Represent Danbury Hat Tricks Minor League (FPHL) City of Danbury in professional respectable manner.
Work with management team on marketing, business development, game operations, ticketing, & media/community relations.
Job Responsibilities
Full Time
Director of Communications
- Work with members of the media to provide story lines and current/pertinent information on Hat Tricks organization
- Provide timely updates to website, social media, and news services
- Write & distribute post game write ups
- Be a part of the Hat Tricks broadcast team – this includes roles in play-by-play, color commentary, pre-game show, etc.
- Compile and update gamenotes
- Develop team features for media
- Develop schedule of weekly newsletters to fans and media
- Work with team & coaching staff to develop weekly reports, appearances & features
- Create team policy media relations handbook
- Clean media area for each game (sweep, take out trash, replace stats)
- Copy stats and media kits for members of media
- Distribute stats to hockey operations dept & media
- Organize information on fan information boards (lineups, standings, leaders)
- Update rosters for Hat Tricks and other league members
- Coordinate photographers for team events
- Develop media list and email distributions
- Coordinate pre & post game interviews
- Work to recruit new media partners
In Addition:
- Work on business development team
- Connect to potential revenue in tickets & sponsorship outreach
- Participate in sales & marketing meetings and development
- Assist and manage with game operations team
- Work to develop ticket, sponsorship, & revenue producing events
- Attend community functions and events to develop relationships and build team awareness
- Collect new entries for database building
- Develop communication channels to fans and sponsors (calls, emails, texts, letters, drop in, etc)
- Coordinate marketing efforts within the arena on game night
- Develop schedule of weekly reports and status of accounts
- Develop working relationships to save organization fixed costs on budgets
Reports to:
- Provide weekly department updates to Herm Sorcher
Compensation:
Base salary
Game wage
Commission on sales
