Commercial Strategy Intern, SeatGeek
The compensation for this role is $25/hour USD (based on a 40 hour work week)
3 days a week in office
Ticketing platform for live events
Be an early applicant
Ticketing platform for live events
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
The compensation for this role is $25/hour USD (based on a 40 hour work week)
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power a new, open entertainment industry where fans have effortless access to experiences, and team, venues, and shows have seamless access to their audiences.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for someone who is curious, passionate, comfortable with ambiguity, self-starting, and has a strong sense of ownership and fastidious attention to detail. If you’re interested in sports business, strategy, enterprise sales, and building things that drive real outcomes, this role offers a unique opportunity to grow quickly while making a meaningful contribution
- Current undergraduate or graduate student status, ideally with coursework or interest in sports business or a related field. Familiarity with sports ticketing or revenue strategy preferred
- Analytical and consulting skillset, including the ability to synthesize complex concepts using clear frameworks and develop compelling recommendations for executive-level stakeholders
- Strong skills in Google Slides or PowerPoint, with a talent for clean, professional presentation design. Bonus: Advanced design skills using Figma
- Experience in Excel/Google Sheets or basic financial modeling
- Familiarity with AI tools and passion for finding ways to leverage AI to drive heightened productivity
- Clear communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to intuitively tailor narratives for different audiences and stakeholders
- Attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple tasks simultaneously under tight deadlines while maintaining fastidious attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Proactive, curious, and eager to learn, with a willingness to take ownership of projects both big and small
What the job involves
- SeatGeek’s innovative box office technology has unseated entrenched legacy players to win exclusive primary ticketing partnerships with many of the most iconic teams and venues in the world
- The Commercial Strategy team is a major driver of SeatGeek’s success. We work hand-in-hand with Sales to make the switch to SeatGeek a no-brainer for prospects by crafting and communicating bespoke solutions that showcase SeatGeek’s technical differentiators and bottom-line impact
- As a Summer Intern supporting our Commercial Strategy team, you’ll gain hands-on experience at the intersection of strategy, sales, and tech
- You’ll work closely with experienced team members to research prospects, build compelling sales materials, and help communicate SeatGeek’s value to some of the most iconic organizations in sports and live entertainment
- You’ll develop skills in consulting, workshop facilitation, financial modeling, and sales content creation, while gaining exposure to how enterprise sales processes work in practice
- You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to high-impact, real-world projects — from shaping sales narratives to improving how we scale knowledge and insights across the team
- Conduct research on prospective clients, including their business model, key stakeholders, and current ticketing setup, to support sales strategy and outreach. Prospects mainly include NFL, NHL, NBA and MLS teams
- Support active sales opportunities by building decks, proposals, and other materials that clearly communicate SeatGeek’s value
- Help organize and maintain internal content (e.g., past proposals, presentations, and processes) to make them easier to find and reuse across the team
- Contribute to B2B content marketing efforts by drafting blog posts, LinkedIn content, and other materials to support enterprise messaging
- Assist with building and refining ROI models by gathering data, updating assumptions, and incorporating benchmarks from current clients
- Translate data and research into clear, structured insights for internal and client-facing materials
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Sales, Marketing, Strategy) to support ongoing projects and improve team workflows
Our take
For many fans, buying tickets online can be a time-consuming and frustrating process. SeatGeek is setting out to ease this problem by powering an open entertainment industry that provides fans with greater access to experiences, while enabling teams, venues, and shows to have seamless access to their audiences.
SeatGeek launched with a laser-sharp focus on creating a customer-oriented ticketing marketplace for sports and live events. Its commitment to optimizing fan experience has helped distinguish the company from rivals, such as Ticketmaster and Live Nation, with its expanding suite of simple features that have made it the highest-rated and most trusted ticketer.
SeatGeek has secured integration partnerships with Facebook, Spotify and Snapchat, and has an impressive client list that includes the Dallas Cowboys, Manchester City FC, and the Brooklyn Nets. It continues to onboard enterprise clients, expand its international presence and release new products such as "Next Fan Up", positioning it well for future success.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Aug 2022
$238m
SERIES E
Apr 2017
$76.5m
SERIES D
Total funding: $417.6m
Company benefits
- Benefits: We provide access to high-quality health insurance coverage, ample paid time off, and a matching 401k program.
- Parental leave: Congrats on welcoming a bundle of joy into your life! We offer 16 weeks of leave in a 12-month period.
- Subscriptions: Health and wellness are incredibly important so we cover employee subscriptions to services like One Medical, Ginger.io and Headspace.
- Team events: Regular virtual team hangs & happy hours are essential, especially while we’re all working remotely. We also put our typical day-to-day work aside for company-wide hackathons 3-4 times per year.
- Ticket perk: SeatGeek employees receive a monthly ticket-purchase stipend for live events!
- Flexible work environment: Flexible work environment, allowing you to work as many days a week in the office as you’d like or 100% remotely. A WFH stipend to support your home office setup.
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Leadership
Jack Groetzinger
(Co-Founder & CEO)Jack is also a Founding Partner at Founder Creative. Previously, he founded Scribnia and worked as an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company.
Russell D'Souza
(Co-Founder)Previously, Russell co-founded Scribnia and worked as an Analyst at Monitor Group.
Eric Waller
(Co-Founder & CTO)Eric previously co-founded Niqos where he worked as a Web Developer for 3 years. He also served as a Web Developer at Tickerhound and as a User Experience Engineer at Amie Street.
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