Minnesota Frost is hiring : Media and Community Relations Manager in Saint Paul

Our league was born out of a collective desire to empower ourselves and reimagine women’s hockey. Here, we combine grit with grace and speed with style. We move beyond discrimination in a spirit of togetherness. We elevate every one of our athletes. We commit to taking risks that will drive our growth. And we challenge ourselves to inspire future generations to dream bigger. Because this moment is bigger than all of us.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and implement PWHL communications strategies, policies, and initiatives tailored to the local market, ensuring alignment with league objectives
• Craft and execute strategic messaging, fostering player storytelling, promoting hockey, driving business initiatives, and supporting community engagement efforts through various channels with close collaboration with league and team leadership
• Leverage relationships and proactively cultivate relationships with diverse local media outlets, continually seeking innovative opportunities for coverage across print, digital, radio, and television platforms to expand audience reach, grow media list, and elevate brand visibility
• Draft media materials including press releases, game notes, and postgame summaries to promptly disseminate to local media stakeholders
• Curate player profiles to create content that showcases players’ personalities, experiences, milestones, and achievements
• Oversee the team’s media accreditation process
• Establish and maintain effective partnerships with facility providers to ensure optimal media workspace availability and functionality
• Facilitate seamless media access and coverage at team events, practices, and home games, coordinating on-site media interactions and ensuring comprehensive coverage
• Arrange and coordinate virtual and phone interviews as needed for team personnel and players, facilitating effective communication with media representatives
• Proactively seek out, lead and participate in media appearances and community events alongside team staff and players, enhancing visibility and community engagement
• Support the planning and execution of team theme nights
• Manage charitable item donation program
• Liaise with the team photographer and videographer to produce high-quality media assets, aligning with communication objectives
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the team, its players, the league, and the local media landscape, staying abreast of relevant developments and trends
• Actively participate in regular meetings and knowledge-sharing sessions led by the league’s Communications department, contributing to the alignment of performance goals and dissemination of best practices
• Maintain the highest level of confidentiality regarding proprietary company data, employee records, team records and client information
• Provide support for general administrative tasks and undertake ad hoc projects as assigned to support team and league objectives

Qualification Requirements

Skills, Abilities & Other Attributes

Compensation

Annual salary range for this role is $60,000 - $70,000 USD.

Position includes participation in all welfare, perquisites, fringe benefit, insurance, retirement and other benefit plans, practices, policies and programs, made available by the league as may be in effect from time to time.

Background check to be conducted once a successful candidate is hired.

The Professional Women’s Hockey League is 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.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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