Seth Askelson

PR/Marketing Analyst at Gateway Community College
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Prescott, Arizona, United States, US

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Experience

    • PR/Marketing Analyst
      • Mar 2023 - Present

  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    • Prescott, Arizona, United States
    • Sports Information Director
      • Oct 2021 - Feb 2023

      - Schedule game day employees and manage them on event days. - Write previews and post-game stories for 14 different athletics teams. - Set up and tear down broadcast equipment. - Produce broadcasts for live stream. - Create and direct in-house events. - Shoot and create videos for in-house and social media using Adobe Premiere. - Public Address Announcer for men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, men's wrestling, baseball, and softball. Responsibilities include announcing lineups, in-game events, and various reads pregame, in-game and postgame. - Edit photos using Adobe Photoshop and post them to various media outlets (website, Twitter, Facebook). - Create relevant graphics using ScoreShots and post them to various media outlets (website, Twitter, Facebook). - Send releases to various local and national media outlets. - Oversaw transition and redesign of main athletics website by PrestoSports. - Oversaw transition of streaming program to Hudl/BlueFrame. Show less

  • Ottawa University Arizona
    • Surprise, Arizona
    • Sports Information Director
      • Aug 2019 - Oct 2021

      - Schedule game day employees and manage them on event days. - Write previews and post-game stories for men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, and men's and women's basketball. - Set up and tear down broadcast equipment. - Produce broadcasts for live stream. - Provide play-by-play for soccer, volleyball, and basketball. - Create content for and operate DakTronics videoboard. - Direct in-game entertainment, which uses DakTronics videoboard. - Shoot and create videos for in-house and social media using Adobe Premiere. - Public Address Announcer for men's and women's soccer. Responsibilities include announcing lineups, in-game events, and various reads pregame, in-game and postgame. - Edit photos using Adobe Photoshop and post them to various media outlets (website, Twitter, Facebook) - Create relevant graphics using ScoreShots and post them to various media outlets (website, Twitter, Facebook) Show less

  • Ice Time Hockey Southwest
    • Glendale, Arizona
    • Beat Reporter - Arizona Coyotes
      • Jun 2019 - Oct 2021

      - Cover newsworthy stories surrounding the NHL's Arizona Coyotes - Appear in pre- and post-game segments with colleagues that appeared on social media and icetimehockeysw.com - Cover newsworthy stories surrounding the NHL's Arizona Coyotes - Appear in pre- and post-game segments with colleagues that appeared on social media and icetimehockeysw.com

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Editor In Chief - The Voice Student Newspaper
      • Aug 2019 - May 2020

      - Cover the most important stories that pertained to the Glendale Community College student population.- Work with media coordinators on and off campus to set up interviews for print, digital, and video stories.- Write stories, take photos, and shoot video for content that was used in print form and on the web.- Use Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to promote the publication’s published content.- Maintain and update the publication’s website, thevoicegcc.com- Started, created, and hosted 2020 Vision, the publication’s first podcast.- Create newspaper pages using Adobe InDesign- Work with printing company to get physical copies of the newspaper printed. Show less

    • Public Address Announcer and Game Operations Employee
      • Jan 2014 - Jan 2020

      - Announce lineups, game events, and post-game reads for volleyball, basketball, baseball, and softball.- Run scoreboard for volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, and football, as well as the shot clock for basketball and time and play clock for football.- Set up and tear down electrical equipment before and after games. - Create fan engagement with announcements and music selection. - Official scorekeeper for men's and women's soccer.- Various other game operations activities such as ball runner for soccer and "chain gang" for football. Show less

    • Staff Reporter - The Voice Student Newspaper
      • Aug 2014 - May 2016

      VOULNTEER POSITION- Cover the most important stories that pertained to the Glendale Community College student population.- Work with media coordinators on and off campus to set up interviews for print, digital, and video stories.- Write stories, take photos, and shoot video for content that was used in print form and on the web.- Edit newspaper pages using Adobe InDesign- Conduct interviews with audio and video recording devices.

