AVAILABLE POSITIONS
Experiential Marketer / Event Operations Intern
Our Experiential Marketing & Event Ops Intern loves the rush of energy from executing a terrific event. You're the delicate balance between detailed planning and event day execution. They have an artsy vibe but are equally as comfortable in the sports scene as at a professional happy hour.
Account Manager Intern
Our Account Manager Intern is an organizational prodigy who likes creating structure and processes. They are comfortable taking direction and presenting solutions to senior executives. The right candidate is a ninja whose computing skills include: excel formulas, beautiful PowerPoint presentations, and a quiet confidence that you can find anything on the web.
Social Science / Market Research Intern
We are looking for an individual interested in researching the inner workings of the pickleball industry from economic and sociological perspectives. This internship will be an opportunity to understand pickleball culture on a micro level. Your task will be to learn its social trends, key influencers, and the industry’s consumer culture. You are responsible for exploring across Austin, conducting participant observations, and gathering qualitative and quantitative data about pickleball (e.g. demographics, beverage habits, and social network analysis, et.al.). This internship will include research, photography, analytics, and a final semester report. In essence, we are looking to reverse-engineer pickleball mechanics in critical markets and how "cool" trends are born and spread.
Ultimate pickleball host/field marketer
The Ultimate Pickleball Host/Field Marketer is based in Central Houston, Texas, and is a social chameleon who has never met a stranger. You love cruising H-town, meeting new people from various scenes, and instinctively building community.
You're the delicate balance between a detailed planner, a networker, and a promoter. You are both athletic as you are artsy and equally as comfortable in the sports scene as at a festival.
Please do not be shy about your pickleball skills. We care less about your DUPR rating and are really looking for someone who exudes hospitality vibes and embraces a playful, competitive spirit.
Our Company
Backyard Pickleball Bash is an Austin-based sports festival currently in launch mode. We believe play is transformational; it unites us and fosters personal growth. Backyard Pickleball Bash brings players, spectators, artists, and families together at a touring backyard party celebrating pickleball's competitive playfulness.
With the flair of the Kentucky Derby and the joy of a music festival, here, you're immersed in the tastes, music, games, and great vibes of a close friend's backyard.
We’re a lean team of senior executives in the very serious business of creating fun. We’re looking for a team of interns who realize they are here to work hard and learn. This won’t be a boring internship; we need your intellect and hard work, and genuinely want your impact on our company. Everything you work on will have an immediate influence on the business. It is a unique opportunity to see your contributions play out on a large scale in front of your eyes.
We are in the exciting stages of concept development and launch, so you can expect: no pay, crazy hours, and minimal hand-holding; however, it is an excellent opportunity to gain understanding and truly build a brand and festival from the ground up.
The positions above are available to start as soon as possible and continue through the entire Winter/Spring term (i.e. through April/May).