Business Development Intern Jobs in Utah (NOW HIRING)

JOB SUMMARY:

The Utah Mammoth are looking for a motivated student or recent graduate to join our marketing team as a Fan Development Marketing Intern for the 2026-27 season. This is a part-time position working approximately 30 hours per week through the end of the NHL season.

This role will primarily support project management and marketing operations for Utah Mammoth youth programs, including camps, clinics, learn-to-play initiatives, tournaments, community hockey programs, and other youth-focused marketing efforts. The intern will help coordinate daily and large-scale projects, track timelines, organize creative requests, communicate with stakeholders, and ensure marketing deliverables move forward on time and on strategy.

This position will also support marketing execution across email, advertising, web, social, print, and in-venue channels as needed. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, proactive, and interested in learning how sports marketing campaigns are planned, managed, and executed from start to finish.

This internship will provide hands-on experience in sports marketing, project management, creative production, youth hockey marketing, and cross-functional collaboration. The role will also provide exposure to modern marketing tools, including project management platforms, email marketing systems, and approved AI tools that support research, first-draft copy, campaign organization, content versioning, and marketing workflow efficiency.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support day-to-day management for Utah Mammoth youth marketing initiatives.
• Assist in coordinating marketing projects for youth programs, camps, clinics, tournaments, learn-to-play programs, community hockey initiatives, and other youth-focused campaigns.
• Help manage project timelines, task lists, deadlines, deliverables, approvals, and status updates.
• Communicate regularly with internal stakeholders to gather project details, deadlines, assets, feedback, and approvals.
• Help traffic creative, copy, digital, email, print, and promotional requests from intake through final delivery.
• Assist with daily or weekly check-ins with members of the creative production team.
• Outline daily or weekly tasks involved in youth marketing projects and help ensure next steps are clearly documented.
• Gather, organize, and distribute production materials, creative assets, copy, program details, and feedback.
• Help ensure marketing deliverables are completed on time, on strategy, and consistent across channels.
• Support the planning and execution of marketing initiatives that drive youth program registrations, engage families, grow participation, and introduce new fans to hockey.
• Provide marketing support to youth hockey, community relations, ticketing, corporate partnerships, game presentation, public relations, and other internal departments as needed.
• Support email marketing communications, including writing, editing, organizing content, building briefs, and assisting with campaign setup.
• Work with the brand creative team to help create persuasive collateral for youth programs, marketing, ticketing, corporate partnerships, game presentation, community relations, and public relations.
• Protect the reputation of the company.
• Exemplify the Utah Mammoth mission and values: transparent, all in, community obsessed, one team, and scrappy.
• Other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES:

• Follow Through – Takes ownership of next steps and helps ensure work gets completed on time.
• Detail Oriented – Catches the small things that help projects move smoothly and accurately.
• Collaborative – Able to build partnerships and work with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communication – Communicates clearly, professionally, and consistently with teammates and stakeholders.
• Project Management – Able to organize tasks, timelines, deadlines, deliverables, and approvals across multiple projects.
• Action Oriented – Takes on new opportunities and challenges with urgency, energy, and enthusiasm.
• Manages Complexity – Able to make sense of multiple priorities, moving pieces, and sometimes changing information.
• Customer Focused – Understands the needs of internal stakeholders, youth hockey families, and fans.
• Interpersonal Savvy – Can relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
• Creative Thinking – Able to think creatively and help develop useful, fan-focused solutions.
• Curiosity with New Tools – Willing to learn and responsibly use new marketing, AI, and technology tools to improve workflows and outcomes.
• Learner Mindset – Open to feedback, eager to grow, and willing to learn new systems and processes.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Currently studying or recently graduated in marketing, communications, business, sports management, project management, or a related field.
• Available to work approximately 30 hours per week, including some nights and weekends.
• Previous internship, classwork, volunteer work, or part-time experience in marketing, project management, communications, events, sports, or youth programs preferred.
• Strong interest in sports marketing, youth sports, hockey, project management, or marketing operations.
• Previous marketing experience preferred.
• Experience with project management tools such as Asana is a plus.
• Experience with email marketing preferred. Marketo experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or similar tools is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Positive attitude and team-oriented mindset.
• Willingness to learn and take direction.
• Excellent follow-through skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple projects at once.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• This person must be able to communicate and express themselves both written and verbally.
• This person must be able to observe, inspect, estimate, and assess.
• This person must be able to sit, stand, bend, walk, and climb stairs for long periods of time.
• This person must be able to lift 20 lbs.

The Utah Mammoth provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Note: The need may arise to revise, supplement, or rescind portions of this job description, and Utah Mammoth reserves the right to do so at any time. Employees shall be required to meet the qualifications and perform the duties of any revised job description.