Volo Washington, DC
Sport Management Internship | Sponsorship (Fall Semester)
Volo Washington, DC - Intern
WASHINGTON · DC
Administrative Support · Unpaid Internship · Corporate Sponsor
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Are you passionate about sports, marketing, and working with recognizable brands? We're looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Sponsorship Intern to join our team for the Fall Semester. This hands-on internship provides the opportunity to work alongside our Marketing team, helping execute corporate sponsorships, brand activations, and promotional experiences that enhance our leagues and events.
As a Sponsorship Intern, you'll gain real-world experience supporting corporate sponsors, coordinating sponsorship activations, and ensuring brand deliverables are successfully executed at leagues, tournaments, and special events. You'll play an important role in creating memorable experiences for both sponsors and participants while learning how sponsorships contribute to the overall success of a sports organization.
This internship offers valuable exposure to sports sponsorship, brand activations, event marketing, and corporate marketing. By the end of the semester, you'll have practical experience that will help prepare you for a career in sponsorship sales, sports marketing, brand management, or event management.
Responsibilities
- Support the planning and execution of sponsorship activations at leagues, tournaments, and special events.
- Help fulfill sponsor deliverables and ensure all sponsorship benefits are executed throughout each season.
- Assist with creating sponsorship proposals, presentations, and activation materials.
- Coordinate sponsor signage, promotional items, giveaways, and branded event materials.
- Collaborate with the Marketing and Operations teams to ensure seamless execution of sponsorship activations.
- Represent the organization during sponsor activations and engage with participants at events.
- Track sponsorship deliverables and assist with post-event reporting and activation recaps.
- Help brainstorm creative activation ideas that increase sponsor visibility and participant engagement.
- Learn and apply best practices in sports sponsorship, brand activation, and event marketing within a fast-paced sports environment.
What You'll Gain
- Flexible schedule of 5–10 hours per week (1/2 admin and 1/2 in the field).
- Hands-on experience in sports sponsorship and corporate brand activations.
- Exposure to sponsorship strategy and event marketing.
- Experience executing sponsor activations at live sporting events.
- Opportunities to develop communication, organization, and project management skills.
- Networking opportunities with corporate sponsors and industry professionals.
- Mentorship from experienced sports marketing professionals.
- A strong portfolio of real-world sponsorship and activation projects to help launch your career in the sports industry.
Requirements
- Must be available to work nights and weekends.
- Must live in the DC area.
- Must have reliable transportation.
- Internship dates run from September - January.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. We do not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or company policy. We strive to create a healthy and safe workplace and we prohibit harassment of any kind.
