Longtime employee DeLettre earns staff promotion

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp have promoted long-time employee Brian DeLettre to Director of Production, the club announced.

A native of Jacksonville, DeLettre’s sports career began with the Jacksonville Suns in 1998. Over more than 25 years with the Jacksonville baseball franchise, DeLettre’s roles have included bat boy, clubhouse assistant, playground coordinator, usher, box office assistant, official scorer and media relations assistant. He joined the full-time staff in 2013.

As the Director of Production, DeLettre oversees all aspects of the HD videoboard displays installed at VyStar Ballpark. He also helps manage www.jaxshrimp.com, supervises the press box staff, designs the digital publications and sells season and group ticket packages.

DeLettre earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education with emphasis in sports administration from Jacksonville University, where he worked in the athletic media relations office from 2005 to 2013. He also worked as a communications assistant for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL in 2007, and he continues to work on the Jaguars’ PR gameday staff. He served as the media contact for the 74th and 75th annual Gator Bowl games and has also worked for four NCAA Basketball Tournaments, four Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championships and a wide variety of other sports events in Jacksonville.

ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The team calls VyStar Ballpark home for baseball but also a wide variety of additional community focused events with a goal of providing Affordable, Family, FUN to Northeast Florida. Winners of many marketing and sales awards and recognition since the team was rebranded prior to the 2017 season, the Jumbo Shrimp continually lead the state of Florida in attendance across all minor league professional sports organizations.