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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

• Primarily responsible for managing credential operations, facilitating media and internal interview requests for players and front office staff, writing press releases/media advisories and researching in-depth.
• Assist in hiring and training the seasonal and game night assistants, work closely with Cavaliers players and coaches and help service broadcasters and external media daily to provide accurate and useful information.
• Help moderate and organize virtual zoom interview calls pre-game. post-game and at practice with coaches, players and front office to provide media with timely soundbites/quotes.
• Assisted in PR efforts as the host city at 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland.

Cleveland, Ohio

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

• Assisted in publicizing the USA Basketball men's, women's and 3x3 basketball teams, trials, training camps and competitions.
• Responsible for creating and managing the U.S. Men's Olympic Team game notes, sent to national and local media to help cover the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
• Served as the PR lead for the Men's U19 World Cup Team, managed media interview requests, conducted and moderated video press conferences, produced content for the team and managed coverage during the 2021 FIBA U19.
• Responsible for press releases, game recaps, athlete and coach bios, team media guides, and feature articles as well as managing the usab.com website.
• Work closely with USA coaches, athletes and staff to facilitate media, stats, content or coverage needs.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Responsible for press table set-up, handing out credentials, running stats and compiling stat books for media.
• Interviewed players and coaches post game and transcribed quotes for on site media to use.

Phoenix, Arizona

• Compile daily local and out of town print and video clips; Distribute to front office and other staff members.
• Assist with game notes; responsible for full starting pitcher page, Minor League Report and post-game notes.
• Assemble and distribute daily statistical package and copy materials for press box (lineup, rosters, notes etc..).
• Assist with MLB credentials system by creating, activating and distributing guest passes and media passes.
• Maintain coverage of press box - regular season and Spring Training at Salt River Fields.
• Assist with other various tasks like photo day, press conferences and D-backs volunteer opportunities.

Kent, Ohio

Office Hours: -Updated player/coach bios, stats, record books and game notes as needed.-Wrote press releases and other informative pieces for kentstatesports.com. -Edited game-day programs for a variety of sports -Conducted interviews as needed for team stories -Wrote feature stories for game-day Football program-Men's Basketball:-Edited game-notes as.

Kent, Ohio

• Provide assistance in TV production at sporting events for ESPN 3, CW Columbus and Kent State University athletic events.
• Run camera, Venus 7000 graphics machine, replay system and utility work for live game-day collegiate athletics broadcasts.
• Work out of the Kent State Sports Network broadcasting truck and in house productions for KSU scoreboard shows as well as freelance opportunities at surrounding Ohio and Michigan division I universities.

Cleveland, Ohio

• Media assistant at FOX for the Cleveland Indians ALDS, ALCS and World Series pre and post game broadcasts as well as Cleveland Cavaliers pre and post game studio shows.
• Assisted with audio, studio set-up and tear down, screening viewer phone calls, researching pertinent information and videography efforts.
• Worked closely with FOX on-air talent before the shows, live and during the break.
• Worked on other shows such as Drennan Live and Cleveland Browns talk show Red Zone.
• Started as an Intern in September of 2016 and was hired back after completion.

Durham, North Carolina

• Contributed to media content for USA Baseball, the national governing body of baseball in the United States.
• Managed social media accounts making up for more than 750,000 followers. These accounts included the Collegiate, 18U, 15U, and 12U National Team's as well as the official USA Baseball account and USA Baseball Shop.
• Authored press releases, media advisories, game recap stories and team feature stories for tournament programs and the organizations website. Interviewed USA Baseball National Team coaches as well as some of the.
• Promoted tournaments such as the Futures Invitational, Tournament of Stars (Top High School Players in the U.S.) as well as the Collegiate National Team Friendship Series against Cuba, Japan and Chinese Taipei.
• Managed USA Baseball historical archives for future use in media guides and internally for staff members.
• Facilitated credential requests from outside media members for USA Baseball identification events.

Bangor, Maine Area

• Coordinated and facilitated player and coach interviews with outside media outlets.
• Helped in finding players to translate due to language barriers in this international setting
• Collected statistical information and authored game summaries for the World Series website.
• Helped host and coordinate daily functions for this international tournament.
• Interviewed players and coaches throughout the tournament about their overall experience as well as post game thoughts for game summary stories.
• Served as a liaison to ESPN play-by-play talent during the preparation and day of the World Championship. This talent included Steve Lenox and current Boston Red Sox Manager Alex Cora.

Cleveland, Ohio

• Assist guests with navigating the stadium and VIP club during Cleveland Browns home games
• Effectively solve guest issues, questions and concerns in a positive and thorough manner
• Communicate with stadium and franchise management to uphold NFL standards within the stadium.

Portland, Maine Area

• Use a panasonic HPX500 camera to film for Maine Red Claws games on the NBA D-League live stream online. Have also worked games that are nationally covered on ESPNU.

South Portland, Maine

• Covered collegiate and professional sports
• Responsible for editing my own material and submitting in on deadline.
• Conducted interviews, took games notes and developed column idea's
• Had an opportunity to Interview Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors Head Coach's Brad Stevens and Dwayne Casey

Brunswick Maine

-On location reporter. -High School sports,local events and Portland Sea Dogs. (Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox)-Used News Edit Pro, Photoshop and different camera's to help give articles a professional visual look.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Digital Media Production

Activities and Societies: TV2, Delta Tau Delta fraternity-Vice President, Head of Community Service & Social Media AssistantDeans List.

Communications & New Media

Activities and Societies: The Beacon Newspaper- Head Sports Editor

Topsham, Maine

Activities and Societies: Varsity baseball, filmed varsity basketball games