Director, Corporate Communications

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Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) is one of the largest integrated sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the most diverse partnership groups in all of sports. MSE owns and operates seven major and minor sports teams: 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, NBA's Washington Wizards, WNBA's 2019 Championship Washington Mystics, NBA G League's Capital City Go-Go, 2021 & 2020 NBA 2K League Champion Wizards District Gaming and Caps Gaming, an esports sub-brand of the Capitals. Additionally, it holds a significant investment in a seventh professional team, Team Liquid, an endemic esports team owned and operated by aXiomatic, in which MSE is an investor. In September 2022, MSE acquired the regional sports network, then-called NBC Sports Washington and newly rebranded as Monumental Sports Network. Monumental Sports Network now holds the exclusive local television media rights to Capitals', Wizards', and Mystics' games. The network is both a linear channel and a digital operation. Prior to acquiring the linear platform, the digital platform was launched by MSE in 2016, as the first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile, and streaming platforms. Those linear and digital platforms are now combined and join Caps Radio, Wizards Radio, MSE Outdoor and Monumental Productions for a full suite of six media enterprises. In addition to Capital One Arena - a venue which hosts 3M+ visitors across over 250 events annually, MSE also manages MedStar Capitals Iceplex (training facility for the Capitals), MedStar Health Performance Center (training facility for the Wizards, Mystics, and Go-Go) and EagleBank Arena (a 12,000+ live event venue on George Mason University's campus). In July 2020, MSE partnered with William Hill (subsequently acquired by Caesars Entertainment) to open the first ever in-arena sportsbook in North America, now called Caesars Sportsbook. MSE opened "District E powered by Ticketmaster" in the spring of 2023, a flagship esports and entertainment venue. This 14,000-square-foot live-event theater offers a 365-day-a-year series of immersive experiences in esports, music, culinary excellence, event programming, and community events. MSE proudly promotes its core values for all those that interact with the company. As a member of our team:

1. You will provide first-class customer service and value for our fans.
2. You will champion a double-bottom line that engages, unifies, and gives back to the community we serve.
3. You will work tirelessly to build generationally exceptional teams that compete for championships year after year and create lifelong memories for our fans.
4. You will measure performance with specific objectives and metrics and our analysis and decisions are compelled by data.
5. You will prize leadership, but you should value teamwork and collaboration and transparency even more. We treat each other with respect. We act with honesty and integrity. We remain humble.
6. You will innovate. We are nimble and first to market. We are not averse to risk.
7. You will have fun. We are in the business of happiness.

Position Overview: The Director, Corporate Communications is responsible for managing several communications assets for internal and external distribution and building media relationships across a wide variety of beats and issue areas. Are you a self-starter that possesses a high-level of attention for detail and has meticulous follow-through? We would love to hear from you! Responsibilities:

• Garner consistent coverage from reporters and publications covering sports (locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally), business, technology, media, community relations, government and metro D.C. This requires creativity and daily pitching to reporters on new ideas and angles and remaining proactive.
• Responsible for proactive media placements on Monumental Sports & Entertainment, Capital One Arena, and its Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• Manage and update corporate communications press list, pitch stories to journalists for coverage, and assist in the drafting of corporate press releases.
• Distribute daily press clips for the Executive Team and monitor for breaking news stories of impact to the company for real-time distribution.
• Maintain weekly comms report across all communications and marketing team activities distributed to senior executives in the organization.
• Craft the weekly All-Staff email on updates and activities throughout the organization.
• Handle logistics for any conferences or award events where MSE staff would be in attendance (confirming table purchases, filling out the logistics, etc.)
• Develop and maintain Monumental Sports & Entertainment's editorial calendar for the Corporate Communications department.
• Provide research and analysis on communications projects and reports, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years communications work experience.
• Project management and planning skills.
• Attention to detail and strong follow-through.
• Background in pitching reporters and creating communications collateral materials (press releases, talking points, fact sheets, etc.).
• Direct experience in sports media and/or the Washington D.C. media market is recommended.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed.

Pay Range: $110-125k USD. Benefit Eligibility: This role is eligible to participate in health and welfare benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.