Internship: Corporate Relations

General position summary: As part of the championship engagement staff, this individual will be responsible for assisting the corporate relations staff with projects and assignments related to NCAA corporate partners (sponsors). These would include activation plans, sponsorable opportunities and programs, management of championship on-site projects, and overarching Corporate Champions and Partners Program documents, trackers, contracts, and projects. You will gain experience working with internal and external teams, sponsors, broadcast partners, agencies and vendors.

Responsibilities

Corporate Partnerships

• Support NCAA corporate partner accounts.
• Assist with sponsorship activation planning.
• Maintain partnership documentation and presentations.

Championship Support

• Assist with Corporate Champion and Partner events.
• Support on site sponsor activations.
• Coordinate behind the scenes tours and trophy requests.

Project Coordination

• Maintain SharePoint resources and project trackers.
• Support grassroots marketing initiatives.
• Collaborate with agencies, vendors and internal stakeholders.

Essential duties:

• Actively engage and participate in department’s initiatives, leading by example of the national office values.
• Assist with support of corporate partner accounts with the corporate relations account management team.
• Actively engage in support of Corporate Champions and Partners Program events, such as the Women’s Final Four and Men’s Final Four familiarization meetings and Championships Summit.
• Manage and assist with various corporate relations projects and programs, such as presentation deck preparation, tracking and documentation, behind-the-scenes tour coordination, trophy request management, CCP Playbook upkeep and SharePoint organization.
• Provide on-site championship support at assigned championships in a corporate relations role to execute CCP activations and elements in addition to reporting ambush activities.
• Assist in marketing and grassroots initiatives to increase ancillary event attendance at select championships.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Desired knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Experience in sponsorship, marketing and event planning.
• Organized, motivated team player who enjoys multitasking and learning.
• Ability to maintain and create relationships, analyze, problem-solve and think strategically.

For more information and to apply: https://www.ncaa.org/what-we-do/programs/postgraduate-internships/championships-and-alliances/