Intern - Corporate Development (Summer)
Toyota Center
Internship
On-site
Houston, Texas, United States
Sponsorship & Corporate Partnerships, Business Development, Professional Sports
Intern - Corporate Development (Summer)
RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to:
- Assist the Corporate Partnerships team with daily tasks under the supervision of team representatives.
- Assist in organizing and executing Corporate Partner activities and events.
- Track and manage Corporate Partner promotions and prize fulfillment.
- Assist renewal and new business teams with the creation of proposal presentations, including research of prospective partners, compiling support metrics/data and copywriting.
- Assist partnership activation team with proof of performance or recap presentations.
- Attend client meetings with department representatives as requested.
- Make all necessary deliveries and fulfill any internal or external requests in a timely manner.
- Maintain awareness of sponsorship/market trends and knowledge relative to what Houston Rockets corporate partners and their competitors are executing in other markets and/or professional leagues.
- Management of all department premium items and merchandise including tracking inventory and distribution.
- General office duties: Data entry, copying, filing, faxing, maintaining mailing lists, ordering office supplies, storage location management.
- Attend and participate in weekly departmental sales, activation and related marketing meetings.
- Receptionist training and other special projects as outlined by the Houston Rockets & Toyota Center internship program
- Demonstrate our One Team philosophy of Passion, Accountability, Customer Focus, and Teamwork.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- College student, Junior or Senior, or recent graduate with a Sports Management, Business, Marketing or Sales related major.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other related computer skills required.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with attention to detail required.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with an emphasis on business writing skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects and support multiple high level executive positions.
PHYSICAL & MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
- The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, use handle or feel, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, communicate with others.
- The vision requirement includes the ability to review written and electronic materials in both digital and physical format.
- The employee must be able to transfer and move items for departmental needs.
- The employee must be able to adjust to changing work hours and locations as needed in light of the strong focus on external communications and relationships