ECU Announces New Openings for 2007-08

Several New Volunteer Positions Available

4/28/07

GREENVILLE, NC - Over the past two seasons the ECU Ice Hockey Club has experienced unbridled growth. With the increase in popularity and size comes more responsibility. As such, the team is pleased to announce the opening of several new positions for the 2007-08 season. These positions include:

1. Media Relations
2. Business Manager
3. Marketing Director
4. Merchandise Coordinator
5. Videographer
6. Travel Coordinator

Descriptions of these positions are as follows:

Media Relations: Responsibilities include all relations with media including organizing interviews, releasing requested information, all other media requests. Also would be responsible for writing game recaps and any press releases for team website; reporting any news to keep website current. Would also be asked to help with generating publicity from local media outlets and portraying club in a positive light. May require travel with team.

Business Manager: Would be responsible for working with and assisting student officers with pursuing sponsorships. Development of new sponsorship packages and building of business relationships within the community would be a priority. Once sponsorships have been secured the manager would need to make sure that all appropriate benefits have been fulfilled. This person would be the coordinator of all business activities and would oversee all students who would work under him/her.

Marketing Director: Would be responsible for working with and assisting student officers with developing and implementing marketing strategies to help publicize the club. Finding effective ways to market the club throughout campus to gain a greater share of student support would be a priority. Seeking out methods to market the club with little or no budget makes this job difficult. This person would be the coordinator of all marketing activities and would be responsible for providing all student athletes with guidance in order to achieve the club's goals.

Merchandise Coordinator: Responsible for the selling of merchandise at all home games. Would be responsible for picking up merchandise from Dowdy Student Store on the Friday afternoon of a game, helping to set up the merchandise table and supervising the selling of merchandise. Must keep track of all sales and return unsold merchandise along with money the following Monday. Merchandise must be stored by coordinator. No travel required.

Videographer: Preferably a video production major. Responsible for videotaping all games, home and away. Tape is used to help evaluate play of the team and is a very important aspect of the team's off-ice training and may also be used as a recruiting tool. Must provide team with copies of all games, club will reimburse videographer for certain expenses. Must have own camera.

Travel Coordinator: Position requires booking of hotels for all away games during the course of the season. Responsible for negotiating rates to meet the budget of the club and may be asked to book charter buses as needed. Responsible for filling out all necessary travel paperwork to be turned into club sports department. Hotels are booked for entire semester at one time to avoid confusion later on in the course of the season.