Job Description

Job Summary:

About the Role and Program

The ESPN Sports Marketing team is a centralized group of strategic brand and content marketers. We lead campaign and media strategy, spend, budgeting, and fan engagement across brands, events, platforms, and shows.

As a Sports Marketing Intern, you will help drive fan engagement on ESPN, the ESPN App, and other priority platforms. Interns will have the opportunity to collaborate with various departments and stakeholders across the organization including the creative, research, and programming teams to help drive cross department learnings and uncover opportunities. This internship is a 16-week opportunity located in ESPN’s New York City office from January 2026-May 2026.

What You Will Do

• Support the planning, execution, and measurement of marketing campaigns for major sports properties, including MLB, NCAA Championships (such as the College World Series and Gymnastics), the Australian Open, The Masters, AUSL, and LOVB

• Assist with marketing ESPN’s broadcast and streaming offerings across ESPN platforms and paid media

• Help coordinate cross-promotions with partners, owning timelines, deliverables, and approvals to meet deadlines

• Research audience, competitor, and cultural trends; summarizing insights and recommending tests

• Partner with creative, research, programming, social, and media to share learnings and unlock opportunities

• Compile recaps with goals, creative, assets, results, and next steps

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Experience or coursework in sports marketing and core marketing principles

• Strong writing and communication skills

• Working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

• Highly organized, detail-oriented self-starter with proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Curiosity to test, learn, and improve strategy

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Familiarity with ESPN properties listed above and the direct-to-consumer sports landscape

• Knowledge of the listed sports from both fan and business views

• Interest in current trends in culture and social media

• Appreciation for new technologies and clear storytelling

Education

• Junior or Senior year preferred

• Major or previous coursework in Communications, Marketing, Sports Media or related major preferred  

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information

Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements:

• Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class at time of application OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship

• Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program

• Be at least 18 years of age

• Possess unrestricted work authorization 

Additional Information

• Able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship

• Fully available from Monday through Friday for the duration of the internship, 40 hours each week

• The dates of this internship are January through May 2026

• Able to provide own housing for the duration of the internship program in the New York City area

• Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work

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The pay rate for this internship in New York is $22.50 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits. To learn more about our benefits visit:

Job Tags

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