Joe Longo Email & Phone Number

Rosemont, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Help set-up, execute, and breakdown activations located around the United Center, in the Atrium, as well as Fifth Third Bank Arena.-Work with the crew responsible for all fan engagement aspects of a Blackhawks games including Jr. Hawks, intro sequence, DJ booths, and in-venue activations.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Bears Way Eric Bonilla Jr. Rookie of the Year Award Recipient as voted on by the team-Helped oversee fan navigation and safety procedures at Ticketmaster Plaza (South Gates) for the 2023 Season.-Assisted in wayfinding and customer service in the Main Mezzanine during the 2023 Season.-Worked all of 2023 Training Camp at Halas Hall (shoutout the Hawthorn Mall group!)

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Champaign, Illinois, United States

- Served as the Director of Grange Grove and marketing oversight of Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics and Softball.-Set single game (1,501 on May 5, 2022) and season long (13,400 in 2023) attendance records for Illini Softball. Also Led both gymnastics to average attendance of 1,000+ (first time since 2017). -Served as Interim Assistant Director of Marketing and Fan Development (Aug & Sep 2022)- Lead and developed the ten marketing assistants and 20+ street team members in the Illini Marketing Internship program.- Generated school record revenue through the Fighting Illini Auctions site. ($43,200)- Launched and oversaw the Oskee Rewards app that has over 50,000 members and 100+ prizes.- DJ for men’s basketball.- Designed marketing materials such as booklets, flyers, video board graphics, etc. in Adobe Photoshop and inDesign, as well as creates GIFs for the Cue Audio light show.- In advertising, oversaw on-campus efforts, sidewalk sign advertising, and the State Farm Center marquee.- Coordinated National Anthem performances, half-time acts, t-shirt tosses, food truck contracts, and facility tours.

Champaign, Illinois, United States

- Responsible for the organization of Street Team, helping them get oriented with the role as well as serve as a liaison between them and the full-time staff.- Lead marketing efforts for Swim and Dive which ended with an 87% increase in attendance (357 average). 357 average is a school record, with Jan 22’s attendance of 501 setting the single meet mark. - Co-Director of Grange Grove, which is the official Illini tailgate area and holds over 5,000 fans while featuring food trucks, a kid zone, and a "headquarters" of radio, marketing, and merchandise tents.- Oversee the logging, creating, and distribution of Kid's Club and Oskee Pet Club memberships, with over 200 and 100 memberships respectively.- Serve as a contact for women's basketball, baseball, and track and field. .- Trusted to shoot the T-Shirt gun at football games. Not the hardest job to get but it has to be on the resume.- Choose and control music at Fighting Illini events - During the 2020-21 COVID year, I also worked with 15,000 cardboard cutouts as well as second screen broadcasting experience.

Champaign, Illinois, United States

- Gameday position- Distribute giveaways and posters-Help execute scripts and promotions

Rockford, Illinois, United States

-Help execute game operations needs on gamedays including concourse and ice level promos, as well as giveaways and announcements.

Rockford, Illinois, United States

-Create, manage, and store in-game and social media graphics and animations.-Coordinate all concourse and ice level promotions as well as giveaways.-Oversee a group of 25 game ops assistants and skaters.-Create game profiles, rundowns, and three-sheeters to help coordinate the production team, game ops team, emcee, and mascot.-Provide input and original thinking to help preserve, build, and advance the IceHogs and Blackhawks brand.-Assist in the planning of theme nights, directly overseeing Margaritaville Night.-Mock-up designs used in corporate sponsor pitches.

Rosemont, Illinois

As any minor league internship goes, I did a little bit of everything. So let me break it down by department:Marketing• Performed as "Ketchup" the mascot at the season ticket holder party, a home game, as well as the National Trading Card Convention where I interacted with thousands of fans and promoted upcoming games. • Quality assurance and counting of over 10,000 promotional giveaway hats.• Controlled the marketing efforts (such as researching markets, deciding who to reach out to, and gameday atmosphere) for Jimmy Buffett night, which ended as our highest attended game of the season.• Developed social media filters and graphics, along with captions.Sales • Wrote scripts, made calls, logged, and organized in Excel over 100 call sheets promoting upcoming games with over 5,000 fans.• Serviced hundreds of walk-up fans at the ticket office during the final stretch of the regular season and playoffs.• Cleaned and set up Suites and Party Decks.Operations and Other• Trusted to both open and lock up the stadium on gamedays.• Scanned tickets for most home games, as well as a few as ballpark security.• Assisted warehouse and grounds crew in operational duties from stocking Dippin Dots to pulling tarp over the field.• Made and sold over 1000 hot dogs and cups of beer at the Wiener Circle concession stand.

Champaign, Illinois, United States

• While at the DIA, I wrote game notes, transcribed interviews, distributed and verified credentials, assisted the social media and photography teams, and prepared stats for the media. During the baseball season, I was hired by Fox Entertainment as a freelance worker and served as the timeout coordinator for six games, working with a director in Chicago on timing the game with the broadcast.

Franklin Park, Illinois, United States

• I served as a manager and statistician for my high school teams all four years, and senior year was promoted to assistant coach in football and basketball. I was a jack of all trades while at Leyden where I recorded and analyzed stats, helped run practices and drills, assisted in play calling and game planning, prepped facilities, created a social media presence for our athletics, reported on them for our newspaper, and never missed a practice or game