I did my job shadow on October 7th, 2017. I did my Job shadow with Adam Ahearn, the associate director of marketing and promotions for intercollegiate athletics at the University of Wisconsin Madison. I jobbed shadow an event, the October 7th men’s hockey game between the Wisconsin Badgers and Ohio State Buckeyes at the Kohl Center. I got the insight on many things from touring the kohl center, to listening in on the meetings. Being able to shadow the hockey game, I observed many things, learned valuable lessons, and got an outlook on a possible career. Job Shadowing Adam was such an eye-opening experience. Right away when I walked to the kohl center I was let in by Adam and he gave me this pass to put on my belt. The pass pretty much gave
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I asked the 12 questions that were required and I got really good answers for each question from Adam. A big reason Adam chose his career in the sports business is you get to work on cool teams and is able to share their success with them if they are successful. He really likes the excitement of game day, the challenge of coming up with new things, the environment is exciting to work in, its entertainment, so it’s supposed to be fun, and technology kind of changes a lot of things. A typical day for Adam is there is no typical day. His main responsibilities are ticket sales, game production, and sponsorship activation. In ticket sales he does student tickets, general public tickets, and single game season ticket. He does a little bit of everything with tickets. With the game production side of things, Adam does anything that is entertaining that is not the game itself. The game production includes videoboards, timeouts, music, and giveaways. The next thing Adam is in charge of sponsorship activation. A sponsor, signs on, he’s not responsible for selling the individual deal, but responsible on the back end many times to activate that and fulfill whatever elements of the contract that are with his …show more content…
Adam said it’s really rewarding to see fans have a great time and get excited about the event. For Adam, he didn’t view least rewarding as a thing, He viewed them more as challenges. Some challenging things are long seasons, long hours, and you have to be new and innovated. There can be pressure to make sure the events come off in a coordinated fashion and people have a good time. The most important skills for a job like Adams is being energized because of long hours, hardworking, creative, and an emphasis on relationships. Adam mentioned you have to be build relationships with people to achieve your goals and it’s important to have good interpersonal skills to help you develop those relationships. You want to be able to work with someone knowing you can joke off together to the side, but knowing together you are going to achieve your goals. One thing Adam wish he knew, but didn’t when he first started his career was the importance of creative writing and telling a story. There is a story behind everything and you have to try and be creative in telling that. Another thing he wishes he knew was understanding the importance of communication with people. More importantly understanding how information’s flows and being able to communicate effectively to reach that goal. The best opportunities for someone entering into a career field like Adam is
I asked the 12 questions that were required and I got really good answers for each question from Adam. A big reason Adam chose his career in the sports business is you get to work on cool teams and is able to share their success with them if they are successful. He really likes the excitement of game day, the challenge of coming up with new things, the environment is exciting to work in, its entertainment, so it’s supposed to be fun, and technology kind of changes a lot of things. A typical day for Adam is there is no typical day. His main responsibilities are ticket sales, game production, and sponsorship activation. In ticket sales he does student tickets, general public tickets, and single game season ticket. He does a little bit of everything with tickets. With the game production side of things, Adam does anything that is entertaining that is not the game itself. The game production includes videoboards, timeouts, music, and giveaways. The next thing Adam is in charge of sponsorship activation. A sponsor, signs on, he’s not responsible for selling the individual deal, but responsible on the back end many times to activate that and fulfill whatever elements of the contract that are with his …show more content…
Adam said it’s really rewarding to see fans have a great time and get excited about the event. For Adam, he didn’t view least rewarding as a thing, He viewed them more as challenges. Some challenging things are long seasons, long hours, and you have to be new and innovated. There can be pressure to make sure the events come off in a coordinated fashion and people have a good time. The most important skills for a job like Adams is being energized because of long hours, hardworking, creative, and an emphasis on relationships. Adam mentioned you have to be build relationships with people to achieve your goals and it’s important to have good interpersonal skills to help you develop those relationships. You want to be able to work with someone knowing you can joke off together to the side, but knowing together you are going to achieve your goals. One thing Adam wish he knew, but didn’t when he first started his career was the importance of creative writing and telling a story. There is a story behind everything and you have to try and be creative in telling that. Another thing he wishes he knew was understanding the importance of communication with people. More importantly understanding how information’s flows and being able to communicate effectively to reach that goal. The best opportunities for someone entering into a career field like Adam is