Purpose: To provide a comprehensive introduction and training experience for qualified interns to prepare for a career in golf administration.

Term of Internship(s): Multiple internships are available; please see each department description and length of internship(s).

Location: Interns will be based at Mass Golf headquarters in Norton and will travel within the state (potential for limited travel throughout New England area).

Qualifications: Varies by position. Please click on the application links to learn about each internship’s qualifications. Not eligible for consideration are Mass Golf/USGA employees, officials, their relatives, or past USGA grant recipients.

Compensation: This is a paid internship.

Housing & Transportation: Intern must arrange for housing in the Massachusetts area and provide their own reliable automotive transportation. Intern will be reimbursed for all related expenses when traveling on Mass Golf business and reimbursed for the use of their personal automobile according to the Mass Golf Reimbursement Policy.

Office Attire: Intern will be expected to wear casual, neat, business-type attire for all office responsibilities. Mass Golf attire will be supplied for event/on-site work.

Communications

Internship Available: One, 3 month

• Provide event coverage in both written and digital form, including but not limited to: pre-event stories/media materials, special interviews, daily updates, and post event recaps.
• Use of AP Style for recaps, newsletter, website, and publication stories.
• Assist with on-site posting of content to web sites, photo galleries and social media platforms.
• Willingness to expand knowledge of the game of golf through storytelling abilities.
• Basic working knowledge of WordPress and the Adobe Suite.
• Assist with research, writing, fact checking, and proofing of newsletters, website, and publication stories.
• Responsible for pitching and developing unique content (videos, blogs, written stories).
• Assist with graphic updating, editing and creation.
• Help build historical archives of stories, photos, and videos.
• Effectively collaborate in a team environment, showcase good work ethic and self-discipline

Relevant Interests: sports journalism content & development, researching and historically archiving golf data, consumer of sports media & publications, interest in expanding skills in digital media landscape of storytelling.

This position requires travel throughout the state and other areas within New England. Event coverage and video shoots often take place during non-traditional hours.