Intern - NCAA GM

Fanatics•Jacksonville, FL

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Licensing Partnerships Intern supports Fanatics’ College Licensing team by tracking sales and royalty guarantees, maintaining active license records, and providing analytical insights related to authorized direct licensees (ADLs). The role helps plan and execute Fanatics College’s annual event calendar, including CALS, SBJ/NFF, Tailgate, CFP, Final Four, CLC Seminar, NACDA/ICLA, and Fanatics Fest, and builds operational infrastructure to help Partner Development and College GM teams maximize event impact. The intern is expected to deliver results through BOLD leadership and execution excellence, using data, automation, and AI-enabled insights. The position involves cross-functional collaboration, maintaining business trackers and meeting materials, supporting event logistics and partner experiences, and contributing to post-event debriefs. It also includes tracking licensing sales and royalty guarantees, maintaining license records, preparing recurring partner meeting materials, coordinating vendors and travel, and identifying ways to improve recurring processes with templates, data workflows, and technology. The role is hybrid, with a primary office location in Norman, Oklahoma; Jacksonville, Florida; or Tampa, Florida, subject to the company’s current hybrid work policy. It currently requires in-office presence three days per week. The role is expected to apply AI and digital tools to improve efficiency and outcomes, use data to inform decisions, and contribute to innovation and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple workstreams accurately and simultaneously.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets for tracking sales, royalty guarantees, and business metrics.
Comfort building and maintaining data trackers and templates.
Experience or demonstrated interest in sports licensing, partnerships, or collegiate athletics business environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to create clear, professional materials for partner-facing meetings and internal stakeholders.
Attention to detail in record-keeping and recurring reporting templates.
Ability to support event logistics end-to-end, including invitations, registration, vendor coordination, on-site materials, and post-event debriefs.
Self-starter mindset, ability to take initiative on administrative and operational tasks, and willingness to flag issues proactively.
Curiosity and adaptability in adopting new technologies and ways of working.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Partner Development and College GM teams to align licensing data, event logistics, and partner-facing deliverables.
Maintain and distribute accurate business trackers, meeting materials, and consolidated planning grids.
Support post-event debriefs and help capture learnings to improve future execution.
Support execution of marquee events, including CFP, Final Four, and Fanatics Fest.
Maintain current records of active licenses.
Submit requests for new products and/or distribution channels to expand officially licensed college merchandise reach.
Provide insights related to ADL sales performance to inform product positioning and market support.
Build event-planning infrastructure, including attendee and registration lists, master session schedules, meeting windows and spaces, and team meeting grids.
Identify opportunities to streamline recurring processes such as deck population, royalty tracking, and business tracker updates.
Track sales and royalty guarantees under Fanatics’ college licensing agreements and provide timely, accurate insights to the College GM team.
Create and maintain templates for recurring partner business meetings and ensure materials contain current data and are prepared ahead of meetings.
Manage vendor coordination, on-site materials, travel and logistics, and invite and registration lists across the Fanatics College annual event calendar.
Provide administrative support to the Licensing Partnerships team and proactively flag issues to senior team members.
Apply AI and technology, and use data and digital tools, to improve efficiency, quality, and outcomes.