MARKETING INTERN

Graton Resort & Casino is seeking a creative, motivated, and highly organized Marketing Intern. This role offers hands-on experience across various resort and casino marketing areas, supporting active campaigns, events, and property initiatives. The intern will gain exposure to brand management, creative development, social media, digital marketing, public relations, promotions, and entertainment. This position is designed to provide a meaningful learning experience while contributing to a fast-paced, integrated marketing department.

The Marketing Intern will primarily support the Brand and Creative team while participating in structured learning opportunities and projects across:

• Brand and Creative Services
• Social Media and Digital Marketing
• Events, Entertainment, and Activations
• Public Relations and Partnerships
• Promotions and Database Marketing

The intern may also complete a final project and presentation focused on a current marketing opportunity or business need.

Key Responsibilities

• Marketing and Campaign Coordination
• Support the development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns.
• Assist with project timelines, meeting notes, creative requests, and campaign documentation.
• Coordinate and gather information, approvals, and materials from internal stakeholders.
• Help maintain organized records of advertising assets, contracts, production files, and campaign materials.
• Assist with vendor setup, purchase orders, invoices, and budget tracking.
• Conduct weekly property walks to review signage, promotional materials, and brand consistency.
• Document issues and coordinate updates or replacements with the appropriate teams.
• Brand and Creative
• Assist with the preparation of creative briefs and project-request documentation.
• Support creative proofing, asset trafficking, version control, and approval tracking.
• Help coordinate photography and video shoots, including shot lists, schedules, and asset organization.
• Participate in creative reviews and learn how campaigns move from concept through production and placement.
• Assist with maintaining organized digital and physical marketing assets.
• Social Media and Digital Marketing
• Assist with social media content planning, research, and content-calendar development.
• Support supervised photo and video content capture across the property.
• Help draft captions, content concepts, and promotional messaging for review.
• Review resort web pages, event listings, and digital channels for accuracy.
• Assist with basic campaign reporting and identification of social or digital trends.
• Learn how brand standards and gaming-related requirements apply to digital content.
• Events, Entertainment, and Activations
• Assist with the planning and execution of special events, promotional activations, entertainment, and partnership programs.
• Help prepare event timelines, checklists, production schedules, and run-of-show documents.
• Support communication with vendors, entertainers, internal departments, and event partners.
• Assist with event setup, guest-facing execution, and post-event breakdown when needed.
• Help compile event recaps, photography, attendance information, and key learnings.
• Public Relations and Partnerships
• Assist with media, influencer, and community-partnership research.
• Help prepare press materials, background information, event details, and media lists.
• Support partnership fulfillment by tracking deliverables, assets, and deadlines.
• Assist with organizing coverage, social posts, and campaign results.
• Promotions and Database Marketing
• Gain introductory exposure to casino promotions, direct mail, email, mobile-app communications, and player marketing.
• Assist with reviewing promotional materials for accuracy and consistency.
• Support promotional events and guest communications as assigned.
• Learn how marketing offers are developed, communicated, and measured.
• General Department Support
• Assist with inventory and organization of marketing materials and production supplies.
• Help maintain an organized and professional shared work environment.
• Provide administrative and project support for marketing initiatives as needed.
• Perform other related duties consistent with the educational purpose of the internship.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• The ability to live, support, and promote Graton Resort & Casino's values.
• Experience with Brand and Creative Services.
• Experience with Social Media and Digital Marketing.
• Experience with Events, Entertainment, and Activations.
• Experience with Public Relations and Partnerships.
• Experience with Promotions and Database Marketing.

Qualifications

• This is an internship role designed for learning and contributing to a fast-paced, integrated marketing department.