Public Relations Intern - Chesapeake Baysox

Attain Sports • Bowie, MD

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About The Position

Attain Sports is seeking a Public Relations Intern for the Chesapeake Baysox. This unpaid internship provides hands-on experience supporting the team’s public relations, media relations, baseball information, social media, website, and broadcast operations. The intern must be pursuing a degree in communications, public relations, or a related field and must be earning internship credit. College credit is subject to approval by the intern’s academic institution. The position is available between April and September, with flexibility based on the academic schedule, and may require long hours during certain periods, including nights, weekends, and some holidays.

Attain Sports owns and manages four baseball teams and is also an owner of Loudoun United FC. The company describes its approach as community-focused, values-driven, and player-centric, with an emphasis on community engagement, customer service, innovation, and professional growth and development.

Requirements

• Pursuing a four-year degree in communications, public relations, or a related field.
• Must be earning internship credit.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Effective time management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Availability between April and September, with flexibility based on the academic schedule.
• Availability to work long hours during certain periods of the year, including nights, weekends, and some holidays.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Creative Media and Broadcasting Manager in coordinating and executing the public relations and media relations plan for the surrounding market.
• Assist with daily baseball information operations, including constructing, printing, and distributing rosters, game notes, stat packs, and other press box materials.
• Assist with coordinating and responding to inbound media inquiries for interviews and general coverage of the team, venue, and events.
• Create team, player, and baseball-related content for public relations and social media materials in a timely manner.
• Update in-stadium signage to reflect the day’s game.
• Assist with writing and distributing game recaps, postgame box scores, postgame highlights, and press releases, both physically and digitally, as needed.
• Assist with website maintenance and management.
• Assist with constructing, updating, and managing team records and the media guide.
• Execute in-game and postgame social media posts, including clipping and posting game highlights from the MILBTV game broadcast.
• Assist members of the media with press box needs.
• Fill in and assist with press box operations as needed.
• Assist with broadcast operations as needed based on experience, including managing and constructing radio inventory, co-hosting weekly Baysox programming, conducting interviews, and providing play-by-play and color commentary.
• Assist with and contribute to other marketing and promotion-related efforts throughout the season as needed.

Benefits

• Opportunity to receive college credit for the internship, subject to approval by the intern’s academic institution.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern