2026 Graduate Summer Intern (NY)

2026 Graduate Summer Intern (NY) 

OVERVIEW: 

NFL Summer Internship Program participants have the opportunity to contribute to the organization's success while receiving an unmatched, behind-the-scenes learning experience. Though interns work within specific departments, they will explore all aspects of the business of professional football through challenging project assignments, weekly speaker presentations, mentoring relationships, and networking opportunities. 

This is a 10-week summer internship program, from June 8 - August 14, 2026. Interns will be required to work five (5) full days (approximately 40 hours) per week and will be paid an hourly rate for their work. Additionally, there is no remote or hybrid schedule. The NFL is committed to being back in person only. This will allow interns to get a better sense of the NFL as an organization and promote stronger networking opportunities. 

Application Deadline: Applications must be submitted no later than Monday, December 22 at 11:59 PM PST. No exceptions will be made for those who miss the application deadline. 

Due to the high volume of applicants, only those selected for interviews will be contacted by early January. If you are not selected, you will receive an email notification. Please do not contact the NFL regarding the status of your application. 

EDUCATION:  

• Currently enrolled master’s or MBA student  

• Graduating Winter 2026 or Spring 2027 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Prior internship/work experience is preferred 

• Required experience in Word, PowerPoint, Excel 

• Interest in the Sports, Entertainment and/or Media industries is a plus 

• Strong organizational skills 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Eagerness to learn 

• Applicants must be legally permitted to work in the United States and international students must have all visas and employment authorizations before the start of the internship 

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTIONS: 

CLUB BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 

The NFL’s Club Business Development department (Club BD) supports the 32 clubs in delivering direct local value and best-in-class fan experiences via data-driven insights and innovation. In addition to working with the clubs, Club BD works cross-functionally to guide key strategic initiatives at a League level. 

Responsibilities: 

• Support the growth and evolution of the NFL Ticket Network. 

• Analyze ticket sales, pricing, premium seating, and sponsorship data to deliver club benchmarking reports and league reporting to develop actionable insights, best practices, and help inform club and league strategy. 

• Support the Club Business Development team on managing communications between league and clubs, club data collection efforts, and presentation builds for market visits. 

• Support in the development of dashboards and reporting. 

• Document and catalog best practices in ticket sales, pricing, premium seating and suite sales, and sponsorship. 

• Support League fan experience initiatives, including researching fan engagement best practices across sports properties, inside and outside the NFL. 

• Support internal strategy efforts, providing recommendations and creating analyses, guides, and documentation to improve value delivered by Club BD team to Clubs. 

• Support cross-functional coordination & planning within the League and across Clubs for key tentpole events (e.g. Pro Bowl, Super Bowl, Draft), marketing campaigns, etc. 

Qualifications: 

• Prior internship and/or work experience is preferred. 

• Background in analytics, consulting, or project management preferred. 

• Ability to translate complex data findings into compelling stories for various audiences. 

• Ability to craft narratives that highlight the key insights from the data in a way that is accessible and engaging. 

• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint. 

• Data visualization experience is a plus. 

• Preferred major/coursework: Bachelor’s degree in quantitative/analytic or business field. 

DATA & ANALYTICS 
The Fan Data & Analytics team spans Fan, League, Club, and Media analytics and data science initiatives. Includes development and refinement of robust enterprise-level analytics, data analyses for key strategic priorities, and data science initiatives to drive fan engagement.  

Responsibilities:  

Main project will be a data science project that could include:    

• Development of ticketing models/algorithms using NFL database  

• International Product recommender models  

• Look alike models   

• Audience segmentation development  

• Media metrics modeling  

• Survey NLP analysis   

• Training Clubs on use of analytic tools  

• Collaborating within the team and across the D&A organization   

Qualifications:  

• Consulting, banking, finance, sports business, or data & analytics experience  

• Excellent written and verbal skills  

• Advanced in Excel, PowerPoint, SQL, Python, R, Git, black code style, working with large data sets, AWS tooling 

• Preferred major/coursework: Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Econometrics, or other quantitatively rigorous fields 

 
 
FOOTBALL DATA & ANALYTICS 
The Football Data & Analytics Team uses data science, analytics and statistics to research the game of NFL football in order to maximize competitiveness, pace of play, officiating and health/safety. The Football Data & Analytics intern will use R or Python to analyze data related to NFL games, plays, players or officials. 

