Internship: Media Relations; Part-Time​/Seasonal

Position: Internship: Media Relations (Part-Time/Seasonal)
Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) is one of the largest integrated sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the most diverse partnership groups in all of sports. MSE owns and operates seven major and minor sports teams: 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, NBA's Washington Wizards, WNBA's 2019 Championship Washington Mystics, NBA G League's Capital City Go-Go, 2021 & 2020 NBA 2K League Champion Wizards District Gaming and Caps Gaming, an esports sub-brand of the Capitals.

Additionally, it holds a significant investment in a seventh professional team, Team Liquid, an endemic esports team owned and operated by aXiomatic, in which MSE is an investor.

In September 2022, MSE acquired the regional sports network, then-called NBC Sports Washington and newly rebranded as Monumental Sports Network. Monumental Sports Network now holds the exclusive local television media rights to Capitals', Wizards', and Mystics' games. The network is both a linear channel and a digital operation. Prior to acquiring the linear platform, the digital platform was launched by MSE in 2016, as the first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile, and streaming platforms.

Those linear and digital platforms are now combined and join Caps Radio, Wizards Radio, MSE Outdoor and Monumental Productions for a full suite of six media enterprises.

In addition to Capital One Arena - a venue which hosts 3M+ visitors across over 250 events annually, MSE also manages Med Star Capitals Iceplex (training facility for the Capitals), Med Star Health Performance Center (training facility for the Wizards, Mystics, and Go-Go) and Eagle Bank Arena (a 12,000+ live event venue on George Mason University's campus).

In July 2020, MSE partnered with William Hill (subsequently acquired by Caesars Entertainment) to open the first ever in-arena sports book in North America, now called Caesars Sports book.

MSE opened "District E powered by Ticketmaster" in the spring of 2023, a flagship esports and entertainment venue. This 14,000-square-foot live-event theater offers a 365-day-a-year series of immersive experiences in esports, music, culinary excellence, event programming, and community events.

MSE proudly promotes its core values for all those that interact with the company. As a member of our team:

* You will provide first-class customer service and value for our fans.

* You will champion a double-bottom line that engages, unifies, and gives back to the community we serve.

* You will work tirelessly to build generationally exceptional teams that compete for championships year after year and create lifelong memories for our fans.

* You will measure performance with specific objectives and metrics and our analysis and decisions are compelled by data.

* You will prize leadership, but you should value teamwork and collaboration and transparency even more. We treat each other with respect. We act with honesty and integrity. We remain humble.

* You will innovate. We are nimble and first to market. We are not averse to risk.

* You will have fun. We are in the business of happiness.

Position Overview:

The Washington Capitals Summer Media Relations Intern will assist with the day-to-day duties of the communications department.

Are you a current student looking for hands-on sports industry experience. We'd love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

* Monitor media coverage of the organization and compile daily clips email.

* Manage team photographs including archiving.

* Update the department's distribution lists.

* Write and edit material for use in the team's draft and development camp guides, as well as 2026-27 media guide.

* Assist with development camp media availabilities and projects.

* Monitor and compile coverage for the summer media coverage recap.

* Draft and edit press releases, media advisories and other editorial content.

* Perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

* Working towards a bachelor's degree in communications, English, journalism, business, sports management or other related major.

* Available to work Monday through Thursday.

* Strong writing, editing, communication and interpersonal skills.

* Dedicated, hard-working, punctual, dependable, self-reliant, resourceful and a great teammate.

* Ability to work on timeline, manage multiple tasks while working independently or as part of a team.

* Familiarity with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.

Pay Rate: $17.95 USD/hour

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.