Sports Management Marketing Internship - Fall 2026

Denver, CO (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradInternship

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own multi-channel community and grassroots marketing for local leagues, blending social content, event activations, and operational support to boost registrations and brand presence.

  • Drive on-field marketing, community events, and local partnerships to increase attendance and engagement.
  • Collaborate on social content, blog posts, and email campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, Meetup, and more.
  • Support league operations with data entry, scheduling, and customer inquiries while maintaining venue readiness.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Help execute social media marketing campaigns and strategies through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Meetup, and more
  • Contribute to the collection and post-production of photo and video content from league play
  • Develop content for social media and blog with a heavy emphasis on content marketing
  • Assist with email marketing design, strategies, and execution
  • Execute digital sponsorship activations
  • Design and implement on-field marketing as well as tabling at community events
  • Strategize, develop and coordinate local grassroots marketing opportunities
  • Collaborate with the local market to curate new and innovative marketing initiatives
  • Sales calls to team captains to inform them of upcoming events and registration deadlines
  • Assist with league audits & evaluations

Requirements

  • Works well in a team atmosphere, and requires low supervision/direction
  • Currently enrolled in college and able to receive class credit
  • Punctual and professional, but embraces a "work hard, play hard" attitude
  • Self-reliant and eager to take on any task - no matter how big or small
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Self-directed leader who takes initiative and a solutions-oriented approach to problem solving; demonstrates a willingness to learn and improve

Preferred

  • Experience working with social media, email marketing, and content development
  • Graphic design experience
  • Self-starter, well-spoken, outgoing
  • Detail-oriented, ability to multitask and meet deadlines
  • A passion for sports and community

Benefits

  • Unpaid Internship with College credit
  • Opportunity to make money by hosting or refereeing leagues!
  • Invaluable experience in sports management by leaders in the social sports industry
  • Opportunity for full time position
  • Free sports leagues & events
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Volo Sports

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Founded and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Volo provides year-round access for adults 21+ to participate in a variety of sports, fitness, tournaments, social activities, and volunteer opportunities. More than 400,000 users leverage the Volo platform to organize, meet, communicate and interact within their community. Ranked on the Inc. 5000, a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., Volo now holds the position as the country’s largest adult social sports network, and currently operates nationally in Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Seattle, Charleston, New York City, New Jersey, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.! When adults register through Volo, they Play it Forward... helping to create free quality, youth sports programs in their communities via the Volo Kids Foundation (VKF), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that removes barriers to athletic participation by providing free programs in each of the Volo cities for kids ages 6-12, that is open to kids of all genders, races, and abilities to play at no cost to their families. Supported by volunteers, donations, and corporate and community partnerships, VKF has engaged over 20,000 kids across the country since its inception in 2015. Help us reach our goal of providing free sports to 1 million kids!

Founded in 2014
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
415 employees (159 in marketing)
47% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
290K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$4.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37%
Direct
57.7%
Referral
3.7%
Social
1%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~415

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
38 (9% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$21M
Last Raise
$21M
Private Equity, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2024
    Private Equity • $21M
  • Apr 2024
    Private Equity

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