MARKETING INTERN

Graton Resort & Casino

About the Role

Graton Resort & Casino is seeking a creative, motivated, and highly organized Marketing Intern to gain hands-on experience across several areas of resort and casino marketing. This position is designed to provide a meaningful learning experience while contributing to the day-to-day work of a fast-paced, integrated marketing department. The intern will primarily support the Brand and Creative team while participating in structured learning opportunities and projects.

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.

Qualifications

• The intern will gain exposure to:
• Brand management
• Creative development
• Social media
• Digital marketing
• Public relations
• Promotions
• Entertainment
• The intern may complete a final project and presentation focused on a current marketing opportunity or business need.