Marketing and Events Internship - Fall

Alliance Highway Safety; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 8,000 - 10,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipend

Job summary

Alliance Highway Safety is seeking energized interns to coordinate sponsorship events nationwide. You will support event staffing, travel planning, and client reporting while learning about campaigns, partnerships, and highway safety messaging.

The role involves extensive travel (75%), collaboration with schools and sponsors, and hands-on marketing activities using Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator (optional). A stipend is provided for the duration of August–December 2026.

Qualifications

• Must be able to travel (75% of the time).
• Well-organized and capable of managing multiple tasks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Self-starter with a positive attitude and team orientation.

Responsibilities

• Staffing and fulfilling event metrics as scheduled (weekday, weekends, and some holidays).
• Planning, booking, and coordinating travel arrangements.
• Liaising with venue coordinators and sponsorship partners.
• Researching marketing tools and collecting program data.
• Traveling to events and promoting highway safety campaigns.

Skills

Excellent communication

Well-organized

Multitasking

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Education

College juniors/seniors

Recent graduates

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

HubSpot

Job description

Alliance Highway Safety is looking for FLEXIBLE, OUTGOING, and ORGANIZED individuals to help coordinate a variety of sponsorship events across the country. As part of Alliance’s internship program, you will have the opportunity to learn from our experienced staff about the ins and outs of event marketing and corporate sponsorships, assist with the management of sponsorship campaigns, meet and listen to established professionals in highway safety, and travel across the country to events such as fairs, festivals, motorcycle rallies, racetracks, college sports, and the Choices Matter Program.

Alliance Highway Safety specializes in impactful community messaging, with a primary focus on highway safety programs directly with various states and carries out targeted messaging about drinking and driving, texting and driving, wearing seatbelts, speeding, and other campaigns using sports, entertainment, and high school venues as our platform.

We desire outgoing, flexible, and responsible individuals to share campaign messages at events to help continue making an impact in these communities and saving lives. If you enjoy traveling, making a difference in your community, and engaging with attendees and fans across the country then we are looking for you.

Duration Of Internship

• August - December 2026 (flexible for the right candidate)

Pay

• Stipend

Responsibilities

• Staffing and fulfilling event metrics as scheduled (weekday, weekends, and some holidays)
• Planning, booking, and coordinating travel arrangements
• Contacting and working with venue coordinators such as school leadership, college career centers, and sponsorship partners
• Researching marketing tools and collecting program data
• Traveling to events and marketing highway safety campaigns effectively
• Reporting and communicating to managers for maximizing impact of highway safety programs
• Preparing professional recaps of each event for the client
• Capturing photographs of marketing activations and engagement at events
• Ensuring that each venue is meeting sponsorship requirements (signs, PA announcements, video commercials, print ads, etc.)
• Inventory management of the office and off-site storage
• Engage in “team-think” and brainstorming to increase the effectiveness of sponsorship activations
• Creation of projects using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Canva (optional)
• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements

• Must be able to travel (75% of the time)
• Well-organized
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint (Preferred: Teams Application & HubSpot)
• Ability to multitask and time manage
• Ability to stay flexible and adaptable
• Self-starter with a positive attitude
• Have strong interpersonal skills that complement a proactive, solution-driven, team-oriented work ethic
• Ability to work untraditional hours including weekends, evenings and some holidays
• Be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. as needed

Education/Experience

• College Juniors / Seniors needing an academic credit internship
• Recent graduates looking for experience in marketing, event management, and operations

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.