Intern - Sponsorship Sales & Brand Partnerships

Position Information:

• Start Date: June 16 – December 5, 2025
• Hours: 40 hours per week (9:00 – 5:00pm)
• Location: This is a fully remote position. You must be located within the U.S.A.
• Compensation: $20.00/hour
• Application deadline: Application will close once finalists are selected

Intern, Brand Solutions and Partnerships

As a Brand Solutions and Partnerships intern, you will gain invaluable experience in digital media advertising and sales. You will be playing a key role in planning and executing exciting multi-platform and live event campaigns for 2025 and into 2026! This internship will give you hands on experience working with both internal teams and third-party production partners to ensure our events make meaningful impact on local communities across the U.S. You will also assist with creating unique sales positioning, engaging content, and interactive experiences that align with our multiplatform and live event strategy.

Key Learning Goals:

The goal of this internship is to provide immersive learning and real-world experience through impactful projects around APMG flagship IP including Marketplace’s Million Bazillion, APM Studios’ The Splendid Table and Brain On! These goals include:

• Learning the role that advertising sales and brand partnerships play in supporting the diverse array of APMG's IP and the overall organization.
• Being able to identify the various advanced marketing solutions that are utilized to connect our APMG IP to advertise brands as well as to new and core audiences spanning from adults to kids and families.
• Exposure with coordinating multi-media strategy and sponsorship campaigns that include on-the-ground events, podcasts, digital video, and other audience touchpoints.
• Development of creative presentation and project management skills along with the ability to effectively communicate objectives when working with internal and external stakeholders. All helping to foster a collaborative and innovative environment, aligning with APMG's broader strategic goals.

Responsibilities:

As the Brand Solutions & Partnerships Intern, you will support the team with strategy and logistics around our Experiential/Live Event priorities during the sponsorship selling and activation period in 2025 and into 2026. You will have hands-on experience in the following areas:

• Collaborating with the Director of Brand Partnerships to brainstorm engagement and multi-platform communication opportunities with Marketplace & APM Studios for our largest audiences
• Working along-side existing partnerships with third-party resources, including live-event production, graphic designers, and public relations teams, as necessary
• Participating in weekly meetings with tour stakeholders to monitor sponsorship expectations to ensure project efficiency and maximize sponsor deliverables
• Reporting project outcomes and/or risks to the Director of Brand Partnerships and escalating issues, as necessary, according to the project work plan
• Assisting client relationship management through weekly reports and updates on our project status.

Benefits:

• Eligible to accrue sick time off
• Eligible for health insurance as required under the ACA
• Eligible to participate in the APMG retirement plan

Programming:

• Participate in a robust on-boarding experience
• Professional development: on-the-job training, workforce readiness training, formal performance review feedback sessions, etc.
• Participate in brown bag sessions to gain broader perspective of the organization

Required Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in and have completed one year of a 2–4-year undergraduate degree. program, OR are enrolled in a graduate degree program OR have earned a degree within the last 12 months
• Must be available to work 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday during regular business hours
• Must have access to Wi-Fi, Apple and Spotify podcast apps
• Must have skill in using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Apple Keynote is a plus)
• Strong attention to deadlines and project guidelines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Attention to detail and frequent use of listening skills
• Interest in Media, including Audio, Experiential, Digital Video, Social, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Good presentation writing skills, creative writing is a plus.
• Proficiency to verbally communicate key information to internal stakeholders
• Proficiency in Google Docs
• Interest in Marketing, Brand Partnerships, and/or Sales
• A willingness to think "outside of the box" when it comes to creative solutions and concepts
• A positive attitude!

Next Step in the Application:

In addition to your skills and knowledge, we want to get to know you in the application process. Please include a cover letter (of no more than 1 page) with answers to the following:

• What interests you about this internship?
• What professional skills would you like to add to your toolbox in the months and years to come to grow in your career field?

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Physical Demands:
  • Required to move about in an office environment and sit for extended periods of time.
  • Required to move about in the community.
  • Frequent use of hands for data entry/keystrokes and simple grasping.
• Working Conditions:
  • Moderate noise level.
  • Occasional exposure to prevalent weather conditions.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

We are committed to hiring a breadth of diverse professionals and encourage members of diverse groups to apply.

MacMillan Internship & Fellowship Program at MPR|APM

Minnesota Public Radio | American Public Media are grateful for the long-time, generous philanthropy of Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan for investing in the future of public media through transformational internships and fellowships. Their recent grant will significantly strengthen our internship program, produce enriching programming, and prepare the next generation for careers in public media. We are pleased to recognize this generous support in the name of the program – the MacMillan Internship & Fellowship Program at MPR|APM.

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