Game Night Staff: Media Relations (Part-Time/Seasonal)

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradPart time

Posted 10 hrs ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own media relations support during Capitals games, coordinating lounge and press box setup, credential distribution, in-game statistics handoffs, and postgame audio recording, with additional duties as assigned. You will stay organized, multi-task in a fast-paced environment, and collaborate with a team to deliver strong communications and service. Applicants should bring solid interpersonal and written/verbal skills, a customer-service mindset, and readiness to work most Capitals home games.

Manage press-area logistics and media communications
Support postgame audio recording and statistics flow

Job Description

Responsibilities

Assist with media lounge and press box set up.
Distribute credentials to media.
Pass out statistics between periods.
Record postgame audio.
Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

Organized, able to multi-task and problem solve in a fast-paced work environment.
Hard working, detail oriented and results driven.
Strong leadership skills; a great teammate who enjoys working in a team environment.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Customer-service oriented.
Previous public relations, communications, or journalism experience preferred.
Minimum 18 years of age.
Flexibility to work at least 90% of Capitals home games (typical game night hours: 4-10:30 p.m.).

Monumental Sports & Entertainment

4.0 Glassdoor

Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE), located in Washington, DC, and named a 2018 Washington Post Top Workplace, is one of the largest integrated sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the most diverse partnership groups in all of sports. MSE owns and operates five professional sports teams: NBA's Washington Wizards, NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go, NBA 2K League’s Wizards District Gaming, the 2018 NHL STANLEY CUP CHAMPION Washington Capitals and the WNBA's Washington Mystics. The company is also co-owner of aXiomatic, which has controlling interest in global esports franchise Team Liquid, and owns and operates Capital One Arena. Monumental Sports & Entertainment also manages MedStar Capitals Iceplex, the state-of-the-art training facility for the Capitals and EagleBank Arena on George Mason University's campus. Monumental Sports & Entertainment also co-owns and operates Monumental Sports Network (MSN) with the NBC Sports Group. MSN is the mid-Atlantic region’s top destination for exclusive fan experiences and original sports content across desktop, tablet, mobile and OTT streaming devices. Visit www.monumentalsports.com.

Founded in 1997

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

1K employees (325 in marketing)

www.monumentalsports.com

74% recommend to a friend

71% CEO approval