Baseball Stadium PA Announcer (Summer 2023)
The Orange County Riptide, a collegiate wood bat summer baseball team playing games at the Great Park in Irvine, California, seeks interns with strong vocal skills, confidence in addressing large crowds and an ability to entertain and inform fans at home games.
Please Note: This un-paid internship position will require your attendance at home games in Irvine, Calif. Qualified candidates will need to ensure they have housing available from June through early August 2023.
Summer interns attending college outside of the Orange County, Calif. area must make their own living arrangements for the summer. The OC Riptide cannot provide housing for out-of-area interns.
The intern chosen for this position will need a strong vocal talent, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, take direction easily and quickly, willingness to work nights and weekends and have a passion for the sport of college baseball.
Learning Objectives:
- Public Address Announcer will learn to keep baseball fans informed and entertained with pre-game, in-game and post-game announcements.
- PA Announcer will learn optimal times to be more animated and excited and more subdued in making announcements.
- By the end of the summer, the PA Announcer should have gained exceptional knowledge in keeping fans entertained at a sporting event and providing a balanced fan atmosphere and experience. Should this student pursue career advancement in sports, additional networking within the Southern California sports entertainment industry is available.
In lieu of compensation, academic credit is available for this internship. Academic credit is not guaranteed, and accepted interns need to verify/check with their respective academic departments to ensure this specific internship opportunity meets academic credit requirements.
Because this position requires attendance at home, (18-20 games spanning from June through early August) applicants are expected to work four (4) to five (5) hours per game. This includes pre-game, in-game and post-game announcements and keeping fans entertained.
Ideal candidates will be high energy individuals that can read aloud in a conversational voice and mix up announcements so that the same announcement does not become mundane and predictable.
Duties for the PA Announcer will consist of, but not be limited to:
Responsibilities
• Reports directly to the General Manager
• Make player introductions pre-game, pitching changes and batter announcements
• Make advertiser and sponsorship announcements along with public service announcements
• Comfortable announcing to crowds of people on a microphone
• Comfortable announcing complex names from a variety of ethnic backgrounds
• Attend all home games
Preferred Skills
• Strong vocal talent
• Unique and definitive personality
• Strong knowledge of baseball including rules and positions