Game Day Experience Associate

This is a Full Time Job

Kick-start your career in sports and entertainment.

Our Graduate Associate Program is a full-time, immersive, post-graduate opportunity designed for recent college graduates who are ready to gain real-world experience in a fast-paced, professional sports organization. This program offers hands-on learning, meaningful responsibility, and exposure to leaders across the business - all while working in a collaborative, high-energy environment.

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This position will start on 8/3/26 and run through 6/25/27.

A quick summary about the Live Entertainment Game Day Experience Graduate Associate role:

The Live Entertainment Graduate Associate Game Day Experience will assist in the development and execution of Live Event Production for Orlando Magic games and events, with a primary focus on concourse entertainment and game day Fan Fest activations. This role supports experiential marketing, fan engagement, and live entertainment outside the main bowl on game days.

What the Live Entertainment Game Day Experience Graduate Associate will be responsible for:

Live Event Production:
• Assist in the development and execution of Fan Fest and concourse entertainment including managing entertainment vendors, booking and coordinating activations (sponsored and non-sponsored) and creating experiential marketing spaces to engage and educate fans
• Collaborate with the Global Partnerships team to develop partner activation solutions for FanFest, concourse, and in-game promotions
• Support mascot operations in game day and non-game day roles including, but not limited to, prop development, logistics planning and coordination, and on-site appearances
• Work alongside internal stakeholders including Arena Operations, Business Strategy, Client Services and Broadcast Production to ensure seamless execution of the gameday experience
• Support in the oversight of the Event Activation Representative team in gameday activation planning and performance
• Coordinate logistics and execution of gameday promotional giveaways
• Provide stage manager and production support for outside events

General Office Duties:
• Maintain and prepare all game night documents
• Compile and gain insight from market research including Magic Memories, NBA Media Archive, and online media and distribute information to the team
• All other duties as assigned

What the Live Entertainment Game Day Experience Graduate Associate needs to have:
• Post Grad (recent college graduates within 24 months of graduation) or graduate-level college students required.
• Degree in marketing and/or sports management preferred.
• 1-2 years of marketing or sports management experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other related computer skills required.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work well under pressure.
• Strong organizational skills, time management skills and attention to detail required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with an emphasis on business writing skills.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks/projects and support multiple high level executive positions.
• Ability to work independently without supervision, be self-directed and demonstrate initiative.
• Strong team synergy skills and ability to work collaboratively with others whom you have no direct authority over.
• Excellent ability to establish rapport with others and ability to build strong interpersonal relationships.
• Exhibit good judgment and decision-making skills.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule including nights and weekends and be on-call as necessary based on the changing priorities of the department.

Physical requirements

Ability to lift sand bags, inflatables, and giveaway boxes up to 50 pounds

Ability to stand on feet for 6-7 hours per event

If this opportunity is a job you're passionate about and it fits with your skills and experience, then we welcome you to take the next step and apply!

All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of our pre-employment screenings, that includes a background check.

Please note that this is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

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