Hops Cultivate: Ticket Sales & Business Development Internship
Mid-January – Early September 2027
$3,200 per month
First Interviews will take place Nov. 30-Dec.4, 2026
Anticipated Start Date: January 11th, 2027
CANDIDATES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR ONSITE EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN JANUARY- EARLY SEPTEMBER
Ready to grow your career and help grow the Hops?
The Hillsboro Hops are looking for a motivated, curious and driven individuals to join our Hops Cultivate: Sales & Business Development Academy.
This is an opportunity to learn the business of sports sales, work alongside an experienced sales team, and make a real impact on our organization. You’ll receive hands-on training, coaching, and mentorship while building the skills it takes to develop relationships, create opportunities, and bring new business through the door.
Let's be clear: this is a sales job first. You'll spend a lot of time researching prospects, making cold calls, sending emails, following up, and having conversations with potential customers. You'll learn how to build a pipeline, make a great first impression, handle rejection, and turn opportunities into revenue.
What you'll be doing
- Make outbound calls, send personalized emails and consistently follow up with prospective customers.
- Introduce businesses, families and community groups to Hops ticket products, including season ticket memberships, group outings and other ticket packages.
- Build rapport, ask good questions, understand customer needs, and learn how to make the sale.
- Manage your own prospect list and sales pipeline, with activity and revenue goals along the way.
- Target and connect with community groups that help enhance promotional theme strategies.
- Research and identify new business opportunities throughout the Portland metro area and beyond.
- Work alongside our sales team and learn from other areas of the organization to better understand the Hops business and the experience we're creating for our fans.
What we're looking for
You don't need years of sales experience to be successful in this role. We are looking for someone who is:
- Comfortable picking up the phone and talking to people they haven't met before.
- Motivated by goals, competition and the opportunity to see their hard work pay off.
- Resilient and willing to learn from rejection rather than let it slow them down.
- A strong communicator who is organized, dependable and willing to take initiative.
- Coachable, curious and ready to put in the work.
- A positive team member who understands that success comes from both individual effort and working together.
What you'll gain
- Practical sales training and ongoing coaching from experienced sales leaders.
- Hands-on experience in prospecting, business development, relationship building and closing sales.
- Mentorship from members of our sales team who want to help you grow.
- Exposure to the business of professional baseball and the many pieces that make a ballpark run.
- The opportunity to build a track record of measurable results and demonstrate your potential for future opportunities in sports and sales.
The Details
- Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
- Program dates: Mid January – early September 2027
- Compensation: $3,200 per month
- Schedule: Full-time commitment. Hours will vary throughout the program, with traditional office hours as well as evening and weekend responsibilities during the baseball season (Apr-Sept). This is a fully in-person position, no hybrid or work from home options are available.
We believe great salespeople aren't just found — they're developed. You will have the opportunity to learn, make mistakes, build confidence, contribute to our success and grow along the way.
We're looking for candidates who are ready to make calls, meet new people, embrace a challenge, and help more fans experience Hops baseball.
If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.