Skyhawks Game Night Communications Assistant

Atlanta Hawks • College Park, GA

13d • Onsite

About The Position

The College Park Skyhawks Game Night Communications Assistant will support game day communications and media relations operations for all 24 Skyhawks home games at Gateway Center Arena @ College Park, including credential management, media services, press conference coordination, and the creation of team publications, while helping ensure a seamless experience for media, staff, and guests throughout the season. This role is estimated to work five hours per game.

Requirements

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree as a junior or senior, or a recent college graduate
• Be able to work all 24 College Park Skyhawks home games for five hours per game

Nice To Haves

• Willingness to work a flexible schedule including game days/nights, holidays, and weekends and be on-call as necessary based on the changing priorities of the department
• Demonstrated academic and/or professional experience in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, Sports Management, or a related discipline.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office products and other related computer skills required
• Strong organizational skills, time management skills, and attention to detail required
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects
• Ability to work independently without supervision, be self-directed and demonstrate initiative
• Strong team synergy skills and ability to work collaboratively with others whom you have no direct authority over
• Excellent ability to establish rapport with others and ability to build strong interpersonal relationships
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changes

Responsibilities

• Hand out media credentials at the media entrance beginning 3 hours prior to tip-off
• Create and distribute single-game and season-long credentials, along with food vouchers for media, TV crew, entertainment, stats crew, agents, and guests for all Skyhawks home games.
• Distribute box scores to Skyhawks bench and media during timeouts, halftime, and postgame
• Help gather players for postgame press conference with media
• Assist PR Coordinator with creation of game notes, postgame recaps, and additional publications

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level