About this Internship: Youth Hockey Development (Part-Time/Seasonal) role at Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) is one of the largest integrated sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the most diverse partnership groups in all of sports. MSE owns and operates seven major and minor sports teams: 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s 2019 Championship Washington Mystics, NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go, 2021 & 2020 NBA 2K League Champion Wizards District Gaming and Caps Gaming, an esports sub-brand of the Capitals. Additionally, it holds a significant investment in a seventh professional team, Team Liquid, an endemic esports team owned and operated by aXiomatic, in which MSE is an investor.
In September 2022, MSE acquired the regional sports network, then-called NBC Sports Washington and newly rebranded as Monumental Sports Network. Monumental Sports Network now holds the exclusive local television media rights to Capitals’, Wizards’, and Mystics’ games. The network is both a linear channel and a digital operation. Prior to acquiring the linear platform, the digital platform was launched by MSE in 2016, as the first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile, and streaming platforms. Those linear and digital platforms are now combined and join Caps Radio, Wizards Radio, MSE Outdoor and Monumental Productions for a full suite of six media enterprises.
In addition to Capital One Arena – a venue which hosts 3M+ visitors across over 250 events annually, MSE also manages MedStar Capitals Iceplex (training facility for the Capitals), MedStar Health Performance Center (training facility for the Wizards, Mystics, and Go-Go) and EagleBank Arena (a 12,000+ live event venue on George Mason University’s campus).
In July 2020, MSE partnered with William Hill (subsequently acquired by Caesars Entertainment) to open the first ever in-arena sportsbook in North America, now called Caesars Sportsbook.
MSE opened “District E powered by Ticketmaster” in the spring of 2023, a flagship esports and entertainment venue. This 14,000-square-foot live-event theater offers a 365-day-a-year series of immersive experiences in esports, music, culinary excellence, event programming, and community events.
MSE proudly promotes its core values for all those that interact with the company. As a member of our team:
- You will provide first-class customer service and value for our fans.
- You will champion a double-bottom line that engages, unifies, and gives back to the community we serve.
- You will work tirelessly to build generationally exceptional teams that compete for championships year after year and create lifelong memories for our fans.
- You will measure performance with specific objectives and metrics and our analysis and decisions are compelled by data.
- You will prize leadership, but you should value teamwork and collaboration and transparency even more. We treat each other with respect. We act with honesty and integrity. We remain humble.
- You will innovate. We are nimble and first to market. We are not averse to risk.
- You will have fun. We are in the business of happiness.
Position Overview:
The Washington Capitals Youth Hockey Development Intern will be responsible for assisting in all day-to-day operations of the department focusing on community outreach and growing the game of hockey. This is a paid internship.
Do you have a passion for hockey and helping grow the game? So do we! We'd love to hear from you!
Responsibilities:
- Represent the Washington Capitals at local community fairs, festivals, and grassroots events.
- Assist in running Caps Hockey School visits to instruct P.E. classes about the fundamentals of the game, communicate with P.E. teachers, handle scheduling of visits and Professional Development sessions with teachers, and build mid-year and end-of-year reports about the program.
- Serve as lead instructor for Street Caps Learn to Play clinics throughout the year at local outdoor street hockey rinks.
- Organize and implement various on-ice and off-ice events throughout the season, while serving as both a coach on the ice and administrator as needed.
- Execute administrative responsibilities for various on-ice programs such as Future Caps Learn to Play, High School Hockey programs, and ALL CAPS ALL HER programs.
- Develop and improve current community hockey programs to be implemented throughout the season.
- Implement Mites on Ice during 2026-27 Capitals home games and represent Capitals Youth Hockey Development department during any in-game activations.
- Maintain the Youth Hockey Database with participant data from all events.
- Create and organize various analytical and database and social media metric reports for youth hockey programs and players.
- Additional duties as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Previous ice hockey playing experience and ice hockey skating proficiency required.
- Ability to learn quickly and motivation to self-teach.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Organized, thorough, and detail oriented.
- Basic level proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Positive attitude and strong team spirit.
- Reliable transportation and housing.
- Ability to work nights and weekends as needed based on event schedule.
Pay Rate: $18.40 USD/hour
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
