University of Minnesota Athletics
Internship: Golden Gopher Fund / Athletic Development - Major Gifts
Supervisor:
Dusty Clements, Senior Associate AD/Development
Elizabeth Walters, Administrative Specialist
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in strategic communications, writing, project management, advertising, marketing, development or fundraising
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Sport Management, Business Administration, Marketing, Advertising
Internship Description:
The Director and the Administrative Specialist of the Golden Gopher Fund will supervise you. You will have an initial period of observation, followed by supervision as needed. Review will happen on a daily basis with weekly status meetings. You are expected to ask for assistance when needed. Major Gift officers will help mentor this internship. A general description of the internship opportunity is as follows:
Receive “hands on” learning experiences with:
- Identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of major donors with the Major Gift Officers in GGF. This will include involvement, supporting the coordination of and in some cases, being a part of a team organizing donor events, donor group meetings, 1-1 meetings and phone/email conversations. This will also include processing major donor gifts through both the University of Minnesota Foundation and the Ticket Office systems.
- Supporting the coordination of major donor qualification, cultivation and stewardship activities, as it relates to Football and Men’s/Women’s Basketball Suite/Loft hosting. This will include helping with the coordination of the process: invites, suite activities, guest lists, gifts, and follow up.
- Working with Major Gift Officers on donor experiences; specifically, their attendance and involvement in various Gopher games and events - including learning operational functions regarding tickets, parking, and pre-game events. This will also include various experiences and coordination with the Director of Donor Relations.
- Interaction with donors on a day to day basis and serving as an initial point of contact for them (in person, on the phone, email) with Intercollegiate Athletics and being cognizant of their needs with the Department and in some instances, the larger University. This includes working with the Director of the Annual Fund and the Ticket Office to assist with the scholarship seating gift renewals and premium seating tickets needs.
You will be invited to participate in an on-going ICA intern development program. The current Intern Coordinator is David Plummer.
Review of applications will begin on: Immediately
Anticipated start date: Immediately
Term: 15 months
Stipend: $16,000 annually ($615.38 bi-weekly)
Please note: Since the application and form are Google forms, you may need to create a Google Account in order to get access and submit an application and the form. You must fill out both the Intern Application and the Confidential Application form.