2026-2027 Paid Intern - Business Intelligence

This is a Part Time Paid Internship

HSE is seeking a Business Intelligence Intern to support the Revenue division through data-driven insights that inform ticketing, partnerships, and marketing strategy. This role offers hands-on experience at the intersection of analytics and business strategy. The intern will support end-to-end analytical work, including conducting research, writing queries to extract data from the data warehouse, managing and validating datasets, and designing dashboards in Tableau. The Business Intelligence Intern will also assist in translating data into clear, actionable insights and communicating findings to key stakeholders across the organization.

The 2026-2027 season program runs from September 7, 2026, through April 23, 2027.

Core Values

HSE embodies the following core values:
• Integrity
• Teamwork
• Competitiveness
• Candor
• Accountability
• Resilience

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Support ongoing projects for Business Intelligence, Partnerships, Ticketing, Marketing, Mobile App and other areas of the business.
• Provide insights using data on consumer behavior, attitudes, demographics and more.
• Review and maintain current Tableau dashboards and optimize SQL queries.
• Assist with organizing, cleaning and managing data in CRM.
• Participate in the full internship program, including workshops, speaker series, job shadowing and working on an intern project.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills, Experience, and Abilities

To be successful in this position, candidates should demonstrate the following:
• Graduate or current student pursuing a degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Interested in working in the sports industry, specifically within Business Intelligence.
• Male collegiate basketball players must have exhausted their NCAA eligibility before participating in the HSE internship program.
• Detail-oriented, self-starter with proven ability to learn new skills quickly.
• Possess strong analytical, creative problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with market research is preferred.
• Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau preferred) is preferred.
• Experience with SQL or other database languages is preferred.
• Experience with data science and statistical software (R, Python) is a plus.
• Experience with HTML is a plus.
• Availability to work Hornets home games, including nights, weekends, and holidays.