I clearly remember the day my Dad and I were at our (probably) 500th MLB game when he told the random person sitting next to us that I was the son he never had. Not gonna lie, I was mad. And to this day, I'll tell you women belong in sports - stop marketing to them as separate from sports fans. But that's beside the point. He said it because I knew every player on that field. I could probably tell you their batting averages and how likely they were to make the next play at their positions.
Hopefully, this doesn't turn you off, but that game was a Yankees game. From the time I was born until the Yankees won the 2009 World Series, I was a die hard Yankees fan. After that, I looked at the bottom of the league and started rooting for the team with the exact opposite record - the Washington Nationals. And then I went to college and promptly became obsessed with Notre Dame sports. Now, it's sport climbing and the Cleveland Cavaliers. But no matter where my current obsession lies, it's almost always in sports.
So, it's probably not a surprise that I knew from a young age that I wanted to work in sports. From the moment I stepped foot on Notre Dame's campus, I was looking to get involved in the storied athletics department. I started by trying to become an equipment manager for the football team. I worked hard and became the person that other Freshmen looked to for guidance. Shortly after that, I got involved in the Athletics Marketing department, where I worked countless events - I actually worked an event for every sport we staffed. Then I was hired as a full time intern developing and implementing marketing plans for the Men's and Women's Soccer programs, the ACC Fencing Championship, and the Women's Lacrosse team.
When my time at Notre Dame was cut short by COVID, I quickly found an unpaid role with Positive Coaching Alliance, which allowed me to see a whole other side of sports and learn valuable skills in web and email marketing.
Eventually, I figured I should look for a paying job and found a role with an influencer marketing company called The Spacestation. There, I had the opportunity to build out decks for our team to pitch to big brands and make silly Photoshop images.
But I knew my passion was in sports, so I jumped back in with my role in Email Marketing for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Monsters, Cleveland Charge, and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. I could give you some pretty impressive stats, but just know over the past few years, I've sent WAY too many emails, made almost as many gifs, and sold A LOT of tickets.