Internship Objective:
The Kalamazoo Growlers are offering an opportunity for current college level students looking to gain real world video & media production experience, with an emphasis in camera operation, to position themselves for a career in the sports industry upon graduation.
About the Organizations:
The Kalamazoo Growlers are a 2014 Northwoods League expansion team, 2022 and 2024 Northwoods League Championship team, and have become one of the most premier sports and entertainment companies in the Nation, winning organization of the year in 2016, 2020, 2022 and 2024. The Growlers continue the rich history of baseball in Kalamazoo, carrying on the tradition of the Kalamazoo Kodiaks and Kalamazoo Kings. Homer Stryker Field, a 3,000-seat park located in Kalamazoo’s Mayors Riverfront Park is the home field of the Growlers.
The Northwoods League is a summer baseball league comprised of teams of the top college players from across North America. The Northwoods League has more teams, plays more games, and draws more fans than any Summer Collegiate Baseball League in North America. Each team is operated similar to a professional minor league team, providing players an opportunity to play under the same conditions using wooden bats, minor league specification baseballs, experiencing overnight road trips, and playing nightly before thousands of fans.
Start Date: On or near the start of summer (May 11th)
End Date: On or near the end of summer (August 22nd)
Academic Qualifications:
Declared major or minor in Photography or Media production
(Other majors will be considered including, but not limited to: Journalism, Sport Management, marketing, and Business)
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
- Competency in business skills and tools
- Editing and Photoshop Experience
- Ability to work within a team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including correct grammatical usage
- Organized, motivated, and able to work independently
- Team-leadership and adaptability
- Ambitious and self-initiated
- Previous content creation experience
Description of Responsibilities:
The social media content creation intern will be responsible for creating content at games and special events held by the Kalamazoo Growlers and posting that content on various social media platforms. They will be taking pictures at the baseball games including players, fans, group outings, corporate outings, promotions, and the ballpark in order to capture and share content. As well as uploading and editing these photos for use by the team. The Kalamazoo Growlers host 36 home games throughout the season as well as special events and festivals. The social media content creation intern is required to attend all games and special events during the season to perform these duties as well as other given to them by the General Manager or Media Coordinator.
Other Tasks and activities to include, but are not limited to:
- Picking up and removing trash
- Hanging ballpark banners
- Hanging Flags / other stadium decorations
- Working concessions outlet as needed
- Participating in in stadium entertainment
- Playing Field pick up
- Office & Clubhouse clean up / organization
- Fan interaction & engagement
- Gameday set up
- Delivery receiving
- Power washing or other stadium recovery activities
- Food prep
- Intern Olympic competitions
- Working special events
- Working Battle Creek / Kalamazoo Games
- Player Food delivery / pickup
- Merch modeling, sorting, displaying
- Create / participate in promotional videos
- Community gorilla marketing campaigns
No Compensation. The extent to which the Intern and the Company clearly understand that there is no expectation of compensation. The Intern understands that they are not entitled to wages for their time spent in the internship. The intern agrees that he/she will be compensated in knowledge, education, and experience as consideration for the duties/responsibilities that he/she will undertake during the duration of this agreement.
Housing & Living Expenses: Housing is not provided, intern is responsible for coordinating summer arrangements. There are an abundance of housing options in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek during the summer. Company will provide $600 monthly stipend to assist in covering living expenses such as food, gas and housing.
Credit: College credit towards a major, minor or general elective available
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
