Arena Marketing Intern | Part-Time | Donald L Tucker Civic Center (Florida State U)

Oak View Group•Tallahassee, FL

9h•$16•Onsite

About The Position

Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end-to-end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the company serves a collection of seven world-class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents. Position Summary The Arena Marekting Intern will learn to coordinate, implement, and work on projects that will encompass plans for the event season at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center at Florida State University. Assist the marketing staff in completing tasks necessary for the overall campaign for the upcoming show season with a heavy focus on social media, online/internet aspects of marketing, and grassroots tactics. Looking for an assertive, outgoing, creative, hard-working, dependable, resourceful, independent thinker who is greatly interested in working in Sports/Entertainment Marketing and has a desire to learn. This role is expected to last from September 8, 2026 and will end on December 11, 2026. This role pays an hourly rate of $15.50 This position will remain open until June 19, 2026. About the Venue The Donald L. Tucker Civic Center features a 12,500-seat arena, 34 luxury suites, 476 club seats, over 54,000 sq. ft. of meeting and exhibition space and an arena view restaurant, the Spotlight Grille. The arena is home to Florida State Men’s and Women’s basketball and is known for its electric atmosphere and fierce home court advantage. Not only a music and sports venue, the arena also is frequently used for trade shows, large catered functions, receptions, religious services, and classes.

Requirements

Must be a college junior, senior or graduate student.
Recommended for Sport Management, Marketing, Communications, Management, or Hospitality Majors.
Availability to work 12 hours a week, including evenings and weekends.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Canva.
Knowledge of various social media sites – Facebook and Instagram.
Well organized with ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Active involvement in on campus civic and/or leadership activities highly desired.

Responsibilities

Marketing research that will require making phone calls, emailing, searching the internet, and attending meetings with various individuals within the market.
Participate in developing and implementing event marketing plans and promotions.
Assisting with grassroots marketing, including creation and distribution of flyers, hanging posters, tabling and creating relationships with various retailers to promote events.
Brainstorming ideas for revenue generating events at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.
Assist in managing the Arena’s various social media sites – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
Conducting demographic and psychographic research for various events and projects.
Attend various meetings that will be beneficial in completing tasks.
Represent arena at booths/tables at festivals, fairs, and other events with high traffic to be able to get the word out about the Tucker Center and its events.
Attend meetings with potential partners and learn to execute marketing with third-party partnerships.
Interact with Tucker Center staff when working on various projects.
E-mail management and venue reporting.
Perform variety of event day responsibilities within the Marketing Department.
Additional tasks as assigned.