of the week is quite popular).
- Remote, even from afar - Whether it’s a week of sunshine abroad or a few days with family — we allow flexible work from outside your usual location.
- Team spirit - whether in the office or at home, we use cool tools and a virtual office to keep the team tightly connected.
- Modern IT equipment - We provide the tools and devices you need to be productive.
- 27 vacation days per year - For your rest and to recharge. Plus special arrangements if you’re a parent, so you can better balance family and relaxation.
- Team events at our locations - Whether after work in Cologne, Berlin, or London: we regularly bring teams together to connect and grow stronger.
- Offsites with the whole team - Four days out of the daily grind with the entire team: trips, brainstorming, onsite collaboration, and real team spirit.
Still here? Sounds like a pretty good match.
- Click on ‘Apply now’ – it’ll only take 2 minutes.
- All we need is your CV. You can tell us the rest in our simple, short application form.
- Don’t meet all the requirements? If you think you’re still a good fit – just apply
