Marketing & Development Intern

Our Company: North Carolina FC Youth (NCFC Youth) is a non-profit youth soccer organization home to more than 17,000 players (ages 2.5-19) and their families each year. Through full-service programming, NCFC Youth offers youth soccer for all levels of play – from Recreation and outreach programs up to the highest levels of elite competition. In addition, NCFC Youth hosts tournaments, camps, and other events to ensure the best player development opportunities. 

NCFC Youth’s on and off field operations are supported by more than 1,700 personnel including full-time staff, seasonal coaches, and volunteer coaches. In collaboration with the professional North Carolina Football Club, home to NC Courage (NWSL) and North Carolina FC (USL Championship), NCFC Youth is the largest youth-to-professional club in the country and offers a pipeline of player development including U-23s, amateur & academy contracts, and professional contracts in addition to coaching development opportunities.

Since 1974, we have been living our mission of providing positive, high quality soccer opportunities at all levels of play for youth and their families and serving as a valuable community partner. NCFC Youth takes strides to accomplish this through living out our core values of fun, excellence, community, innovation, and passion.

The Position: Reporting to the Social Media and Marketing Cooridinator, the Marketing & Development Intern is expected to assist in the planning and execution of daily, weekly, and semester-long marketing and development projects. Areas of focus may include: content marketing support, tracking marketing campaigns and/or social media, sponsor relationship management, sponsor sales support, donor management, partnership marketing, administrative support, public & media relations, partner/sponsor fulfillment, and/or other mutually agreed upon passion and strength areas.

Essential Functions:

• Assist in managing sponsor / partner contracts and fulfillment with nearly 50 different community supporters
• Communicate with sponsors as needed on behalf of Chief Marketing & Development Officer and serve as a point of contact for on-site activation or fulfillment of sponsor contract obligations
• Track fulfillment and plan strategies against sponsor/partner contracts and ensure NCFC Youth utilizing partner contracts to their fullest value
• Identify and contribute to group meetings on creative ways to engage partners with club, programs, etc.
• Create and execute various storytelling opportunities with partners, showcasing their support of NCFC Youth and growing the game of soccer – stories for newsletter, website, social media, videos, etc.
• Serve as a contributing writer to club newsletter each week
• Attend community events as an ambassador / representative of NCFC Youth
• Collaborate with marketing & development team to support larger events including fundraising events (golf tournaments, small-sided soccer events, “gala”), community event needs, and more
• Take on support role in fundraising events, depending on the season and strengths – responsibilities could include auction item solicitation and procurement, coordination with vendors, golf tournament logistical support, display design and graphic support, photography, content gathering, and more.
• Support NCFC Youth’s marketing and advertising tracking through organic social posts and metrics, paid campaigns, google analytics, playmetrics reporting, and more.
• Collaborate with other departments as needed to support program goals and marketing support
• Support NCFC Youth’s crossover promotions / campaigns with the North Carolina Football Club
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with Microsoft office (excel, word, powerpoint)
• Use of other creative platforms (Adobe, Canva, etc.)
• Basic web-editing knowledge

Qualifications/Competencies:

• This position is designed for current college students looking for an internship type environment to progress their learning
• Experience working in soccer, coaching soccer, and/or playing soccer a plus.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Excellent communication, organization and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently

Job Type Requirements:

• This internship is an hourly nonexempt paid position with the expectation of ~20 hours per week.
• The traditional work hours for this job are primarily in office but depending on the time of year, partnership & marketing needs, etc. some hours may take place off site at community events or the fields.
• Some weekend hours may be requested due to games/tournaments and partner or community activations on the weekend

Work Environment/Travel/Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Some of this person’s job is conducted in the office, but regularly, work will require this employee to attend outdoor youth sporting events including extreme temperatures and inclement weather, to fulfill job responsibilities and event support
• Physical demands: bending, sitting, lifting, and event set-up

Background Requirements

• Requires a background check upon offer

Affirmative Action Plan/Equal Employer Opportunity:

• NCFC Youth 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.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.