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AJGA Tournament Operations and Communications Internships
The AJGA is looking for qualified applicants to serve as tournament operations and communications interns. The interns will travel extensively in regions of the United States on teams of six or seven (two communications interns and 4/5 operations interns) during the internship and will work approximately 75-100 hours/week. We hire more than 50 interns between our spring and summer internships to help our full-time staff conduct more than 80 events throughout the year.
Our Association hires and trains all full-time employees through our traveling and in-house internships. An internship would need to be completed to be eligible for full-time employment.
Tournament Operations Internship Job Responsibilities (Click here for detailed operations job description)
- On-course rules officiating
- General tournament set-up and preparation
- Golf course set-up and preparation
- Starting and scoring of players
- Media and public relations
- Monitoring equipment inventory, maintenance and replenishment
- Public Speaking
Communications Internship Job Responsibilities (Click here for detailed communications job description)
In addition to the above duties, Communications Interns will:
- Publish post-round results and news releases
- Prepare each tournament’s printed materials
- Shoot tournament photography
- Distribute results to local and national media
- Update the AJGA’s Web site, ajga.org
- Serve as an on-site media official
Internship Details
Spring: March-May 2009; Summer: May-September 2009 (End dates vary depending on your school schedule). Interns are paid $200/week, all travel expenses are covered and this internship may be used to receive college credit. Polo Ralph Lauren uniforms, New Balance tennis shoes and Bolle sunglasses will be provided for all interns.
Contact Information
Lauren Shelly, Manager of Recruiting and Special Events
E-mail: lshelly@ajga.org
Phone: (877) 373-2542, ext. 1753
Application Information
Click here to apply.
Priority Deadline: November 21, 2008 by 5 p.m Eastern Time
Final Deadline: January 14, 2009 by 5 p.m. Eastern Time
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