Josh Hirsch
Location: Roslyn, NY
To reach client call STAA:
(949) 648-STAA
(949) 648-STAA
Radio Demo
1. Baseball Highlights 1:182. Basketball Highlight :45
3. Baseball PBP 12:21
4. Baseball PBP 15:12
5. Basketball PBP 4:00
6. Hockey PBP 4:39
7. Hockey PBP 8:59
8. Pregame 2:05
9. Scoreboard 4:23
10. Interview 3:14
EXPERIENCE
Long Island Junior Royals hockey team, Broadcaster September 2012-Present
Senior Sports Writer, Weekly Columnist 2006-2007
Bachelors Degree, University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Long Island Junior Royals hockey team, Broadcaster September 2012-Present
- Announcer for all internet/video broadcasts of all regular season home games and select road games
- Did play-by-play for all internet/video broadcasts of all 100 regular season games and all post-season games
- Prepared all media notes, press releases, program, program insert, and maintained Web site
- Responsible for $40,000 local sales budget
- Maintained team’s Facebook, Twitter, mobile messaging campaigns
- Helped GM and business manager with record keeping, payroll, player travel money
- Designed and prepared promotional and marketing content, including radio ad copy, newspaper ads, giveaway items, ticket stock, local billboards
- Represented team at various public functions including meetings with city government officials
- Worked with local media to coordinate interviews and improve coverage of team
- Coordinated hotel rooms, buses, meal money, etc. when team was travelling
- Helped field manager and GM with player procurement, salary cap, scouting
- Participated in coordination, running and scheduling of numerous extra events at stadium, including high school, college and youth baseball, softball, political events, etc.
- Prepared nightly game reports to track club’s operations performance
- Assisted in preparation of season-end financial reports and budgets for future seasons
- Prepared off-season marketing content for use of stadium
- Prepared corporate sponsorship and season ticket brochures
- Announcer for all internet/video broadcasts of all regular season home games and select road games
- Assisted in changing team name, logos, and uniforms, designed two Web sites
- Work with GM and Assistant GM in setting up broadcasts, other seasonal sales
- New sales team tripled previous seasons’ revenue
- Responsible for local sales budget of $75,000 in two seasons
- Assisted general manager and assistant GM in writing sales proposals and attending meetings
- Did play-by-play and was usually alone for all radio/internet/video broadcasts of all 96 regular season games both seasons as well as 2009 American Association All Star Game and 2010 postseason
- Prepared all media notes, press releases, program insert, and maintained Web site
- Set up and managed ticket operation in 2010 for all games and extra events
- Set up and trained operators for new video scoreboard
- Helped GM and business manager with record keeping
- Designed and prepared promotional and marketing content, including radio ad copy, newspaper ads, giveaway items, ticket stock, local billboards
- Represented team at various public functions including meetings with city government officials
- Worked with local media to coordinate interviews and improve coverage of team
- Coordinated hotel rooms, buses, meal money, etc. when team was travelling
- Helped field manager and GM with player procurement, salary cap, scouting
- Participated in coordination, running and scheduling of numerous extra events at stadium, including high school, college and youth baseball, softball, political events, etc.
- Called three innings of play-by-play, six innings of color for all home games, did several road games solo
- Hosted daily pre-game and post-game show
- Won contest among interns for most local group sales
- Responsible for press releases, game notes, program inserts, Web site maintenance
- Entered payments, reconciled account statements, did much of the work of former office manager
- Worked with Synagogue board to make programs as efficient as possible for maximized money
- Wrote 116 articles on sports venues for travel Web site
- Assist with daily talk show, Daily News Live, hosted by Gary Apple
- Worked closely with editor and producer to edit hi-lites, research stats, prepare discussion, etc.
- Assist with production of Mets games in production truck at Shea Stadium
- Log video and audio clips
- Perform administrative and other tasks as needed
- Produce press releases, brochures, and other information about the Skate Zone
- Work at Philadelphia Flyers and Phantoms games giving out information to families
Senior Sports Writer, Weekly Columnist 2006-2007
- Responsible for covering most important events, like NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
- Wrote a weekly sports column for three semesters
- Supervise staff of 30 writers
- Responsible for sports section of a five-day-a-week newspaper with a 14,000 circulation
- Beat reporter for m. tennis, w. squash, w. lacrosse, volleyball, football, and m. basketball 2003-2007
- Written over 200 published articles in the newspaper
- Article published in Street & Smith’s 50 Greatest College Football Programs of All Time September 2005
- Acting sports director Fall 2004
- Was responsible for two sports shows, coverage of football and basketball games
- Co-host, Executive Producer, Video editor of weekly sports program, DP Roundtable 2004-2007
- Game Commentary for University football, basketball, and baseball games 2003-2007
- Graphics director for University football, basketball, and baseball games 2003-2007
Bachelors Degree, University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
- Major: Urban Studies, Minor: English, Magna Cum Laude May 2007
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Apple Quark CopyDesk and Quark XPress, GlobeCaster TitleWave, Avid NewsCutter, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Quickbooks