2027 Internship Opportunity

Areas of Responsibility

Sales, Sponsorship and Community Engagement

• Assist with setting up sales and renewal meetings, execute purchase agreement, and business development.
• Assist with fulfillment of sponsor benefits and contractual assets, sponsor activations, branding, hospitality experiences, and sponsor servicing throughout tournament week.
• Conduct sponsor and hospitality walkthroughs to help ensure contractual obligations and guest areas are executed to tournament standards.
• Coordinate distribution of tickets, parking passes, credentials, and hospitality wristbands; prepare packages for sponsors, partners, volunteers, vendors, community partners, and special guests; and maintain accurate inventory and distribution records.
• Provide customer service and help resolve fulfillment questions before and during tournament week.
• Support planning and execution of ambassador events, volunteer appreciation event, hospitality functions, and other tournament events.
• Coordinate guest lists, registration, event materials, promotional displays, setup, on-site logistics, and post-event breakdown.
• Represent the tournament at community events, chamber functions, sponsor activations, and support grassroots initiatives that build tournament awareness and attendance.

Marketing and Communications

• Support tournament marketing campaigns across digital, print, email, social media, and community channels. • Assist with media materials, promotional initiatives, event communications, and market research.
• Plan, create, schedule, and capture social media content, including photos and video from community events and tournament activities.
• Update tournament website content, sponsor recognition, event information, and ticketing information, and review content for accuracy and consistency.
• Create marketing materials such as social graphics, flyers, email graphics, signage, digital advertisements, and promotional collateral while maintaining brand consistency.
• Manage development of the tournament Pairings Guide, Media Guide, and Volunteer Handbook, including content collection, partner assets, proofreading, coordination, and final production.

Tournament Operations

• Assist with implementation of the tournament site plan, including structures, fencing, seating, branding, operational assets, and course walkthroughs.
• Support the signage plan by coordinating placement, inventory, installation, maintenance, and removal of directional, sponsor, hospitality, and operational signage.
• Assist with setup and preparation of premium hospitality venues, including layouts, furniture, decor, vendor coordination, catering logistics, and quality-assurance walkthroughs.
• Communicate with vendors regarding deliveries, schedules, credentialing, check-in, load-in/load-out, and other on-site logistics; track timelines and help troubleshoot issues.
• Support daily tournament operations, including player services, volunteer operations, on-course activities, setup, competition operations, and post-event breakdown.

Volunteer, Staff & Community Programs

• Assist with volunteer recruitment, registration, communications, scheduling, assignments, credentials, training materials, appreciation initiatives, and support for Volunteer Committee Chairs.
• Coordinate tournament staff resources, including supplies, uniforms, credentials, meals, operational materials, administrative records, internal communications, and special projects.
• Assist with volunteer check-in, polo distribution and meal logistics.