Communications/ CSR Intern

Job Summary

Position Overview

• The NBA Team, is looking for a college junior, senior or graduate student to serve as the Communications/CSR intern for the Public Relations department.
• Intern will rotate throughout the department in the areas of media projects, public relation game day duties, CSR initiatives and miscellaneous job duties. 
• This is a non-paid internship, a stipend is provided for transportation, food and parking expenses.
• You will need to able to work 20-40 hours per week.
• You are required to receive academic credit. 
• Hours will include most arena events, throughout the semester that may occur on evenings and/or weekends, including Arena Events and games. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Attend all home games and assist with game day media relations.
• Maintain and manage media lists.
• Assist with creating and development of 2018-19 media credentials.
• Assist with research, writing and editing of media releases as necessary.
• Distribute public relations material to staff and fans as requested.
• Assist with planning, implementation and staffing of media, special and charitable events, including, press conferences, interviews and marketing.
• Manage media clips and generate media value reports.
• Respond to media inquiries.
• Oversee digital platforms on game days and post in collaboration with the marketing department.
• Help coordinate grass roots marketing plans in the community
• Assist in planning, facilitating and execution of CSR/community events.
• Assist in fulfillment of community donation requests

Required Skills, Experience, and Abilities

• You must receive college credit.
• Pursuing of a sports management, communications, or public relations degree.
• Strong ability to manage time and prioritize tasks when given clearly defined goals and objectives
• Should have excellent communication and writing skills.
• Previous experience in a college sports information office, school newspaper, internship with a sports team or campus athletic department is preferred.
• Candidate should have experience with sports writing, research, feature writing and transcription.
• The candidate should be proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Must maintain a very professional relationship around players and coaches.