Corporate Partnerships Marketing Intern

  Professional Soccer Club
  Southeast Region
  Sports Internship
  Posted/Updated: 11/25/20

Job Summary

Position Summary: This internship will assist with the corporate activities of the Club, including but not limited to, assisting with corporate events, gameday, in-office support such as lead generation for new partners, learning about asset tracking and inventory, how to understand and fulfill partnership contract fulfilment and execution among others.

We seek someone who thrives in a fast paced environment with great organization skills, an unequalled willingness to learn by doing and the ability to be an innovative problem solver. The intern will be required to do an end of year project in sales or activation that aligns with the candidate interests and experience.

 
 
Essential Duties & Responsibilities, Remote Work:

  • Review and comprehend Corporate Partnership contracts, analyze fulfillment needs and strategy 

  • Support  Activation Account Management team with contractual partner needs and communication 

  • Responsible for tracking all partner assets, managing digital inventory and tracking performance 

  • Collaborate with various internal departments and external vendors to implement in-office/onsite events, planning, execution and recapping presentations

  • Learn about internal and league initiatives by developing and creating a weekly newsletter reporting on all National, Local and Partner activation events as well as other league initiatives. 

  • Understand the Corporate Sales strategies of deal structures, deal sizing, proposals, premium suite sales, deal fulfillment, rate card and more

  • Perform other related duties as assigned

 
Gameday & Event On Site Responsibilities :

  • Support with gameday activities by preparing gameday assets such as; LED, gate giveaways, and Fan Zone partner activations among others

  • Participate and learn to lead the Fan Zone pre game shift meeting and game day responsibilities

  • Learn to manage and organize corporate partnership gameday inventory 

  • Professionally liaise between player(s) and partner during off-site player appearances and other corporate events

  • Develop plans to host youth clinics and camps at different locations, review assets to fulfill partner contractual obligations, this would include: managing registration, guest flow, equipment drop off and set up, and event breakdown

  • Assist  with the scheduling and communicating with gameday staff

 
 
Qualifications:

  • MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT FOR THIS INTERNSHIP

  • Minimum of 6 months to 1 year of experience with a sports team/organization, or a similar field, or major company

  • Knowledge and passion about soccer is preferred.

  • Preferred experience with on-site activation  for sports partnerships, expos, fan fests 

  • Have an understanding of partnership contracts, assets and execution 

  • Available to attend roughly 80% of the MLS and NWSL home soccer schedule, as well as other corporate events during the entire year

  • Strong ability to problem solve, maintaining flexibility and willingness to participate in multiple events

  • Demonstrate excellent communication, strong leadership skills and have a proactive attitude

  • Able to work non-traditional hours, in non-traditional setting within a team atmosphere including weekends

  • This is a full time (30 hours) Monday through Friday internship with at a minimum of 15-20 hours a week and other weekend partner events 

 

 



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