Media Relations Coordinator

This is a Full Time Job


The Media Relations Coordinator is responsible for a broad range of communications, including media relations, media services, research and writing of baseball information, coordinating team publications and additional internal and external communications.

Key Responsibilities:
• Plan, write, provide design input and execute external communications elements such as biographies of team personnel, fact sheets, digital content and press materials.
• Support the development of communications plans aimed at achieving specific goals of the organization; develop strategies, write key messages, identify communications tactics, determine appropriate timing of message distribution, process approvals and execute plans with precision.
• Prepare and distribute daily game information (game notes, lineup sheet, minor league report and postgame notes).
• Handle administration of all media credential requests for the club for spring training, regular season and postseason. Includes coordination of information, photography, design and distribution, in addition to ensuring the club is in compliance with relevant Major League Baseball regulations.
• Understand the current media landscape, including how digital/social has altered news consumption habits.
• Responsible for creating both internal and external communication deliverables, including digital editorial content, press releases and media advisories.
• Assist in the process of managing and identifying key influencers across social, digital, and traditional media outlets to drive club baseball and business narratives.
• Serve as the point person for Tigers digital playbill and Tigers Yearbook. Provide editorial design assistance on media guide, game scorecard and season review summary.
• Assist in facilitating media interviews with Tigers players, coaches and front office executives.
• Work cross functionally across multiple business units, including marketing, corporate partnerships, community impact and ticketing.
• Assist in managing the department's social media accounts, including @DetroitTigersPR and @RoadtoDetroit.
• Work directly with media and in-house Tigers production teams to assist with photo and video shoots involving Tigers personnel.
• Major role in gameday press box operations, including authoring seating charts and distributing baseball information to baseball operations department, media and home and visiting broadcasters. Serve as a liaison to visiting PR representatives.
• Assist in managing department's seasonal assistant and/or intern.
• Assist in the media planning and participate in travel for the Winter Caravan and TigerFest.
• Serve as the liaison to Archive Manager to help maintain all necessary Tigers information in the Ilitch Holdings archive.
• Represent the company at external events.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, PR, Journalism or related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of related work experience with progressive responsibilities.
• Thorough understanding of baseball with strong attention to detail.
• Strong desire to be involved in daily writing responsibilities in a role heavily focused on writing. Innate ability to write quality first drafts.
• Excellent editing and proofreading skills.
• Sound business acumen.
• Proven experience using Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience with TruMedia, Baseball-Reference.com and the MLB stats portal.
• Bilingual fluency/proficiency both verbal and written Spanish a plus.
• Ability to quickly understand organizational culture and translate this culture into all communications pieces.
• Evidence of flexibility and ability to handle multiple projects concurrently in an environment of changing priorities and deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with others at all times and be a strong and willing contributor to project teams.
• Self-starter, go-getter mentality.
• Outstanding work ethic.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines, long hours, weekends, and holidays with some travel.

Working Conditions:
• Office environment
• Evening, weekend and holiday hours required.
• Travel to spring training in Lakeland, FL.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.