Corporate Partnerships Internship (Spring 2026) - NHL

Reports to: Partnership Marketing Team Based at: PPG Paints Arena, 1001 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 

Job Purpose: Assist in the service of all current and potential corporate partners. Applicant must be available to work game nights and weekends. 

Requirements: This internship is onsite at the Pittsburgh Penguins offices at PPG Paints Arena and is open to students entering their junior or senior year in college, with 30-40 hours of flexible availability each week.  The internship is paid hourly at the rate of $10 per hour. Students remain eligible for earning course credits for their internship and will be responsible for ensuring that the internship meets the criteria of their program and/or university. 

Intern Learning Objectives:* Learn corporate partnership sales and marketing strategies used by an NHL team to generate revenue for the organization.

• Develop a working understanding of partnership sales, operations, marketing tactics that deliver value to both the partner and the organization.
• Strengthen professional skills in communication, presentation, networking, and team collaboration.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:* Support the Corporate partnerships teams in all areas of the sales and activation process.

• Identify industry trends and brands that are actively investing in sports partnerships.
• Generate new leads for the Partnership Sales team through prospect, market and category research.
• Assist in creating partnerships proposals with guidance from partnerships team.
• Create and maintain various tracking systems for all Partnership contracts and assets (e.g., radio, signage, print, tickets, suites, autographed items).
• Assist Partnership Marketing team in developing and executing fully integrated marketing campaigns for partners.
• Build activation recaps with proof of performance imagery and key metrics using sponsorship valuation and reporting software.
• Support partner activation implementation in-arena during games, including setup and takedown.
• Participate in select department meetings, brainstorming sessions, and select partner calls/meetings.
• Assist with various non-hockey events off-site and at PPG Paints Arena.
• Lead or support special projects.
• Assist in the fulfillment of all autographed merchandise requests for the organization.
• Perform various office tasks (i.e. preparing overnight mailings, copying, binding reports, proofreading).

Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination based on race, religious creed, color, sex, age, national origin, handicap, disability, military/veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or protected genetic information.