DEPARTMENT Business Operations

REPORTS TO President, Dominion Sports and Technology Inc.

LOCATION Vale Health and Wellness Centre, Port Colborne, Ontario

TERM September 2026 to May 2027

HOURS 12 to 15 hours per week

PROGRAM FIT Sport Management, Sport Administration, Business - Sales and Marketing, Public Relations

T H E R O L E The club sells partnerships to Niagara businesses one at a time, and every proposal is built for the specific business receiving it. This placement covers the full cycle: research the prospect, build the proposal, track the pipeline, then prove the club delivered what it sold.

W H A T Y O U W I L L D O

- Research and qualify sponsorship prospects across Niagara including trades and construction, automotive, food service, health care, qualified services and labour organizations
- Build tailored proposals. Nothing goes out as a template with a name swapped in
- Maintain the partnership pipeline tracker: stage, contact history, proposal sent and expected decision date
- Track fulfilment on executed agreements and confirm every contracted element is actually delivered, including board placement, program ads, public address reads, social posts and game-night presence
- Build proof-of-performance reports for each partner at mid-season and season end, with photographs of live assets
- Support renewal conversations with documented evidence of delivery
- Coordinate sponsor game-night hosting and activation logistics

W H A T Y O U W I L L L E A R N
- Qualify a prospect and build a value proposition around that buyer's own economics
- Manage a business-to-business pipeline through a complete cycle




- Understand contract fulfilment obligations and the operational discipline needed to meet them
- Build a proof-of-performance report strong enough to carry a renewal
- Hold a professional conversation with an owner or decision maker

W H A T W E A R E L O O K I N G F O R
- Comfortable with cold outreach by phone, email and in person
- Strong written communication. Proposal writing is the largest part of this role
- Discretion with commercial terms. Rates and executed agreements are confidential
- Reliable transportation for in-person meetings across the region

PLACEMENT TERMS COMMON TO ALL SAILORS POSITIONS A B O U T T H E C L U B The Port Colborne Sailors Hockey Club is a junior hockey organization playing out of the Vale Health and Wellness Centre in Port Colborne, Ontario. The club is an operating subsidiary of Dominion Sports and Technology Inc., which also owns the AI Hockey Tech Accelerator, a technology subsidiary building advanced analytics focusing on athlete performance improvement, injury prevention and operational efficiencies.

T E R M A N D H O U R S

Placements run from September 2026 to May 2027, aligned to the playing season. Fall-only and winter-only terms are available. Total placement hours will be set to meet the requirement of the student's program.

C O M P E N S A T I O N





This is an unpaid field placement completed for academic credit through an approved Niagara College program. The By club provides team apparel, admission to home games, mileage reimbursement for club-directed travel outside Port Colborne, and a written reference and performance evaluation on completion. The club will complete and sign all placement documentation required by the College and assigns a named supervisor to each placement.

R E Q U I R E M E N T S

- Enrolment in a Niagara College program with a placement or practicum component, and confirmation from the College that the placement is approved under that program
- A current Ontario police record check including vulnerable sector screening, as several roles involve contact with

players under 18
- A signed confidentiality agreement. Player evaluation, medical information, opponent analysis and commercial terms do not leave the staff group
- Reliable transportation to Port Colborne

H O W W E W O R K Two standards apply across every role. The first is accuracy: nothing is estimated, invented or filled in to make a document look complete. A blank cell is always better than a number with nothing behind it. The second is that the club does not overstate its role in anything, including its part in a player's development or a partner's results. Both standards apply to students exactly as they apply to staff.

H O W T O A P P L Y

Send a resume and a short note to [email protected] with "Corporate Partnership Intern" as the subject line.

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Port Colborne, ON L3K 5W3

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