Control Room Seasonal Assistant

Detroit Red Wings; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The Detroit Red Wings are seeking a control room seasonal assistant to help conceive, plan, develop, and execute game presentation elements for home games and events at Little Caesars Arena. You will collaborate with staff across departments, assist in content loading, and contribute to engaging in-game experiences for fans.

Ideal candidates are highly organized, self-motivated, and able to multi-task with strong communication.

Qualifications

• Highly organized and self-motivated with the ability to multi-task.
• Strong decision making, problem resolution, and creative thinking skills.
• Experience in a prior role or similar field is a plus.
• Ability and willingness to work long and unpredictable hours on weekdays, weekends and holidays as needed.
• Must be able to workdays, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Work inside the control room during select office hours, home games and select events at Little Caesars Arena.
• Contribute new ideas for in-game features and experiences that evolve the presentation.
• Collaborate with game day crew to ensure production standards are met.
• Load content into equipment needed for events.
• Assist in planning and coordinating secondary events like viewing parties and college events.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to develop engaging in-game solutions.
• Contribute ideas to enhance theme nights.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Game Presentation department.

Skills

Highly organized

Self-motivated

Multi-tasking

Decision making

Problem solving

Creative thinking

Ability to work long hours

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Job description

Amaze, Inspire, Unite Job Summary:

The Detroit Red Wings are looking to hire a control room seasonal assistant where they’ll play an integral role in the conception, planning, development, and execution of game presentation elements and other events for the Detroit Red Wings and Ilitch Sports + Entertainment. This includes working with department staff on idea generation, live event game preparation, content building/development, and contributing to event production in a live arena environment. Collaboration with co-workers and other departments, clear communication, and organizational skills are essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work inside the control room during select office hours, Detroit Red Wings home games and select events at Little Caesars Arena.
• Contribute new ideas for in-game features and experiences throughout the season for fans, that continue to evolve and enhance the game presentation, making it an industry leading experience.
• Work closely with game day crew and full-time staff to ensure production standards are met.
• Load content into equipment needed for events.
• Assist in the planning, coordination, and execution of DRW secondary events such as viewing parties, college hockey events, college basketball events, etc.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal departments to develop engaging and effective in-game solutions.
• Contribute unique and strategic ideas to enhance various theme nights.
• Perform all other duties and responsibilities of the Game Presentation department as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Highly organized, strongly self-motivated, and the ability to multi-task activities.
• Strong decision making, problem resolution, and creative thinking skills.
• Experience in a prior role or similar field is a plus.
• Ability and willingness to work long and unpredictable hours on weekdays, weekends and holidays as needed.
• Must be able to workdays, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Interest and some experience of sports entertainment and production equipment.
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite preferred with an emphasis on Premiere Pro and AfterEffects.

Working Conditions:

Frequent visual/auditory attention. Exposure to high noise levels. Irregular and extended hours including nights, weekends, and holidays. The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a colleague encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The above is intended to describe the key responsibilities, the general supplemental functions and the essential requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all supplemental duties, responsibilities or nonessential requirements. Sports & Entertainment, Inc. has the right to change, modify, suspend, interrupt or cancel in whole or in part any job functions outlined in a job description at any time and without advance notice to the employee. All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive. They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Olympia Entertainment.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Olympia Entertainment is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.

PRIVACY POLICY:

Ilitch Companies and our colleagues are committed to being the best in all that we do - whether it's providing a delicious, quality meal from Little Caesars, delivering fresh food to our Little Caesars restaurants, baking quality food products at Champion Foods, supporting world-class teams like the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers or offering unforgettable live entertainment at top-rated venues like Little Caesars Arena, the Fox Theatre, Pine Knob and other area locations.

About the Detroit Red Wings:

The Detroit Red Wings are the National Hockey League's most storied American-based franchise. Formed in 1926, and a member of the Original Six, the Detroit Red Wings are steeped in a tradition of winning. With some of the greatest players, coaches, executives and fans in league history, the Red Wings have captured 11 Stanley Cup titles. Under Ilitch ownership since 1982, the team has won 16 divisional championships, six President's Trophies, six Clarence Campbell Bowls, qualified for the playoffs in an unprecedented 25-consecutive seasons from 1991-2016 and won four Stanley Cups. The club has won a combined 1,755 regular-season and playoff games, ranking third in the NHL over that span, and since 1995-96, Detroit has won a league-best 1,273 games, with 1,128 regular-season wins and 145 playoff victories. Following the 2018-19 season, the governor, president and CEO Chris Ilitch welcomed Steve Yzerman back to the Red Wings as executive vice president and general manager, naming Detroit's former captain as the 11th general manager in franchise history. Yzerman and his team are actively working to bring the Stanley Cup back to Detroit.