Fan Development Marketing Intern

We are looking for a motivated student or recent graduate to join our marketing team as a Fan Development Marketing Intern for the 2026-27 season. This part-time role supports project management and marketing operations for Utah Mammoth youth programs, including camps, clinics, learn-to-play initiatives, tournaments, community hockey programs, and other youth-focused efforts.

About the role

This internship offers hands-on experience in sports marketing, project management, creative production, youth hockey marketing, and cross-functional collaboration. You will work approximately 30 hours per week through the end of the NHL season, gaining exposure to modern marketing tools such as project management platforms, email marketing systems, and approved AI tools that support research, copywriting, campaign organization, content versioning, and workflow efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day management for Utah Mammoth youth marketing initiatives.
• Assist in coordinating marketing projects for youth programs, camps, clinics, tournaments, learn-to-play programs, community hockey initiatives, and other youth-focused campaigns.
• Help manage project timelines, task lists, deadlines, deliverables, approvals, and status updates.
• Communicate regularly with internal stakeholders to gather project details, deadlines, assets, feedback, and approvals.
• Help traffic creative, copy, digital, email, print, and promotional requests from intake through final delivery.
• Assist with daily or weekly check-ins with members of the creative production team.
• Outline daily or weekly tasks involved in youth marketing projects and help ensure next steps are clearly documented.
• Gather, organize, and distribute production materials, creative assets, copy, program details, and feedback.
• Help ensure marketing deliverables are completed on time, on strategy, and consistent across channels.
• Support the planning and execution of marketing initiatives that drive youth program registrations, engage families, grow participation, and introduce new fans to hockey.
• Provide marketing support to youth hockey, community relations, ticketing, corporate partnerships, game presentation, public relations, and other internal departments as needed.
• Support email marketing communications, including writing, editing, organizing content, building briefs, and assisting with campaign setup.
• Work with the brand creative team to help create persuasive collateral for youth programs, marketing, ticketing, corporate partnerships, game presentation, community relations, and public relations.
• Protect the reputation of the company.
• Exemplify the Utah Mammoth mission and values: transparent, all in, community obsessed, one team, and scrappy.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Follow Through – Takes ownership of next steps and helps ensure work gets completed on time.
• Detail Oriented – Catches the small things that help projects move smoothly and accurately.
• Collaborative – Able to build partnerships and work with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communication – Communicates clearly, professionally, and consistently with teammates and stakeholders.
• Project Management – Able to organize tasks, timelines, deadlines, deliverables, and approvals across multiple projects.
• Action Oriented – Takes on new opportunities and challenges with urgency, energy, and enthusiasm.
• Manages Complexity – Able to make sense of multiple priorities, moving pieces, and sometimes changing information.
• Customer Focused – Understands the needs of internal stakeholders, youth hockey families, and fans.
• Interpersonal Savvy – Can relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
• Creative Thinking – Able to think creatively and help develop useful, fan-focused solutions.
• Curiosity with New Tools – Willing to learn and responsibly use new marketing, AI, and technology tools to improve workflows and outcomes.
• Learner Mindset – Open to feedback, eager to grow, and willing to learn new systems and processes.

Requirements

• Currently studying or recently graduated in marketing, communications, business, sports management, project management, or a related field.
• Available to work approximately 30 hours per week, including some nights and weekends.
• Previous internship, classwork, volunteer work, or part-time experience in marketing, project management, communications, events, sports, or youth programs preferred.
• Strong interest in sports marketing, youth sports, hockey, project management, or marketing operations.
• Previous marketing experience preferred.
• Experience with project management tools such as Asana is a plus.
• Experience with email marketing preferred. Marketo experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or similar tools is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Positive attitude and team-oriented mindset.
• Willingness to learn and take direction.
• Excellent follow-through skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple projects at once.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to communicate and express themselves both written and verbally.
• Must be able to observe, inspect, estimate, and assess.
• Must be able to sit, stand, bend, walk, and climb stairs for long periods of time.
• Must be able to lift 20 lbs.