Marketing Intern
ABOUT OUR COMPANY
Octagon is the world’s largest sponsorship consulting practice and a pioneer and leader in athlete and personality representation and management. With more than 800 employees globally, Octagon manages/influences billions in worldwide sponsorship rights fees and activation. We work with hundreds of blue-chip corporate clients, more than 800 Athletes & Personalities clients, and manage more than 5,000 events per year. Leading stakeholders in the sports and entertainment world continue to look to Octagon to provide leadership in understanding fans’ passions and how these insights can build more effective, efficient and measureable marketing programs. For more information, please visit
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ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP
The Marketing Intern will work in our Personalities and PropertiesMarketing Division and getintroduced to the world of sports and entertainment marketing. This is a great opportunity for the passionate, creative and driven undergraduate student who wishes to further his/her business interests in entertainment, music and sports and gain some hands-on marketing experience. Throughout the course of the internship, you will work closely with our Marketing team and assist in a variety of challenging and interesting projects. You will be involved in market research, creation and execution of outbound sales efforts, concept and development of marketing materials for the Athletes and Personalities that Octagon represents and participate in marketing initiatives with our different sports divisions.
The position is located in our headquarters’ office in McLean, VA, and ispart-time during the Fall Semester. Ideally, we would like you to work between 15 to 30 hours per week and be able to start in August/beginning of September. The successful candidate should be able to work in the office two full days or three to four partial days per week.In order to be considered for this unpaid internship, you must be able to receive school credit and provide proof of credit.
Requirements:
- Undergraduate or Graduate Student
- Outstanding written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to multi-task proficiently
- Good organizational skills
- Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications and market research tools
- Advanced PowerPoint skills
- Must receive school credit
- Previous marketing and sales experience or experience in a professional or collegiate sports environment is a plus
To apply, please forward your cover letter and resume via email with “Marketing Intern – MC” in the email subject line to: .
Octagon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. EEO/AA.M/F/D/V.