Graduate - Technology and Data Intern
Listed on 2026-11-04
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IT/Tech
Data Analyst, Digital Marketing, IT Business Analyst
WORK OPTION:
The NBA currently provides eligible employees the option of working remotely one day per week.
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Position Summary:The 2027 NBA Summer Internship is a 10-week program that runs from June 7 – August 13, 2027. The program gives participants the opportunity to learn about the business of basketball, develop critical career skills, and contribute to meaningful projects across a range of departments in the NBA and its affiliate leagues (WNBA & G League). In addition to on-the-job experience, interns are invited to participate in a broad array of professional development programming as well as community and social experiences.
Interns should reflect excellent academic standing and have strong written and verbal communication skills. Additionally, we look for candidates who possess leadership skills as demonstrated through relevant extracurricular or community activities.
More information on the Summer Internship Program experience can be found here.
Role Overview :Selected interns will be placed in one of our departments responsible for our internal and external technology, digital products, data strategy and analytics. This includes the following departments:
Data Strategy & Analytics (DSA), which captures, manages, and analyzes fan and business data to drive informed decision-making across the NBA and its affiliated leagues. The team partners with business units to support key initiatives such as content personalization, customer insights, scheduling, pricing, marketing, fan engagement, and revenue growth. DSA works in partnership with all NBA business units – including Global Content & Media Distribution, Marketing, Global Partnerships, Affiliate Leagues (WNBA, G League, 2K League, Basketball Africa League), and more – and is responsible for ensuring that data-driven analyses are used to make critical business decisions including content personalization, game scheduling and telecast selections, pricing and product mix, customer segmentation, paid and institutional media placements, and more.
Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), which is centered around creating best-in-class digital and broadcast experiences for NBA fans. This includes our direct-to-consumer product offerings (such as the NBA App), various digital subscriber acquisition strategies including NBA (a membership program to reward fans), and the technology that powers digital operations and live game broadcast distribution (such as the Replay Center technology).
Information Technology (IT), which designs, develops, and supports the technology infrastructure that powers the NBA’s global operations, business initiatives, and major league events. The team also enables employee collaboration, supports game and venue technology, and protects the organization through a comprehensive cybersecurity program. IT supports NBA and affiliate leagues and teams and their arenas with the technology used during games. At the league’s biggest events, including All-Star, the Finals and the Draft, we provide the infrastructure and on-site support that thousands of employees, marketing partners, broadcasters and media members rely on.
Selected interns will work on a range of projects. This may include, but is not limited to software development, programming, bug fixes, incident prediction, data analysis, fan engagement studies, database management, interface design, performance improvements, revenue and viewer optimization, and user experience.
These roles require interns to demonstrate a foundational mastery of AI technologies in driving project execution and achieving business objectives.
Major Responsibilities:May include, but not limited to:
Collaborating on cornerstone digital products to improve fan experience
Creating and…
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