Communications Internship

Position Description:

The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) seeks a 6-month communications intern who will gain valuable experience working within a prominent sports union. The communications intern will be involved with the MLBPA's day-to-day media, public relations, and other activities, supporting the communications objectives of the Association's labor, licensing, and not-for-profit activities. This internship is full-time and will start in Spring and run through to Fall 2026.

Key Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

Qualifications:

Location: Hybrid – New York City – Must be able to come into our office 3 days per week while working the other two days remotely. 

Reports to: Silvia Alvarez, Director of Communications and External Affairs

Salary: $20.00 per hour for BA Graduates and $30.00 per hour for MBA Graduates 

The MLBPA, along with any of its current or future subsidiaries, including MLB Players Trust, highly values a diverse and inclusive workforce. The MLBPA encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, creed, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Additionally, the MLBPA will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

ABOUT THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION

The Major League Baseball Players Association is the union that represents Major League and Minor League Players, enabling them collectively to defend and advance their workplace conditions, benefits, rights, and common interests. It has a long and proud history of standing up for the rights of its members – past, present and future.

The MLBPA negotiates the terms and conditions of employment for Players under contract with Major League Clubs and defends their existing rights under the terms as set forth in the Basic Agreement (the collective bargaining agreement). The Association works closely with the union’s Executive Board of Player representatives as well as the agents it certifies to represent MLB Players. 

Under its business arm, MLB Players, Inc., the union markets the collective rights of MLB Players through the licensing of companies, sponsorship of brands that want to associate their products with Major Leaguers, and the development of new initiatives. Player-licensed products include trading cards, collectibles, electronic games, digital, apparel, and novelties. 

The Association also oversees the operation and administration of the Players Trust, a charitable foundation that is the first of its kind in professional sports. Through the Players Trust, Major League Players contribute their time, money, and celebrity to call attention to important issues and encourage others to get involved in their own communities.