Jason Troop Email & Phone Number

United States

Alton, Illinois, United States

*Consult and advise public leaders on sports tourism best practices; development process and timeline; funding options; amenities to include*Spearheaded creation of the Sports Tourism Master Plan *Established Sports Tourism Advisory Council to grow regional focus on sports, events, development*Launched and led local organizing committee for F1 Powerboat Racing *Wrote and awarded $500K grant from the State for support funds*Oversee Group Tour Coordinator; manage tour guides*Coordinate docking schedules and shore excursions for three cruise lines*Other duties as assigned

Alton, Illinois, United States

*Launched focus on growing Sports Tourism efforts in the region*Represent the region at multiple conferences and tradeshows*Recruit regional and national events to the service area (ex: Tough Mudder; F1 Powerboat)*Solicit corporate sponsorship sales and partnerships

Wheeling, West Virginia Area

*Solicit and manage contracts pertaining to regional and national tournament facility rentals including billing, ticketing, staffing and oversite of events*Coordinate with housing bureau and CVB to establish best practices and maximize economic impact *Manage day-to-day operations of complex including café, climbing walls, arcade, courts, fields, group parties, programming*Develop and implement training programs, SOPs, customer service best practices*Prepare, monitor, administer marketing budget; supervise and train full time Marketing Coordinator*Oversee 4,000 square foot arcade including budget, P&L, inventory management, purchasing, maintenance, employee hiring, training, scheduling*Solicit corporate sponsorship sales and partnerships including negotiation of pouring rights *Establish and recommend policies and procedures to various Directors and General Manager to operate, program, and maintain facilities

Brentwood, Mo

▪ Manage facility and park reservations including scheduling, billing, and general oversite▪ Manage all contracts pertaining to facility rentals and programs▪ Hire, schedule, train, and supervise Program Coordinator and part-time building managers▪ Coordinates with Operations Superintendent and maintenance staff to maintain building security, cleanliness, and overall appearance▪ Recommends policies and procedures to operate, program, and maintain facilities▪ Prepare, monitor, administer budget and contributions to annual report▪ Fill in for maintenance staff when needed; Zamboni operator

Brentwood, Mo

▪ Plan and execute special events with the parks department▪ Website and social media manager; facilitated launch of new website and social media platforms▪ Develop, implement, supervise, evaluate recreation programs in accordance with community needs▪ Prepare, monitor, administer budget and contributions to annual report▪ Coordinates City recreation activities with other agencies and recreation departments▪ Coordinates vendors and sponsors for annual fall festival, Brentwood Days▪ Oversees the development and distribution of all parks communication efforts▪ Develop and implement event marketing plan for centennial campaign

Brentwood, Mo

▪ Manage all adult and youth sports and fitness programs▪ Hire, schedule, train, and supervise instructors and officials▪ Prepare, monitor, administer budget and contributions to annual report▪ Develop and obtain bids for program supplies and equipment▪ Fill in for officials when needed▪ Grew net profits 26% over previous year

Greater St. Louis Area

▪ Produce and manage all online and social media content▪ Launched new websites in five major cities, grew individual market registrations over 200%▪ Manage sponsorship sales and social event planning in all markets▪ Manage adult recreational sport leagues in the St. Louis market

St. Charles, Mo

▪ Launched website, social media, marketing and promotion campaigns▪ Community events coordinator during inaugural season▪ Write, design, and disseminate press releases, game and feature stories, promotional materials▪ Play-by-play radio broadcaster▪ Managed internship program; trained employees on day-to-day operations, sales strategies, marketing

Wentzville, Mo

-Specialize in sales of truck, trailer, and towing accessories-Provide customer care on over 10,000 products

O'Fallon, Mo

-Design and produce game day magazine, feature stores, game notes, press releases, website updates-Manage marketing and promotional events, including all social media-Corporate and ticket sales executive-Lead play-by-play broadcaster and related duties

Moscow Mills, Mo

-Coordinate broadcast schedule and provide play-by-play for all local sports coverage-Talk show host/engineer (sports and free-form talk)-Sales executive

Evansville, Indiana Area

-Studio host and engineer for Evansville athletics (soccer, baseball, basketball, softball, volleyball)-Play-by-play and color analyst for baseball, soccer, softball, women’s basketball-Host of weekly sports shows, public address announcer, master of ceremonies

Evansville, Indiana Area

-Promoted to management after two weeks of exceeding all sales goals-Promoted to lead manager responsible for new client, Sirius/XM Radio-Traveled to Sirius/XM headquarters to work with corporate leaders to design and implement new sales and customer service strategies-Managed and trained over 50 sales and customer service representatives for two clients (DirecTV and Sirius/XM)

Evansville, Indiana Area

-Design and produce game day magazine, write and produce game/feature stores, website updates-Coordinate all media requests, produce daily game notes and press releases, maintain statistics-Lead play-by-play broadcaster and related duties

Studio host and engineer for football and basketball broadcasts for six Division I colleges

High Point, Nc

-Produce and co-host afternoon sports talk show-Provide play-by-play and related duties for Thomasville Hi-Toms Baseball (Coastal Plain League)

B.A., Communication And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: played lacrosse, member of Chi Delta TauVoice of Tigers’ football, basketball, baseball

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