Media Relations Spring Internship

**Position Overview**

The Dallas PULSE is seeking an organized, energetic, and detail-oriented Game Day Media Relations Intern to support the Public Relations department during the professional volleyball season. This hands-on role is designed for a student or emerging communications professional who is interested in sports public relations, journalism, media relations, and live-event operations.

The intern will play an important role in delivering a polished, professional, and welcoming experience for local and national media covering Dallas PULSE matches. Working closely with the Director of Media Relations, MLV representatives, game operations, and visiting-team personnel. This individual will help coordinate media logistics before, during, and after home matches while assisting with game notes, match recaps, credentials, press-conference operations, and other communications needs.

This is a fast-paced, in-person, game-day position that offers valuable, real-world experience in professional sports communications and media operations.

**Primary Responsibilities**

* Assist with the setup, organization, and breakdown of media operations areas before and after each home match.

* Coordinate media check-in and credential pickup processes, maintaining accurate credential lists and ensuring media members receive parking details, venue access and direction upon arrival.

* Partner with game operations and venue security to establish and maintain designated media areas, including media entrances, interview areas, press-conference spaces, and media workspaces.

* Serve as a point of contact for Major League Volleyball representatives, visiting-team communications contacts, and other game-day stakeholders.

* Help draft, proofread, and distribute game-day materials, including match notes, lineups, statistical updates, post-match recaps, and other communications materials as assigned.

* Support the Media Relations Director with additional media relations, communications, and special-event assignments as needed.

**Qualifications**

* Must receive college credit

* Strong communication and interpersonal skills

* Comfortable interacting professionally with members of the media, athletes, coaches, league representatives, and internal staff.

* Availability to work home matches, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as required by the team schedule

* Reliable transportation to the Frisco-area game venue and ability to arrive early and remain through post-match media operations.

* Ability to stand and move throughout the venue for extended periods and assist with light event setup, as needed.

**Preferred Characteristics**

* Passion for growing the game of volleyball in the Dallas-Fort Worth community

* A team-first, hospitality-minded professional who understands that a great media experience reflects directly on the Dallas Pulse organization.

* Detail-oriented, especially when handling names, credentials, schedules, statistics, quotes, and media distribution lists.

* Personable and confident when communicating with reporters, photographers, broadcasters, and game-day staff.

* Calm under pressure, adaptable to changing timelines, and able to make thoughtful decisions in a live-event environment.

* A strong collaborator who takes direction well, communicates clearly, and contributes positively to a high-energy game-day environment.

**Work Environment**

This role operates in both office and event environments and may require extended periods of sitting, standing, walking, and working during live sporting events.