Summer Intern - Corporate Development

This is a Full Time Unpaid Internship

RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to:
• Assist the Corporate Partnerships team with daily tasks under the supervision of team representatives.
• Assist in organizing and executing Corporate Partner activities and events.
• Track and manage Corporate Partner promotions and prize fulfillment.
• Assist renewal and new business teams with the creation of proposal presentations, including research of prospective partners, compiling support metrics/data and copywriting.
• Assist partnership activation team with proof of performance or recap presentations.
• Attend client meetings with department representatives as requested.
• Make all necessary deliveries and fulfill any internal or external requests in a timely manner.
• Maintain awareness of sponsorship/market trends and knowledge relative to what Houston Rockets corporate partners and their competitors are executing in other markets and/or professional leagues.
• Management of all department premium items and merchandise including tracking inventory and distribution.
• General office duties: Data entry, copying, filing, faxing, maintaining mailing lists, ordering office supplies, storage location management.
• Attend and participate in weekly departmental sales, activation and related marketing meetings.
• Receptionist training and other special projects as outlined by the Houston Rockets & Toyota Center internship program
• Demonstrate our One Team philosophy of Passion, Accountability, Customer Focus, and Teamwork.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• College student, Junior or Senior, or recent graduate with a Sports Management, Business, Marketing or Sales related major.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other related computer skills required.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with attention to detail required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with an emphasis on business writing skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects and support multiple high level executive positions.

PHYSICAL & MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
• The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, use handle or feel, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, communicate with others.
• The vision requirement includes the ability to review written and electronic materials in both digital and physical format.
• The employee must be able to transfer and move items for departmental needs.
• The employee must be able to adjust to changing work hours and locations as needed in light of the strong focus on external communications and relationships

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.