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ESPN 980 – Street Team Position
Do you eat, breathe, and sleep sports? Tired of the view from the sidelines, looking for a way to come inside the huddle? ESPN 980, home of the Washington Redskins, is in search of a few good all stars to join our street team!
Principle Responsibilities:
As an ESPN 980 street team member, you will gain a first hand perspective into the many aspects of the sports radio, marketing and advertising industries. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Setting up event and staging elements, attending promotions which include Redskins Games, Remote Broadcasts, station events, and sales appearances, support programming staff during live broadcast, and listener interaction. Assist in the fulfillment of prize giveaways including mailing of prizes, sending names to will-call and handling of completion of release forms by required winners. Communicate with station prize winners in coordinating prize pick-up hours, details of trip giveaways, tax issues, cash prizes via collective or local contesting, etc. Assisting with the coordination of promotional materials, Event Prep sheets on-air Contesting Sheets. Updating station’s Winners database and organizing prize sheets.
Skills and Abilities Required:
Applicants must be dedicated, hard-working, self motivated and open to learning new skills through hands-on experience. He/she must apply creativity and initiative to all projects. Clear verbal, written and typing/computer skills are essential. Knowledge of media, sports and entertainment industries is preferred. Must have access to reliable transportation, a clean driving record, and a comfort level driving station vehicles. Proficiency in all Microsoft Office software programs, with a strong emphasis on Power Point and Excel required. Be able to lift at least fifty pounds and be able to learn how to set up station display materials. Be available to work evenings and weekends as needed. Ability to work a minimum of ten to twelve hours a week during football season. Be able to work well in a team environment. A winning personality!
Sound like you? Send your resume and cover letter to Allyson Butler, Marketing Director (301) 562-5824 or butlera@redskins.com
Marketing & Client Services Internship Program
Principal Job Functions: The purpose of this internship is to give students a unique opportunity to learn and provide support in the day-to-day operations of the marketing and client services departments. Responsibilities may include client and market research, planning and assisting in the execution of station promotional events, supporting the sales and marketing teams, working at station remote broadcasts including home football games and training camp.Interns may also work with clients on day-to-day projects involving gameday marketing campaigns and on-air advertising.
Skills and Abilities Required: Applicants must be dedicated, hard working, self motivated and open to learning new skills through hands-on experience. Must apply creativity and initiative to all projects. Clear verbal, written and typing/computer skills are essential. Knowledge of media, sports and entertainment industries is preferred. Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word programs are used daily.
Requirements and Reporting Structure: This is an unpaid internship and students must earn college credit. Students must be entering at least their junior year in college to be considered.
Possible office locations include: Red Zebra Broadcasting headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., FedEx Field in Landover, Md., and Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va.
If Interested: Please email a cover letter and resume to Russell Rubin, Client Services Manager, rubinr@redskins.com. No phone calls please.
Programming Internship Program
Intern duties may include:
- Monitoring Associated Press and various audio sources for news cuts
- Editing/cutting sound
- Phone call screening for live on-air programming
- Assisting with the coordination of program material, completing daily commercial and engineering logs, monitoring equipment in the broadcast studios, and may include some operating the studio control board.
Previous knowledge of digital editing techniques helpful.
E-mail Vinnie Bruce at brucev@redskins.com if interested.
Red Zebra Broadcasting is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
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