MEDIA RELATIONS ASSISTANT

About the role

Season-long, part-time opportunity for the 2026-27 AHL season. College credit can be accepted but is not required. The qualified candidate will attend all Texas Stars home games, work remotely for away games, and fulfill up to eight additional office hours per week.

This is an exceptional hands-on experience with a professional sports franchise and can serve as a stepping-stone to a full-time Communications or Media Relations position in the industry.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations with day-to-day duties.
• Manage the press box on home game nights.
• Organize, print, and distribute game notes packets prior to games.
• Assist in updating game notes, player bios, and statistics between games.
• Assist with in-game and postgame media needs including distributing statistics and coordinating player interviews.
• Contribute to writing press releases, game recaps, and in-depth features for TexasStars.com.
• Handle credentials for all media, scouts, and visiting team personnel.
• Assist in coordinating game-day video interviews and series previews after the teams’ practices.
• Assist and maintain season and historical statistical records.
• Assist with posting written and video content to the Stars’ website and social media pages.
• Assist in the team’s social media efforts and work with other assistants to cover road games remotely.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work all home games, including nights, weekends, holidays, and some game-day practices when available.
• Availability to monitor designated road games online through AHLTV on FloHockey.
• Ability to balance multiple responsibilities.
• Creative thinker with exceptional work ethic and professional demeanor.
• Basic knowledge of hockey and passion for sports.
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet Research, and Social Media (Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube).
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (specifically InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere, and Audition), or the ability to learn quickly is a plus.

Physical Demands and Working Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers, handle objects and office tools, reach, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, and hear.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Exposure to an arena environment with sometimes loud noise levels.