ATLANTA — MELT , the award-winning sports and entertainment marketing firm, announced its participation in the annual University of Alabama Student-Athlete Career Fair. The event will be held today, Tuesday, September 20 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

The event is designed to help enlighten, guide and pair University of Alabama student-athletes with post-graduate career and internship opportunities. MELT and the University of Alabama have a long-standing relationship including involvement in undergraduate programs, the College of Human Environmental Sciences and the hiring of numerous interns and full-time employees for MELT.

MELT University’s Class of 2016 included several participants from the University of Alabama. MELT’s relationship with the University of Alabama emerged from MELT Chairman/CEO Vince Thompson’s relationship with University of Alabama Athletics Director, Bill Battle.

“We are very proud to participate in this very innovative program with the University of Alabama,” Thompson said. “Working to provide student-athletes with opportunities is one of the most important things we can be doing to help them and their future.”