What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Intelligence Intern position at Hornets Basketball Brand?
Position Overview
Hornets Sports & Entertainment (HSE) is seeking an intern for the Business Intelligence department. The Business Intelligence Intern will support the Director of Business Intelligence in the execution of ticketing, partnership and marketing strategy and analytics.
This role is uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between data analysis and strategy development in the above business verticals. The role requires end-to-end analysis work, including conducting research, writing queries to extract data from the data warehouse, database management, designing dashboards in Tableau and communicating insights to stakeholders.
This is a paid internship. Interns will be paid $15.00 per hour, with the ability to work thirty (30) hours maximum per week. The 2025-2026 season program runs from September 8, 2025, through April 24, 2026.
Core Values
HSE embodies the following core values:
- Integrity
- Teamwork
- Competitiveness
- Candor
- Accountability
- Resilience
HSE is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. HSE does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Support ongoing projects for Business Intelligence, Partnerships, Ticketing, Marketing, Mobile App and other areas of the business.
- Provide insights using data on consumer behavior, attitudes, demographics and more.
- Review and maintain current Tableau dashboards and optimize SQL queries.
- Assist with organizing, cleaning and managing data in CRM.
- Participate in the full internship program, including workshops, speaker series, job shadowing and working on an intern project.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skills, Experience, and Abilities
To be successful in this position, candidates should demonstrate the following competencies:
- A graduate or current student pursuing a degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Business Administration, Computer Science or other related fields.
- Interest in working in the sports industry, specifically within Business Intelligence.
- Male collegiate basketball players must have exhausted their NCAA eligibility before participating in the HSE internship program.
- Detail-oriented, self-starter with proven ability to learn new skills quickly.
- Possess strong analytical, creative problem solving and project management skills.
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with market research is preferred.
- Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau preferred) is preferred.
- Experience with SQL or other database languages is preferred.
- Experience with data science and statistical software (R, Python) a plus.
- Experience with HTML a plus.
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