Scorekeeper - Hourly Fall Event Staff - Auburndale, FL

Internship Opportunity With Ds Sports

Ds Sports is the parent company of six premier baseball event organizations RussMatt, Snowbird, Palm Beach Challenge, Prospect Wire, Usa Premier, and Greater Orlando Baseball. Together, we deliver top-tier baseball events, tournaments, and showcases that attract teams from across the country. Our internship program offers students the unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in event planning, operations, and execution while working with Ds Sports and its family of event companies.

Qualifications:

• Passion for baseball and a basic understanding of the sport's rules, terminology, and culture.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a professional and friendly demeanor.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Workspace.
• Prior experience in event planning, sports management, or customer service is a plus, but not required.

Additional Information:

• Candidates must be available to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, based on event schedules.
• Opportunities for travel may be available, depending on the scope of events and organizational needs.
• Successful completion of the internship may lead to potential future employment opportunities within the organization.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• The primary responsibility of the position is to score/complete each game using our scorekeeper software. This includes scoring every play of the game and getting every substitution change and pitch recorded. This also includes taking ample scouting notes on the players and recording each pitch type and velocity. These tasks are completed using the application on a provided iPad.
• The other main responsibility of this position is to make sure everything runs smoothly at the field to which you are assigned. In most cases, the scout/field manager will be the only person present. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, confirming the field is ready for play (most fields will have a grounds crew present to prep the field), confirm umpires are on the property prior to games and on field prior to the start time, confirm both teams are present and ready to start play at the official start time, and to make sure all games start on time.
• All scout/field managers are to present themselves in a professional manner with teams, parents, players, scouts, college coaches, umpires, field crews.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in scouting and scorekeeping preferred. Playing/coaching experience preferred.
• Baseball knowledge
• Must have form of transportation

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.