Video Production Assistant

Who we are: We’re the West Michigan Whitecaps, High-A Minor League affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. The Whitecaps are in the fun business and our mission is to provide affordable family entertainment that strengthens the West Michigan community. We create memorable experiences by offering a fun, friendly and inclusive environment. We pride ourselves on our stellar customer service and our dedication to providing friendly faces, open minds, and our time and energy to our fans. We’ve been here for 30 years and are ready to be here for at least 30 more.

Why we want you: We have a creative marketing team and we’re looking for an energetic and motivated video production guru to add to the team. You have experience planning, scripting, directing and producing video projects from concept to completion. You deliver multimedia content across many communication channels and know how to organize footage for easy retrieval. You work hard and play nice, and appreciate a good joke.

Why you want to work here: We sum up our mission in three words: Fun. Community. Experiences. When you join our team, you become a part of our culture and our story – we’re small enough that you’ll have an ability to put your stamp on things. We’ve got an all-hands-on-deck mentality and pitch in when something needs done. We work very hard but we don’t take ourselves too seriously; we realize how important things like office darts and puppy visits and staff happy hours are. Plus, besides the typical benefits, you also get generous paid time off, free baseball tickets (your friends will love you!), paid volunteer time, a free health club membership, and opportunities to get discounted or free tickets to various shows and events in West Michigan. We’re also pretty great people to work with.

What you’ll do: You’ll partner and collaborate with internal teams to create digital content that tells a story and encourages engagement using videography. You’ll manage every step of a video project ensuring timelines are delivered and objectives are met. You’ll help produce live broadcasts and events, create a recorded version for later use and make hard copies for archiving. You’ll support projects for the Whitecaps and PitSpitters (our sister team in Traverse City) baseball teams and events at the LMCU Ballpark. Like the rest of us, you’ll also wear many hats for different games and events, and you’ll also tarp the field a few times…. You’ll have fun doing it all!

What you need: You’ll need to demonstrate proficiency in all areas of video production from ideation, pre-production and scripting to editing through delivery. You’ll need to be familiar with operating a video camera and editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro or motion graphics programs. You’ll need to work well win a team setting, solve media-related problems, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, meticulous attention to detail, and willingness to work some interesting hours in order to get the job done. A Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Broadcast or similar would be preferred, as well as experience in a broadcast or digital marketing setting; a strong baseball or sports knowledge obviously wouldn’t hurt!

Let’s do this: If you’re ready to apply, we look forward to getting to know you. Submit your resume and drop us a cover letter letting us know why you’d be a good fit. We’ll be in touch!

Here's the extra-innings info:

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS

Fulltime (40 )

Hours will vary but will include evenings, weekends, holidays, and home games.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The Whitecaps offer a hybrid environment of work-from-home and in office.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

You will need to have the ability to move about LMCU Ballpark as necessary to complete tasks. Ability to move boxes up to 35 pounds. Ability to assist in pulling field tarp as assigned, ability to help with event set-up and teardown.

Whitecaps Professional Baseball provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.