Sports Sponsorships & Events Intern

Company Description

Echelon is a sports marketing and experiential agency working with global brands and sports properties. We support sponsorship strategy, partnership management, experiential marketing, and corporate hospitality for clients across professional sports and major events, including NFL programming, Premier League activations, and national conferences.

The Role

We are hiring a Sports Sponsorship & Corporate Hospitality Intern to support live client work across sponsorship, hospitality, events, and operations. This is a hands-on role with real responsibilities from day one.

A key component of this position is supporting one of our premier NFL hospitality programs. Throughout the Houston Texans home season, you'll help host and execute a premium client suite experience on behalf of one of our corporate partners, ensuring guests receive a best-in-class game day experience while supporting all hospitality logistics behind the scenes.

You will work directly on client deliverables, join internal and client calls, and contribute to active projects across multiple accounts.

This role is intended for college juniors, seniors, or graduate students seeking applied experience in sports marketing, sponsorship, and event management.

What You'll Do

Research & Intelligence

• Source and evaluate vendors, venues, and partners for client activations
• Build competitor benchmarks, audience profiles, and platform trend reports
• Deliver findings in structured formats ready for client presentation

Client Operations

• Own a specific workstream on at least one active client account
• Join one client call per week and distribute internal recaps with action items
• Track budgets, receipt logs, and deliverable timelines in shared project management tools

Sponsorship & Strategy

• Support sponsorship valuation research and competitive landscape analysis
• Assist with partnership asset management and client fulfillment tracking
• Build sponsorship decks, briefing documents, and activation summaries for client presentations

Events & Corporate Hospitality

• Assist in planning and executing client events, hospitality programs, and experiential activations.
• Serve as on-site support for our Houston Texans corporate suite throughout the NFL season, helping host clients and ensuring a seamless premium hospitality experience during every home game.
• Coordinate game day logistics, guest communications, credentials, catering coordination, gifting, and hospitality materials.
• Support vendor management, event production, and on-site operations for additional client activations.
• Assist with post-event reporting, recaps, and internal debrief documentation.

What You'll Learn

Interns participate in structured learning sessions led by senior team members. Topics include sponsorship strategy, event production, hospitality operations, marketing tools, and case studies from live client work.

What We're Looking For

Must-haves:

• College junior, senior, or graduate student in sports management, marketing, communications, business, or related field
• Strong writing skills for emails, briefs, recaps, presentations, and client deliverables
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and basic project management tools
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously
• Interest in sports, entertainment, or brand marketing
• Proactive communicator who takes ownership without waiting to be asked
• Ability to work on weekends and holidays as needed to cover in-person events

Strong differentiators:

• Experience in events, hospitality, or live sports environments
• Spanish language skills
• Exposure to sponsorship, brand partnerships, or marketing strategy
• Familiarity with paid media platforms (Meta, Google, TikTok)

Position Details

• Commitment: Up to 25 hours/week (two full days 4 hrs for calls and projects)
• Flexible scheduling for class conflicts
• Hybrid: remote-first with occasional in-person requirements for events and activations
• Preferred applicants based in the Greater Houston area
• $16/hr Paid Internship

How to Apply

If interested in applying, send your resume to sarah.brooks@teamechelon.com. Cover letters are welcome but not required. Qualified candidates will be contacted for a first-round interview with our team.

Echelon is committed to equal employment opportunity and building a diverse, inclusive team. Candidates from all backgrounds, schools, and majors are encouraged to apply.