Employment Opportunities
Director of Community Relations
Job Description
- Handle Junior Tides kids club program
- Responsible for school reading programs
- Handle team donation requests
- Set up and coordinate fundraisers with non-profit organizations
- Arrange ballpark tours for kids groups
- Coordinate player and mascot appearances throughout the Coastal Virginia community
- Work with the Minor League Baseball office on all charity partnerships
- Attend career days throughout the community
- Set up education-themed days at Harbor Park
- Work with local school districts to run a contest to design the cover of the Tides souvenir program
- Set up Opening Night festivities with local police and fire departments
- Coordinate Field Makeover Programs
- Valentine's Day mascot flower delivery coordination
- Organize annual Breakfast with Santa event
- Bat for a Cure Breast Cancer Awareness Night
- Coordinate charity partnership with Orioles Reach Program
- Assist with coordinating player housing
Experience Required
- Four-year college degree
- At least two years experience in the sports industry or a community relations field
- Strong writing and interpersonal skills
- Previous experience in Minor League Baseball preferred
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office
- Basic understanding of Spanish is preferred
Salary: Based on experience
Start Date: Fall, 2018
Submit your resume to BGiancola@norfolktides.com
Media Relations Intern
Job Description
- Compile daily game notes and statistical information for home and road contests
- Assist with production of team publications, including game-day program and media guide
- Help facilitate interview requests with local and national media
- Capture, edit and produce video highlights
- Update team website with game stories, promotions and general content
- Create graphics, headshots and promotional content for use on video boards
- Act as Gameday Stringer for some home contests
- Assist with supervision and staffing of press-level employees
- Work alongside promotional team and community relations department
- Assist with social media projects
- Must be able to work all Tides home games during the 2019 season
- Other tasks as assigned
Experience Required
- A bachelor's degree in a related field
- Previous work experience with a professional team or collegiate program
- Strong writing and interpersonal skills
- Previous experience using a CMS to update websites
- Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suites
Salary: $1,000/month
Start Date: February, 2019
Submit your resume to ILocke@norfolktides.com
Group Sales Intern
Job Description
- Works closely with the Director of Group Sales
- Sell groups, corporate packages through relationship building
- Identify and generate new sales opportunities, including following up on inbound leads, prospecting cold calls, and contacting companies and individuals
- Maintain group renewals
- Prospecting and developing new client relationships
- Day-to-day customer support
- Meet and exceed all weekly and end of year sales goals
- Assist with setup of hospitality areas in Harbor Park
- Assist in the supervision of the hospitality areas in Harbor Park
- Accurately track and provide regular reports detailing sales activities, pipeline status
- Represent the Norfolk Tides in a positive and professional manner at all times
Experience Required
- Must work all Norfolk Tides home games
- Must be able to handle stress and time management in a fast-paced environment
- Must be able to work independently
- Must be detailed oriented, strong communications skills, teamwork, and enthusiasm
- Must have customer service experience
- Ability to multitask, organized, and focus on customer service
- Flexibility to work evenings, weekends and holidays
- Bachelor Degree required or graduating in December of 2018
- Fluency in Spanish preferred
Salary: $1,000/month
Start Date: January, 2019
Submit your resume to JMuszkewycz@norfolktides.com
Box Office Intern
Job Description
- Intern will be required to work from February through Labor Day, including all 70 scheduled home games
- Provide superior customer service through daily box office ticket sales
- Assist in the completion of processing, printing and mailing season and group tickets
- Administrative duties including filing, sorting, stuffing and mailing
- Maintain existing database of season ticket and advertising contacts
- Assist in supervision, scheduling and training of gameday staff
- Create and update daily ticket reports
- Phone sales
- Additional duties assigned as necessary
Experience Required
- Microsoft Office product knowledge
- Ticketmaster experience is helpful
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Prior customer service experience preferred
Salary: $1,000/month
Start Date: January, 2019
Submit your resume to GTodd@norfolktides.com
Community Relations Intern
Job Description
The position is a season-long paid internship for the Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. Intern will be responsible for donation requests, coordinating mascot appearances, school events, player appearances and youth baseball events. Intern is expected to work 70 Tides home games as well as other various events. Intern will also do some group sales work as well as other various office tasks. The ideal candidate would be proficient in Microsoft Office suite and have a working knowledge of various social media tools.
Salary: $1,000/month
Start Date: February, 2019
Submit your resume to BGiancola@norfolktides.com
Groundscrew Intern
Job Description
The position is a season-long paid internship for the Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. Responsibilities include bullpen maintenance, general field maintenance, mowing, pulling tarp and batting practice setup. Intern is expected to work all 70 Tides home games as well as any other non-baseball events on the field. Previous groundskeeping experience (2+ years) or a turf management degree preferred.
Salary: $1,000/month
Start Date: March, 2019
Submit your resume to JHall@norfolktides.com