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Summer Internship: Stadium Operations - Lake Erie Crushers (Avon, OH)
The Lake Erie Crushers are members of the Frontier League, an independent professional baseball league with 12 teams throughout the Midwest. The Crushers are seeking college students, who are passionate about working in the sports industry to fill an internship position in stadium operations for the 2009 summer term. Interns will get an inside look at the business of baseball, gaining experience in all areas of a professional sport team’s front office operations, including ticketing, sales, marketing, media relations, promotions and merchandise. This internship will work directly with the Assistant General Manager, Operations.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• Recruiting, scheduling and managing game day employees.
• Training employees on the Crusher Policies and Procedures Manual.
• Establishing and maintaining the day-to-day operation of our guest service plan.
• Programming and supervising specific areas of the ballpark, such as our Kids Zone.
• All facets of fan relations – i.e. comments, requests and suggestions.
• Creating and maintaining a clean, safe and fun ballpark for all fans.
• Assisting in inventory controls and purchasing to ensure that the facility is adequately stocked for all events.
• Pursuing and coordinating all aspects of ballpark rentals such as concerts, high school and college games, etc.
• Assisting with the management of ballpark security and implementing ideas and requests of ballpark security staff.
• All facets of employee supervision, including janitorial services and in-game custodians/matrons.
• Serving as the liaison between the Crushers and various subcontractors.
• Assisting in all facets of preventative maintenance for the ballpark.
• Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
• Candidates must be reliable, detailed oriented, able to problem solve, able to efficiently multi-task, have solid communication skill and writing ability, a strong work ethic, stellar customer service skills and a team work mentality.
• Efficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook is required
• Candidates in their junior or senior year of college will be given preference
• This is a full-time, seasonal position. Interns must be able to work weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and all game days until the conclusion of the game.
• The internship starts May 1 and concludes at the end of the season in early September.
Compensation:
• $500 per month plus commission on season tickets and packages sold; or
• College credit
• Housing is not provided.
