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Internship Program
2013 Perfect Game Internship Program

Perfect Game has several opportunities for hard working, young professionals looking to add valuable experience to their resumes and overall background. Perfect Game is the leader in showcase and tournament events at the high school level, and conducts a series of such events all year long, with the majority of these events taking place from late May through late October. During this time the days are long and the events run through the weekends.

The top players from across the country as well Canada, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic use these events as a way to gain exposure in front of MLB scouts and college recruiters while playing with and against their peers.

The Perfect Game internship provides an excellent opportunity for candidates to learn scouting and scouting terminology while also receiving a platform in which the interns can meet individuals from the scouting and college recruiting community. Several former interns are now serving key roles for Perfect Game and/or have moved onto professional scouting careers as a result of this opportunity.

All interns are responsible for their own housing in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area.

When on the road for an event, all travel, lodging and appropriate meals will be covered.


Event Scouting Assistant

Positions: 8
Dates: May 13 – August 18
Pay: $500/month
Location: Various locations around the U.S.; Vans drive to and from PG's main office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Primary responsibilities:

• Assist in the production of showcase and tournament events, including, but not limited to field management, game scoring, game scouting and merchandise sales.
• Write scouting recap stories of tournament games for the event's scout blogs.
• Drive vans full of equipment to various locations in the United States for baseball showcase and tournament events.

It is preferred that the candidates have a history of playing the game of baseball at the high school and/or college level, groundskeeping and/or coaching. All candidates should be prepared to be on the road starting in late May through mid-August. Most of the events are conducted in Marietta, Georgia and Fort Myers, Florida.


Scouting Bloggers

Positions: 10
Dates: May 13 – August 18
Pay: $500/month
Location: Perfect Game Headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Primary responsibilities:

• Write scouting game recaps for each game played at Perfect Game's numerous summer tournaments.
• Enter scouting information to individual player profiles into Perfect Game's expansive player database.
• Provide administrative assistance in PG's main office including, but not limited to answering phones and providing customer service, tournament team roster management, assisting in the printing of event programs and data entry.

It is preferred that the candidates have their own laptops and display a strong fundamental knowledge of the game of baseball and solid writing skills. Perfect Game's summer tournaments run from late May through early August with 200-300 games being played on a daily basis during the peak season. While this is primarily an office position, some travel for direct event assistance could occur.


Tournament Administrative Assistant

Positions: 2
Dates: May 13 – August 18
Pay: $500/month
Location: Perfect Game Headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Primary responsibilities:

• Assist tournament directors in schedule management and acquiring information for the individual team's rosters.
• Provide administrative assistance in PG's main office including, but not limited to answering phones and providing customer service, assisting in the printing of event programs and data entry.
• Enter scouting information to individual player profiles into Perfect Game's expansive player database.
• Write scouting recap stories of tournament games for the event's scout blogs.

It is preferred that the candidates have strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task. Perfect Game's summer tournaments run from late May through early August with 200-300 games being played on a daily basis during the peak of the season. While this is primarily an office position, some travel for direct event assistance could occur.


 Baseball Journalist

Positions: 3
Perfect Game has three different positions open for qualified journalism students for the summer of 2013. Pay is dependent on which role the candidate serves and by how many stories said candidate writes for publication on the company's web-site. It is required that the candidates have strong writing and compositional skills, and ability to meet deadlines and a strong understanding of the game of baseball.

Position 1: PG Headquarters
Dates: May 13 – August 18
Pay: $500/month
Location: Perfect Game Headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Primary responsibilities:

• Write feature stories to be posted on the site's web-site directly pertaining to PG showcase and tournament events.
• Write press releases providing details of each of Perfect Game's summer tournaments to be distributed to the local media.
• Provide administrative assistance in PG's main office including, but not limited to answering phones and providing customer service, assisting in the printing of event programs and data entry.
• Write scouting recap stories of tournament games for the event's scout blogs.

While this is primarily an office position, some travel for direct event assistance could occur.

Position 2: WWBA Tournaments
Dates: June 4 – July 19
Pay: $25/story
Location: Marietta, Georgia

Primary responsibilities:

• Write one feature story per day (6/week) to be posted on the site's web-site pertaining to Perfect Game's WWBA tournament events conducted in Marietta, Georgia from June 4 – July 19.
• Required games to be covered include each tournament's championship game (Fridays).
• Writer responsible for taking/providing photos for publication.

The candidate for this position would be located in the Atlanta, Georgia area during the dates listed above as the tournaments will be played in the Northwest Atlanta suburbs.

Position 3: PG Collegiate Baseball League
Dates: June 5 – August 8
Pay: $25/story
Location: Upstate New York

Primary responsibilities:

• Write two stories per week to be posted on the site's web-site pertaining to the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League located in upstate New York from June 5 – August 8.
• Required games to be covered include one game from opening day/night, the league's All-Star Game (date/location TBD) and all playoff games (4-6 games to be played in two best-of-three series).
• Writer responsible for taking/providing photos for publication.

The candidate for this position would reside in the upstate New York area during the dates listed above.


 Business Manager Assistant

Positions: 1
Dates: May 13 – August 18
Pay: $500/month
Location: Perfect Game Headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Primary responsibilities:

• Provide administrative assistance in Perfect Game's business office including, but not limited to data entry, customer service, processing player/team registrations, credit card payments and filing.
• Provide assistance to the Pro Shop and Online Store including, but not limited to retail and team sales records, merchandise pricing and inventory.
• Provide assistance with the printing of event programs and mailing.

It is preferred that the candidate is a detail-oriented individual with strong organizational, typing and overall business skills, as well as having the ability to work with office equipment (fax, copiers, printers, mailing scale) to assist with all business-related tasks. The position is based in PG's main office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and no travel would be included.


IT Specialist

Positions: 1
Dates: May 13 – August 18
Pay: $500/month
Location: Perfect Game Headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Primary responsibilities:

• Provide assistance to Perfect Game's Information Technology programmers during the company's peak season.

It is required that the candidate is competent in HTML and CSS. It is preferred that the candidate has experience with C# programming language and SQL Server databases/stored procedures. The position is based in PG's main office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and no travel would be included.


To Apply

Please send the following to Austin Steines at austin@perfectgame.org or fax to (319) 298-2924.

• Cover letter (include what position(s) you're interested in)
• Application (Download application here)
• Resume