  • Grand Canyon University
    • Phoenix, Arizona
    • Public Address Announcer and Play-By-Play Broadcaster
      • Mar 2015 - Jan 2020

      CONTRACTOR WITH CLUB SPORTS DEPARTMENT Hockey: - Public Address Announcer for 2016-2017 season. - Play-By-Play Broadcaster starting in the 2017-2018 season. - Set up and break down broadcasting equipment. - Produce broadcast (audio, graphics, video). - Assist with other team needs as necessary. * Public Address Announcer for baseball, softball, rugby, and lacrosse as needed. CONTRACTOR WITH CLUB SPORTS DEPARTMENT Hockey: - Public Address Announcer for 2016-2017 season. - Play-By-Play Broadcaster starting in the 2017-2018 season. - Set up and break down broadcasting equipment. - Produce broadcast (audio, graphics, video). - Assist with other team needs as necessary. * Public Address Announcer for baseball, softball, rugby, and lacrosse as needed.

  • TEKsystems
    • Tempe, Arizona
    • Sourcing Specialist
      • Feb 2019 - May 2019

      - Working in a competitive sales-type environment where success is rewarded with uncapped commission. - Made a high volume of calls to find qualified tech professionals who could fill our customers’ open roles. - Worked directly with recruiters servicing the Northern Colorado and Greater Denver markets to place professionals in jobs that aligned with their goals, skills, and interests, while meeting the company’s requirements. TEKsystems is a leading IT staffing and services company and a subsidiary of Allegis Group, the largest private talent management firm in the world. Combining a proven track record of superior performance, a quality-focused approach to service delivery, and the highest-caliber technical professionals in the market, TEKsystems helps our clients successfully plan, build, and run their critical technology initiatives. Through this, we have a long-standing history of success in providing IT staffing solutions, IT services and talent management acquisition. With our more than 25 years of experience, we annually deploy 80,000 technical professionals to support critical IT engagements at 6,000 client sites, including 82% of Fortune 500 companies. With more than 100 offices and nearly 4,000 employees throughout North America, Europe and Asia, we speak with over 100,000 IT professionals and meet face-to-face with more than 10,000 professionals every single week. The success of our business relies on the ability and integrity of our people. We are committed to recruiting the brightest and most driven professionals in the world and fostering long-term career growth. Show less

    • Volunteer Work in Athletic Department
      • Feb 2019 - May 2019

      - Work with employees in athletic department to come up with ideas on how to expand the brand and gain more corporate sponsors. - Assisted with and produced broadcasts for school’s Sling channels (Men’s Volleyball and Baseball). - Help coordinate facility rentals with the City of Glendale. - Operate scoreboard and control in-game music for softball. - Work with employees in athletic department to come up with ideas on how to expand the brand and gain more corporate sponsors. - Assisted with and produced broadcasts for school’s Sling channels (Men’s Volleyball and Baseball). - Help coordinate facility rentals with the City of Glendale. - Operate scoreboard and control in-game music for softball.

  • Arizona Diamondbacks
    • Phoenix, Arizona
    • Game Operations Intern
      • Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

      In-office responsibilities: - Created schedules for game-day staff each homestand. - Put together ticket orders for game-day staff each homestand. - Schedule participants for experiences like Play Ball Kid and National Anthem Singer. - Involved in Entertainment Planning each homestand. - Kept inventory on supplies needed for gameday Game-Day Responsibilities: - Gather and set up supplies needed for events throughout the gameday. - Manage teams of 5-10 Rally-Backs, escort them to different events around the ballpark, and ensure they are where they need to be on time. - Escort mascot (Baxter the Bobcat) and ensure he gets to where he is needed on time. - Escort Legends Racers to race start and to the upper concourse. - Find participants for contests in-between innnngs. - Coordinate with production staff (DBTV) to ensure all contests and promotions run smoothly. Show less

Education

  • Ottawa University
    Master's degree, Business Administration and Management, General
    2019 - 2022
  • Arizona State University - Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Sports Journalism; Minor - Communications
    2016 - 2018

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