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Job Title: Coordinator, Hockey Communications
Department: Brand & Communications
Reports To: Director, Communications
Location: This position is 100% in-person and is based at the United Center and the Blackhawks Ice Center in Chicago, IL.
Hours: Standard business hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm / Monday - Friday. This position requires non-traditional hours (nights, weekends, holidays) and will eventually require extensive travel based on the event schedule.
Status: Full-time, Exempt
# Direct Reports: None
Compensation: The annual base salary for this position is $55,000. This role is eligible to participate in the Company's annual bonus program.

The Ideal Candidate:

We’re looking for a communications professional who writes well, works fast and has a knack for hockey stats. This person is as energized by game nights as they are dependable under tight deadlines, doing their best work in the fast-paced atmosphere of professional sports. The ideal candidate is comfortable with the detail work that makes a communications operations run and is eager to help shape how the team’s hockey stories get told.

Role Summary:

The Coordinator, Hockey Communications is the day-to-day execution engine behind how the Chicago Blackhawks communicate with our media and fanbase. From game previews highlighting key matchups that keep our fans informed to game notes that paint the statistical story for our media and broadcasters, this role will help produce the materials that fuel all hockey-related communications. This position also heavily supports the organization’s media servicing operation, including overseeing press box logistics and assisting in credentialing, while often serving as the initial point of contact for members of the media.

This role sits close to the team, close to the media and close to our internal content team. You will work practices, game nights, and press availabilities, and will develop the writing skills and media instincts that define a career in hockey communications. The position is also heavily rooted in statistical research and will be relied upon to highlight unique hockey moments and ensure accurate hockey storytelling across the business in all internal and public-facing messaging.

Primary Responsibilities:

Gameday Communications

• Produce game notes, statistical reference packages, and historical/matchup research for each home and road game.
• Assist the team in drafting routine communications, such as roster transactions, schedule notes and standard announcements.
• Support media availability logistics, including, but not limited to locker room access windows, practice availabilities, press conference setup and timing, and facilitating individual player and coach interviews as needed.
• Maintain the team’s statistical records, milestone tracking, and communications reference materials throughout the season.
• Serve as the organization’s in-game statistics lead, ensuring accurate storytelling while sharing noteworthy stats in real time to be used across multiple departments.

Media Operations

• Assist the team with maintaining the Blackhawks media database and processing gameday credential requests.
• Coordinate press box seating assignments and setup, and media workroom logistics on game nights.
• Compile daily news clips to be distributed across the organization and coordinate with the Brand PR department to assist in additional media monitoring and reporting when necessary.
• Assist the team in the upkeep of the Blackhawks media website, including maintaining and distributing upcoming team schedules.

Editorial Support

• Research and compile background, such as statistical information, franchise historical data and player context, for editorial and social media content.
• Draft game previews and post-game recaps for review, contributing to the fan-facing editorial publishing calendar.
• Coordinate with the Archive & Authentics function on historical angles, milestone callouts, and archival research that enrich editorial content.
• Under direction from the Director, Communications, oversee the production and updating of all materials related to the yearly Media Guide.

Team & Cross-Functional Support

• Partner with Hockey Operations, Game Presentation, and arena staff on game-night execution.
• Support the team during high-volume periods, including, but not limited to, training camp, trade deadline, and playoffs.
• Assist the Director in ensuring hockey operations messaging architecture is accurately disseminated and utilized across all internal messaging and public-facing editorial projects.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• 1–2 years of experience in communications, media relations, sports information, or journalism.
• Strong writing skills with the ability to produce clean, accurate copy on tight deadlines; familiarity with AP style.
• Working knowledge of hockey and comfort with statistics, records, and game-flow terminology.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills across many simultaneous, time-sensitive tasks.
• Availability for nights, weekends, and holidays throughout the season; will be expected to work all home and away games and will gradually begin to travel extensively.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; familiarity with Adobe InDesign, hockey statistical databases, media monitoring platforms, or credentialing systems a plus.
• Positive attitude and strong work ethic with a “team-first” mentality.
• Passion for hockey and a genuine desire to build a long-term career in sports communications and broadcast.
• Must demonstrate our organizational values of integrity, curiosity, empathy, collaboration, and originality

What It’s Like Working Here:
The Chicago Blackhawks experience isn’t just on the ice. Our office, located in the United Center, promotes a fun, engaging, fast-paced and collaborative atmosphere where we can celebrate both hockey and each other. Our commitment to curating an environment where all individuals feel empowered to bring their best self to work each day can be seen throughout our organization. Whether you are a job seeker looking to join the organization, a current member of our amazing team, or someone looking to help support our mission, our goal is the same – to reimagine the potential of hockey through memorable, inclusive experiences.

Perks and Benefits:

Competitive total rewards package, full benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, paid life insurance), employee assistance program (EAP), comprehensive PTO package, social events, volunteer opportunities, and learning and development. Employer-paid breakfast, lunch, parking, on-site gym and training classes, employee ticket program, and more.

The Team:

The Chicago Blackhawks started their journey as one of the NHL’s “Original Six” professional ice hockey teams in 1926. Members of the Central Division in the NHL’s Western Conference and six-time Stanley Cup Champions (1934, 1938, 1961, 2010, 2013, 2015), the team calls the United Center home.

Each day the Team works to uphold our mission to reimagine the potential of hockey. At its core, the team and greater organization uphold its mission through its core values centered around integrity, curiosity, empathy, collaboration, and originality. They are fiercely dedicated to evolving and delivering new and legendary fan experiences and captivating new and diverse audiences, both on and off the ice. As part of their unwavering commitment to drive impact and purpose in the Chicago community, the organization opened the Fifth Third Arena (the team’s official practice facility and community space for youth hockey development), continues to make expansions to the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation, and acquired the AHL team the Rockford IceHogs.

The Chicago Blackhawks continue to grow in its commitments to honor and celebrate Black Hawk's legacy by offering our platforms, making meaningful contributions, collaborating with Native American people, and reimagining ways to support the many Native American people and communities they live amongst and alongside. They engage in this work through their formal partnership with Black Hawk’s ancestral tribe, the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma, which the tribe established with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2021.

The Chicago Blackhawks is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance, or regulation and will not be discriminated against on these bases. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.