Corporate Partnerships Internship (Spring 2021)

Job Summary

• Intern must be entering their junior or senior year in college and must take the internship for credit during the Spring 2021 semester. 
• The internship is unpaid.  

• Learn corporate partnership sales and marketing strategies used by an NHL team to generate revenue for the organization.


• Create a working understanding of partnership sales and partnership marketing tactics, processes, and procedures that drive value for a partner.


• Develop and enhance professional communication, presentation, networking, and work-environment skills.

• Support entire partnerships teams in all areas of the corporate sales and activation process. 


• Identify industry trends and brands that are actively investing in sports partnerships  


• Generate new leads for the Partnership Sales team through prospect, market and category research. 


• Write and develop company overview reports and executive backgrounds for meetings. 


• Assist in creating partnerships proposals using PowerPoint, Photoshop, etc. with direction from partnerships teams. 


• Create and maintain various tracking systems for all Partnership Contracts and assets (i.e. radio, video board, digital signage, print ads, tickets, suite nights, autographed merchandise).


• Assist Partnership Marketing team in developing and executing fully integrated marketing campaigns for partners. 


• Recap activations with supporting proof of performance images and metrics.  


• Support partner activation implementation in-arena during games, including setup and takedown.


• Attend select department meetings, brainstorming sessions, and partner calls/meetings. 


• Assist with various non-hockey events off-site and at PPG Paints Arena.


• Take lead in special projects as needed.


• Update and maintain Contract Summary Books.


• Assist in the fulfillment of all autographed merchandise requests for the organization.


• Perform various office tasks (i.e. faxing, preparing overnight mailings, copying, binding reports, proofreading).