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Summer Internship: Sales - Lake Erie Crushers (Avon, Oh)
The Lake Erie Crushers are members of the Frontier League, an independent professional baseball league with 12 teams throughout the Midwest. The Crushers are seeking college students, who are passionate about working in the sports industry to fill internship positions in the sales department for the 2010 summer term. Interns will receive an inside look at the business of baseball, gaining experience in all areas of a professional sport team’s front office, including ticket operations, marketing, operations, media relations, promotions and merchandising.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• Assist sales staff with season ticket, mini-plan, group outings and sponsorship sales through cold calls and face to face interaction with local businesses and residents.
• Help the sales staff service current clients, making sure all sponsorship and contractual elements are fulfilled.
• Active participation in the community day program, including the creating of the community day program insert.
• Assist sales staff in creating proof of performance reports for sponsors
• Assist sales staff in with planning and execution of season ticket holder events
-Assist in the production, execution an distribution of sales materials throughout the season
-Assist with the set-up and tear down of sales, promotional and special event activities on game days
-Database managment
Qualifications:
• Candidates must be reliable, detail oriented, able to problem solve, able to multi-task efficiently, have solid communication skill and writing ability, a strong work ethic, stellar customer service skills and a team work mentality.
-Great phone and interpersonal skills required
• Efficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel and Outlook is required
• Candidates in their junior or senior year of college will be given preference
• This is a full-time, seasonal position. Interns must be able to work weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and all game days until the conclusion of the game, including weekends.
• The internship starts May 1 and concludes at the end of the season (early September).
Compensation:
• $500 per month plus commission on season tickets and packages sold; or
• College credit
• Housing is not provided.
