2012 Internships - Deadline - April 1, 2012

Braves Sports Mangement/Sports Marketing Internship

The Herndon Braves have four vacancies this summer in its Sports Management/Sports Marketing Internship. At the completion of the program, each participant will receive a certificate of completion and be eligible for community service hours or college work study/credit.

Duties : Working under the direction of the General Manager, interns will be involved in all aspects of team operations and will rotate assignments on a regular basis. Jobs include marketing and publicity; food and concession stand operations, maintenance of field and property, patron liaison services, game day promotions party management, and customer services. The interns will have direct responsibility for their assigned area each home game and will meet once a week with the General Manager to discuss progress and problem areas. The interns gain valuable experience in all aspects of running a successful collegiate summer wooden bat baseball team.

Eligibility : The intern positions are open to any student between the ages of 18-23 and should be able to provide housing in the local area.

Requirements : Interns will be required to work 15 of the 19 home game days. Interns will work from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on game days. Intern positions are unpaid.

Braves Broadcast Internship

The Herndon Braves are a baseball team comprised of college baseball players from all over the country.  The Braves compete in the Cal Ripken Sr. Baseball League and play 42 games from June through July, which will be broadcast live over the internet.  The Braves are in need of the three broadcasting interns who will be responsible for the following:

• Pre/Post game set up of broadcasting equipment
• Play by play/commentary during all games (home and away)
• Create copy for advertisers to be read during the broadcast

The Braves will work with college students to design the program to satisfy college internship/work study requirements. Intern positions are unpaid.