Jeff Schaefer Email & Phone Number

Lakewood, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

National Lead for American Heart Associations relationships with athletes and teams

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

· Promoted to Senior Manager within the same department with two direct reports· Led the department’s internal media coordination working with the team’s digital and social media departments to produce and create content· Took a more leadership role within the department · Continued traveling with the team, developing communication strategy and most duties already being performed as manager

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

· Supervised communications coordinators, seasonal interns, and game-night assistant· Traveled with team to thirty to forty away games and arranged player, coach, and general manager media appearances· Collaborated with the Director and Chief Communications Officer in developing organizational communication strategy, including positioning, messaging and general talking points· Briefed coaching staff and players on their upcoming media interactions· Assisted front office and basketball operations team with statistical studies and miscellaneous projects· Served as a liaison for local, national and international media and local and national broadcast talent· Continued team content drafting responsibilities and other tasks as assigned· Collaborated with player agent/representatives on appearances and projects to advance visibility and team initiatives

· Authored widely distributed team content – including press releases, player bios, the team media guides and team postseason guides· Fielded media requests and organized responsive appearances, press conferences and interviews for players, coaches and the general manager· Developed and maintained important relationships with local and national media members· Created, updated and distributed strategic games notes and statistics to the coaching staff and media members· Proactively developed and generated story ideas for local and national media

· One of two coordinators, providing support to director in creating and executing communication strategies for the business side of the organization· Created and executed organizational public relations initiatives during arena events, concerts, and special events· Coordinated day-of-event media coverage and advance media interviews for print, TV, radio and digital· Prepared press releases, media advisories, other feature materials and comprehensive summaries of earned media· Researched and identified opportunities to generate interest in and awareness of organizational programs and initiatives

· Helped execute communications plan at practices, shoot-arounds, games and press conferences · Created and edited team content included in team media guides, postseason guides, and game-night programming· Delivered game-night credentials, media packets and arena information to visiting NBA teams· Researched/compiled stat-based game notes and compiled local/national coverage of the team for internal distribution

· Verified credentials at the media entrance, and organized and monitored designated arena media seating· Recorded and transcribed home game post-game player and coach interviews, and handled other tasks as assigned