Event and Sponsorship Intern

Position Summary

The Event and Sponsorship Intern supports brand strategy, event execution, and community engagement efforts in a fast-paced and collaborative environment. The intern is an important member of the Brand Experience team and ensures internal and external messaging aligns with Busey’s mission and values.

Duties & Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support the Event Team in the planning, coordination, and execution of community events, internal functions, and sponsorship activations.
• Maintain and update event budgets, ensuring accurate tracking of expenses and alignment with financial goals.
• Assist with day-of-event logistics, including setup, staffing coordination, and on-site execution.
• Help develop and organize event-related materials, such as signage, invitations, programs, giveaways, and branded merchandise.
• Work with external vendors, venues, and community partners to ensure event needs are met on time and within budget.
• Ensure all events align with Busey’s brand standards and community values.
• Participate in post-event analysis and reporting, including tracking metrics and assessing ROI.
• Conduct market and trend research to help the Event Team identify new opportunities for engagement and brand visibility.
• Serve as a Busey Brand Ambassador, supporting internal brand consistency and community presence.

Education & Experience

Education, Experience & Skills Required:

Knowledge of:

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, especially in managing timelines and budgets.
• Requires strong knowledge of Microsoft Office

Ability to:

• Display effective communication skills
• Work collaboratively across teams and with external partners
• Display interest in corporate events, community outreach, and brand strategy

Education and Training:

• Current enrollment in undergraduate program with a concentration and/or working knowledge in Marketing, Business Administration, Hospitality Management or related field.

Benefits And Compensation

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.

(Base Pay Range: $15 hourly)

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit BuseyTotal Rewardsfor more information.

Equal Opportunity

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering service excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. VisitBusey.com/Careersto learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.

Unsolicited Resumes

Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies (“Agency”), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings (“Agreement”). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.