Sports Consulting Intern

SPORTS CONSULTING INTERN

New York, NY

Hybrid

THE RUNDOWN

Playfly Sports is looking for a Sports Consulting intern to join our team in New York, NY and work collaboratively across our Property Consulting, Brand Consulting, Valuation and Experiential verticals. The Sports Consulting team leads work across brands, properties and rights holders to advise them on their sports marketing strategies that help drive desired business outcomes. Within our 10-week paid Playfly Summer Internship Program, you’ll be immersed into the business side of sports and join our team of talented professionals. Through hands-on experience, projects, and mentoring, you’ll learn the fundamental skills and knowledge it takes to have a career in sports while developing yourself professionally and personally.

WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH

• Conduct research and leverage internal syndicated resources to prepare for meetings
• Prepare necessary materials and organization for upcoming meetings
• Support client services teams managing projects and deliverables, including joining partner and client calls
• Participate in concept ideation and brainstorms
• Conduct vendor or partner outreach for client projects
• Support in the planning and development of experiential events and hospitality
• Data analysis for internal valuation projects and sales support
• Track industry news and trends to identify potential opportunities and assist in building out a database of industry deals
• Work with property consulting teams to fully understand client’s sponsorship hierarchy and the sales cycle of a partnership
• Attend all internship events and participate in summer-long projects and assignments
• All other duties as assigned

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• A commitment to contributing to a respectful, diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where everyone feels like they belong
• Preferred areas of interest: Marketing, Advertising, Sales, Strategy, Sports, Innovation
• Organization and attention to detail
• Solutions-oriented mentality to support client needs and requests
• Strong work ethic and ability to be self-motivated and independently produce work to completion
• A team player with a proven ability to effectively collaborate with others
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter and team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Microsoft Office experience preferred

INTERNSHIP DETAILS & APPLICATION ELIGIBILITY

• Must be entering senior year of Bachelor’s program or second year of Master’s program, with a graduation date of December 2025 or later
• Must be available to work June 9, 2025 – Aug 15, 2025, 32 hours/week, Monday – Thursday
• Interns will be paid at an hour rate of $16.50
• Candidates are strictly limited to applying to a maximum of TWO positions
• Applications will be open from November 25th to January 6th. We reserve the right to close applications at any point after this window

WHAT WE DO

Playfly Sports is the full-service, leading sports marketing and media company that enables brands to engage with sports fans on a local, regional, and national level through scaled linear, digital, and experiential assets. Playfly Sports drives outcome-based solutions into 90-million households via more than 7,800 live U.S. broadcasts of MLB, NBA, and NHL games; and influences sports fans of all ages through the management of college and high school multimedia rights, uniform branding, and high-profile sports sponsorship platforms. The company introduces high school and college students to career development opportunities in esports through Playfly Esports, operators of North America’s largest college esports league. Playfly Sports has the unique ability to partner, innovate, and advance the aspirations of athletes, brands, academic institutions, and sports fans across the U.S. Playfly Sports is Powered by Partnership. Visit Playfly Sports online at playfly.com

With a unique vantage point within Playfly, the Sports Consulting team leverages extensive experience from both a brand and property perspective to create customized fan engagement strategies with full-service capabilities across partnership strategy, research & insights, acquisition, management, experiential activation, hospitality and valuation.

WHAT WE STAND FOR

At Playfly, we know that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company is a more innovative and successful one, but more importantly, we believe it’s just the right thing to do. Through conversations, company initiatives, community events and partnerships, policy changes, data analysis, workshops, and support groups, we are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are here for the long haul and to do the meaningful work that creates true institutional change within our workplace, with our partners, and in the communities we serve.

EEOC & DIVERSITY STATEMENT

Playfly Sports affirms that inequality is detrimental to our associates, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Playfly Sports is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Playfly Sports is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, and as part of this commitment, Playfly Sports will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact recruiting@playfly.com.