Manager, Communications

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Job Details:
Posting Length: Based on number of applicants, role is expected to close Monday, June 22.

We are building a championship organization that serves our fans, community and business partners through world class sports and entertainment. We believe that winning matters, our fans come first, with risk comes reward, great teams can achieve unimaginable results, honoring the Pacific Northwest is our duty and driving the business is our responsibility.

Since the team was awarded in 2018 through to our first puck drop in 2021, the Kraken brand has become one of the most recognized and beloved in the NHL. Playing at Climate Pledge Arena, the most sustainable arena in the world, we want to provide a memorable experience every night and make fans for life. Our joint foundation, One Roof Foundation aims to advance equity and sustainability by increasing opportunities to thrive for our most vulnerable young people and communities.

Kraken Community Iceplex serves not only as the official practice facility for the team, but also as a thriving 3‑sheet community facility providing skating and hockey programming for all.

The Seattle Kraken aspire to write a new playbook in sports and entertainment that includes everyone. In alignment with this vision, if you don’t meet every job requirement listed—or if you haven’t played ice hockey before or are still learning about the sport—we still encourage you to apply. We understand you may bring other relevant experiences and expertise to help us become the highest performance organization we can be.

One of our core values is ‘Make Us Better’ and we recognize diversity, equity and inclusion as a critical business strategy.

If you’d like to request an accommodation in the application or interview process, please let us know by emailing:

The Seattle Kraken are seeking a Manager, Communications. The role provides services to all media representatives and outlets, as well as the Kraken hockey operations department, to ensure the best possible exposure and the dissemination of information for the team and its external partners. The key responsibilities of this position are to establish and maintain highly positive, mutually beneficial relationships with media organizations, other internal departments, and other pertinent audiences.

This individual will serve as the editor of media game notes, one of the primary editors of the organization’s media guide and will schedule the organization’s game‑night press box staff. The successful candidate will need to bring new and dynamic ways to tell our stories and an open‑minded approach, while owning an advanced attention to detail.

If you have a knowledge of hockey and a comfort level with its statistics and vernacular, as well as a drive to help the Kraken become a global brand, this is the role for you.

• Author the pregame email for all 84 regular‑season games, which includes head‑to‑head matchups, players to watch, updating building information and marketing initiatives if applicable.
• Produce game notes for all regular season, pre‑season and playoff games.
• Support media access to players on practice and game days. Assist in coordinating media requests, including local radio stations and print and digital outlets.
• Ability to travel on road trips when needed as team communications contact.
• Manage and service all the needs of the visiting team’s staff and media for all home games and practices.
• Provide editorial assistance/lead to team publications, including media guide, training camp guide and post‑season guide, as well as potential team programs and yearbooks.
• Responsible for coordinating with seasonal intern on daily newspaper clippings work, filing and organizing of team documents, archival binders for press releases, Prospect Report, etc.
• Work closely with Kraken beat writers and local media in disseminating all pertinent team information and news, including producing daily clips emails.
• Manage the team’s credentialing process for season credentials and game nights.
• Manage and maintain the media…