Josh Mccann Email & Phone Number

Daytona Beach, FL, US

• Lead community relations initiatives for a professional baseball team named "perhaps the most active minor-league team in community support."
• Build mutually beneficial relationships with corporate and community partners such as Volusia County Schools (formal partnership includes a high school ambassadors program, summer reading program, teacher appreciation.
• Conceive and execute innovative ways of connecting with the community such as virtual classroom visits with team's mascot, an Opening Night at Home tour of the community during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Barrier Breakers.
• Serve as executive director of Tortugas Care Foundation, a nonprofit philanthropic organization that supports the community with a focus on local youth sports and sea turtle conservation initiatives.
• Took on social media, graphic design and media relations responsibilities during the pandemic.
• Book and execute numerous special events at Jackie Robinson Ballpark including Volusia County Schools events, a domestic violence awareness night and an on-field yoga class.

• Served as an integral member of a Minor League Baseball front office honored for “Best Charity Event/Commitment to Charity” by Ballpark Digest.
• Helped plan and execute dozens of innovative theme nights, promotions and awareness nights in collaboration with corporate and community partners.
• Assisted with community relations initiatives including fundraising (helped raise $100,000 to fight record flooding), outreach programs, fan mail, scoreboard message requests, 5K race.
• Managed 50/50 raffles using Ascend Fundraising Solutions software at all home games.
• Arranged/oversaw national anthem performers for all home games. (Increased organization’s outreach to community anthem groups, resulting in numerous group ticket purchases.)
• Arranged and honored Season Ticket Holder of the Game for all home games.

Chicago, IL

• Assisted with all aspects of game day operations.
• Deliver exemplary customer service as first point of contact for fans.
• Specialized in mascot handling. Other duties include: greeting VIP guests, season ticket holders and media members; scanning tickets; troubleshooting guest service issues ranging from lost children to missing wallets.

Chicago, IL

• Worked for an internationally renowned nonprofit that uses the power of sport for youth and community development in a neighborhood with high rates of violence.
• Co-authored a 142-page handbook (commissioned by many of Chicago’s largest foundations) about how communities can use sport-based programs to engage and unite people.
• Wrote grants and assisted with sport-based youth and community development programs.

Division Of Intercollegiate Athletics

• Engaged student-athletes in community service opportunities that resulted in more than 6,000 hours of service per year, including helping softball team conceive and conduct youth development program based on fitness.
• Showcased student-athletes’ community service via multiple platforms: Managed social media (almost doubled Twitter following to 1,300), redeveloped website and assisted with newsletter.
• Planned, promoted, executed and evaluated dozens of special events and programs per year.
• Led athlete appearances at schools, hospitals, senior centers, food banks and youth agencies.
• Managed charitable ticket programs, donation and autograph requests and fundraising raffles.
• Staffed community relations events on day of games.

Department Of Urban & Regional Planning

• Named to university's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students.
• Worked for the Department of Recreation, Sport & Tourism and the Department of Urban Planning. (Helped teach Communications in Recreation, Sport & Tourism; Introduction to City Planning; and Local Planning, Government.
• Supervised semester-long project in which students designed public relations plans for the Hennepin Canal State Trail in northwestern Illinois.
• Responsible for grading and tracking students' work.
• Facilitated weekly discussions about urban planning.
• Supervised seven-week virtual internship program.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Led creation of a student organization that uses the power of sport for social good.
• Created Young Olympians of Champaign County – a youth and community development program that instills friendship, determination, courage and equality – and successfully executed it for three years with on- and.
• Organized events including symposium on developing partnerships for sport and social good.
• Represented organization at international summits in Los Angeles and Greece.
• Recruited new members and led monthly meetings.

Greater Chicago Area

• Led sport-based youth and community development programs including: B-Ball on the Block (an outdoor basketball and soccer event that was held on a different block each week, attracted as many as 400 people and required.
• Partnered with organizations including Manchester United, English Premier League, Chevrolet, ESPN, Chicago Fire and State Farm.

Charlotte, N.C.

• Helped launch PlanCharlotte.org, the institute's grant-funded website publishing nonprofit journalism about urban and regional growth, as the site's first staff writer.
• Researched, reported and photographed more than 20 in-depth news articles.
• Helped manage website.

Beaufort County, S.C.

• Worked for The (Hilton Head) Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette, daily newspapers with a combined circulation of about 30,000
• Covered general assignments including the community relations efforts of Hilton Head Island's PGA Tour event.
• Won awards for business reporting and public service reporting from state press association.
• Nominated for The McClatchy Co.'s President's Award for journalism excellence.
• Managed blog and Twitter feed dedicated to business in the Lowcountry.
• Voluntarily studied photography at Savannah (Ga.) College of Art & Design.

Cabarrus County, N.C.

• Worked for a daily newspaper with a circulation of about 17,000.
• Covered general assignments including community relations efforts of NASCAR organizations.
• Won awards for business and feature reporting from state press association and parent company.
• Edited articles and designed pages.
• Posted articles and photos to website using content management system.
• Voluntarily attended week-long Multimedia Bootcamp at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Durham, N.C.

• Supervised staff of several counselors.
• Responsible for the care and instruction of 30-40 campers per session each summer.
• Taught fundamentals and team play to third- through eighth-graders.
• Officiated games.

Master'S Degree, Sport Management, Gpa: 4.0

• Concentration: Sport Management

Master'S Degree, Urban Planning, Gpa: 3.93

• Concentration: Community Development for Social Justice

Leadership Certificate

• Honed my leadership style with an emphasis on developing skills in creativity/innovation and interpersonal communication. • Studied and.

Post-Baccalaureate Student, Community Youth Sport Development & Geography, Gpa: 4.0

• Completed three courses: Physical Activity Programs for Underserved Youth, Community Planning Workshop and Advanced Urban & Regional.

Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism, Magna Cum Laude, Gpa: 3.76

• Minor: Sport studies • Member of cross country and track and field teams • Assistant sports editor for The Ithacan student-run newspaper.