Internship: Media Relations (Part-Time/Seasonal)

Arlington, VA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradPart time

Posted 11 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and coordinate game day media operations for Capitals home games, ensuring credentialing, media lounge setups, and timely stats distribution while supporting the Communications team and Game Night staff.

Lead on-site media support and visiting media relations on game days
Oversee Game Night staff to ensure professional execution
Assist with special projects and departmental initiatives as assigned

Job Description

Responsibilities

Assist with the execution of game day services including media credentialing, press box and media lounge setup and stats distribution.
Serve as a resource for visiting media and media relations personnel on game days.
Help supervise Game Night Staff, ensuring all responsibilities are completed efficiently and professionally.
Provide exceptional service and support to media members covering Capitals games
Assist Communications staff with additional game-day responsibilities, special projects, and departmental initiatives 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

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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

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