Responsibilities:   

• Write code in R and/or Python. 

• Use NFL data to create a research project analyzing rule changes, officiating, the NFL schedule, competitiveness, and other aspects of NFL game play. 

• Support football data team’s ongoing data science workstreams. 

Qualifications:  

• Advanced coursework in statistics or data science. 

• Proficient in R/RStudio and/or Python. 

• Experience with statistical modeling and data visualization. 

• Passion for the game of football. 

• Experience working with sports tracking/x-y coordinate data preferred. 

• Knowledge of advanced NFL metrics such as CPOE, EPA and Win Probability preferred. 

• Ability to explain technical findings to non-technical people preferred. 

• Currently enrolled in a Master’s in Statistics or Data science, or related program 

 
 
INTERNATIONAL GROWTH 

International growth is one of the strategic priorities for the league. The 2025 season has been a pivotal year for the NFL in this regard with a broad slate of regular season games held outside of the US – 7 games in 6 stadia across 5 countries – increased Club investment in international markets through our Global Markets Program (GMP), and continued investment in growing the game at every level, from building grassroots participation through flag football, which will be added to the sports program for the LA28 Olympic Games, to creating pathways for international players through the NFL Academy and International Player Pathway (IPP) programs.  

Underpinning this is the work undertaken by the NFL International team, across a variety of functional groups including Strategy, Marketing, Media, Consumer Products, Local Football Development and Sponsorship, to grow fandom, engagement, and our business internationally.  

Responsibilities 

Business Planning:  

• Drive key analyses across commercialization streams assessing the impact, opportunities, and cross-functional dependencies of league presence in key international markets 

• Conduct relevant market research, organize findings, and create analyses to support strategic direction/recommendations 

• Support on key strategic initiatives, business case development, and new innovation to continue the NFL’s international growth 

• Support the creation, development, and tracking of departmental and League-wide business plans, including metric creation, measurement, tracking, and ultimate reporting of success metrics 

Global Markets Program:  

• Support day-to-day management & strategy of program; Liaise with Clubs to track & analyze marketing, fan engagement and commercialization activations 

Marketing:  

• Support in Global Marketing integration processes, including serving as a connector between regional / local marketing teams, central International Marketing team and Global Marketing Centers of Excellence (CoE) 

• Content marketing: Coordination of central int’l content development, production & marketing processes, including NFL Media digital content identification and tech ops delivery coordination to int’l content leads and relevant broadcast partners. Manage broadcast integrations processes with NFL Media operations team. Assist with NFL Media on-boarding for int’l staff and agency partners. Optimize sharing and archiving of int’l content productions & localized brand marketing content 

• Social marketing: Support int’l social & US domestic social content initiatives across priority platforms 

• Database marketing: Work closely with central Data & Analytics (D&A) team and Fan 1-1 Marketing team to support database marketing programs and initiatives in priority markets 

• Broadcast marketing: Support int’l marketing & media workstreams, including: new partner on-boarding & servicing; optimize digital content sharing with priority partners; marketing communications  

Qualifications 

• Experience working internationally and fluency in another language besides English is a plus  

• Strong verbal and written communication and relationship management skills  

• Strong organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills  

• Ability to work collaboratively and adapt quickly to diverse international market landscapes  

• Strong understanding and capability using Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint  

• Team player capable of operating cross-functionally across the organization, with people across a variety of different time zones  

• Demonstrated interest in working in professional sports   

*Please note: While the NFL does not offer relocation assistance, select summer internship candidates may be eligible for a housing stipend based on eligibility criteria.  Eligibility will be reviewed with candidates under consideration for an offer.