Erie Otters Hockey Club
Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations July 2013 – Present
Director of Marketing
Senior Manager, Partnerships June 2018 - Present
- Serve as day-to-day media relations contact, which includes: writing press releases and team distributed content, maintaining stats and in-depth information on Otters personnel, coordinating interviews and media availability, maintaining local and national media contacts, acting media liaison between the Erie Otters and the OHL/CHL
- Direct team’s content creation and assist in production through graphic design and video editing skills
- Provide play-by-play commentary for all home/away regular season and postseason games across radio,
television, and live streaming channels - Manage team’s social media accounts (Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter), growing each platform into one of
the top three followed accounts on their respective
channels among Ontario Hockey League members - Maintain team’s media room and press box, including creating and curating media notes and press clippings
- Coordinate organization’s internship program
- Manage team’s website with timely team news, upcoming events and marketing needs
Director of Marketing
Senior Manager, Partnerships June 2018 - Present
- Manage partnership sales team that has grown sponsorship dollars by 13% since 2017 OHL Championship, including a 28% growth in new business during the 2018-19 season
- Oversee team’s marketing campaign, managing content creation and placement across multiple radio and television stations, as well as outdoor and social media advertising
Pittsburgh Penguins
Radio Network
Radio Network
Broadcasting Intern, September 2012 – June 2013
- Assist in production of daily programming including Penguins Live and PensWeek shows, as well as Pittsburgh Penguins broadcasts
- Collected sound and interviews from locker rooms and press conferences
- Produce Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Robert Morris University broadcasts
KDKA-FM 93.7 The FAN
Reporting Intern August 2011 – January 2012
- Attend various professional and collegiate sporting events to participate in and conduct interviews that were recorded for on-air use
Point Park University
Bachelor of Arts – Radio and TV Broadcasting, Public Relations Minor (2009-2012)
- Provide play-by-play and/or color commentary for multiple school team sports, including basketball (M&W), baseball, softball, and volleyball
- Host of weekly sports highlights TV show “Pioneer Sideline” on student run television station
- Serve as Sports Director for WPPJ 670 AM, student run radio station, and U-VIEW, student run television station
- Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Best Play-by-Play Award Winner 2010, Runner-Up 2013
- Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Best Radio Sports Update Award Winner 2013