Overview

Learn to coordinate, implement, and work on projects that will encompass plans for the event season at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center at Florida State University. Assist the marketing staff in completing tasks necessary for the overall campaign for the upcoming show season with a heavy focus on social media, online/internet aspects of marketing, and grassroots tactics. Looking for an assertive, outgoing, creative, hard-working, dependable, resourceful, independent thinker who is greatly interested in working in Sports/Entertainment Marketing and has a desire to learn.  Must be able to work 12 hours per week. Interns are required to work selected events and grassroots activities that occur on certain days, evenings, and weekends. The internship runs from the week of August 26th, 2024 to the week of December 2nd, 2024.

This role will pay an hourly wage of $13.75.

Benefits for PT roles: 401(k) savings plan and 401(k) matching. Also, OVG provides part-time, seasonal, and internship employees with one hour of accrued paid leave per 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours per year.

This position will remain open until Oct 17, 2024

Responsibilities

• Marketing research that will require making phone calls, emailing, searching the internet, and attending meetings with various individuals within the market.
• Participate in developing and implementing event marketing plans and promotions.
• Assisting with grassroots marketing, including creation and distribution of flyers, hanging posters, tabling and creating relationships with various retailers to promote events.
• Brainstorming ideas for revenue generating events at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.
• Assist in managing the Arena’s various social media sites – Facebook, X, and Instagram.
• Conducting demographic and psychographic research for various events and projects.
• Attend various meetings that will be beneficial in completing tasks.
• Represent arena at booths/tables at festivals, fairs, and other events with high traffic to be able to get the word out about the Tucker Center and its events.
• Attend meetings with potential partners and learn to execute marketing with third-party partnerships.
• Interact with Tucker Center staff when working on various projects.
• E-mail management and venue reporting.
• Perform variety of event day responsibilities

Qualifications

• Must be a college junior, senior or graduate student.
• Recommended for Sport Management, Marketing, Communications, Management, Hospitality, or related fields.
• Have a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA, preferred
• Financial compensation is available, but housing and transportation are the responsibility of the student.
• Availability to work 12 hours a week, including evenings and weekends.
• Active involvement in on campus civic and/or leadership activities highly desired.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Canva.
• Knowledge of various social media sites – Facebook, X, and Instagram.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills in the English language.
• Well organized with ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment.