Qualifications:

• Undergraduate student pursuing a degree in marketing, communications, sports management or related field


• Schedule that allows student to work 15-20 hours/week in the office
  
  
  
  • Office Location: 800 LaSalle Ave, Suite 200 | Minneapolis, MN 55402
  
  


• Flexibility that allows student to work station events
  
  
  
  • Events typically at off-site location, in the evening, sometimes on weekends
  
  

Become aware of the value of social media and how it works as a PR/marketing tool:

• Write copy: learn to create Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (and other social media platforms) graphics and posts specific to company and team initiatives, goals and events


• Schedule and organize: become familiar with digital platforms by organizing and sending out social media posts outlined by Communications and Marketing departments


• Implement social media contests: assist PR/Marketing with the implementation and follow up duties related to contests: contacting fans, mailing out items, etc.


• Interact and communicate with fans: follow up with fans by responding to questions, comments, etc. with guidance from communications team.

Develop leadership skills and gain experience with PR/Marketing events:

i.e. Viewing parties, tailgates, signature station events, etc.

• Prepare: help plan, organize and prepare for off-site, on-the-ground PR/Marketing events


• Learn independence and responsibility: become familiar with how to execute and mange a Marketing/PR event


• Document: take photos, write re-cap, etc. for post-event PR purposes

Understand the importance of business relationships

• Observe: Attend pre/post game set, production truck, live shoots, etc to gain an understanding of "presence" and responsibility in different professional settings


• Prepare and Follow Up: work with communications and Marketing/OAP to fulfill client and team requests: dub in-game drops, features, etc and get to clients in a timely matter


• Research: Assist departments with client/team research for numerous different projects to learn multi-tasking ability and importance of preparation

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About

• Bally Sports North reaches more than 2 million homes throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North and South Dakota and telecasts nearly 2,600 hours of locally produced programming per year.

• The marketing/communications departments are responsible for supporting partnerships with eight professional sports teams and leading a team tasked with developing communication and marketing strategies that help advance the network's production, PR, sales and community efforts. These strategies include media relations, events, on-air campaign development, digital and social media outreach as well as community relations.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!

About Us

Make your mark in Media with Sinclair Broadcast Group, a diversified media company dedicated to connecting people with content everywhere! We have consistently led the broadcast industry since our inception, and now Sinclair owns the largest regional sports network business and one of the largest television broadcast portfolios in the country. In addition, we have affiliations with all of the major broadcast networks, own Tennis Channel, and several multicast networks including TBD and Comet. Our content is distributed over-the-air, on multi-video providers, and through our industry-leading digital media platforms. We also recently launched a free TV streaming service called STIRR. Our success is the direct result of our extraordinary employees and management team who believe in our vision and are dedicated to ensuring a great future for our employees. We are advancing the world of Media and want YOU to join our winning team!

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let's talk.