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Max Price

Max Price

Santa Monica,CA

Summary

Driven and passionate Sports Marketing professional with nine years of experience in public relations, sports management, operations, influencer marketing, branding, product marketing and event management. My experiences in a variety of professional sports settings have allowed me to create long-lasting relationships and knowledge of the sports industry that overlaps with a variety of fields. I love building strong partnerships, managing projects from concept to completion and working with a team to reach shared goals. I strive to provide an uplifting work environment for myself and my coworkers.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Coach

Santa Monica Baseball Academy
Santa Monica , CA
03.2023 - Current
  • Provide private baseball lessons, leaning on my experience as a starting shortstop at the junior college, Division 3 and Division 1 level.
  • Work with young athletes ranging from 6 years old to collegiate baseball players.
  • Head coach of the Elite Baseball Camp with the SMBA
  • Serve as the infielder specialist for the various teams with the baseball academy.

Co-Founder

Brand Athletics PR
Los Angeles , CA
01.2023 - Current
  • Specialize in representing top lifestyle brands with an emphasis on sports, athletics, fitness, home, design, travel, and product, ultimately acting as an extension to their internal teams through media relations and garnering significant press impressions, brand and influencer collaborations, content opportunities and exposure for our clients.
  • Provide an individual approach to a brand's development, carefully building each profile, and ultimately expanding the name and work to the brand's target consumers, top media, potential clients, influencers, and collaborators.
  • Secure ongoing and meaningful editorial (print, online, social) coverage for our clients' recent products, profiles, collaborations, influencer partnerships, events, and more.

Public Relations Manager

Brand Identity PR
Los Angeles, CA
07.2021 - Current
  • Manage a portfolio of accounts under the BIPR client list.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key consumer and trade media.
  • Secure high profile, high exposure press placements for our clients. Providing the exposure they need to highlight new projects, product drops, collaborations, etc.
  • Bring in influencer collaboration opportunities for our clients to team up with like-minded individuals, propelling our clients to their best target audience.
  • Secure event, speaking, and other media opportunities for our clients.
  • Manage the reporting and coverages for clients.

Sports Marketing Manager

Legends
Los Angeles, CA
09.2020 - 06.2021
  • Served as the main point of contact and managed the day-to-day relations with our V.I.P athletes and athlete investors. Providing Legends products whenever needed and connecting our athletes with business opportunities through our corporate and agency partnerships.
  • Assisted in the launch of the Legends Ambassador Program searching and bringing in high-profile professional athletes, professional trainers, strength coaches, and influencers to the brand while facilitating the logistics of product seeding and social media posting on behalf of the Legends brand.
  • Managed the product seeding process for all Legends apparel. Picked, packed, shipped, tracked, and monitored the social media activity of all promotional gear sent to athletes, personalities, and influencers through our network and agency connections.
  • Assisted in the management of our Customs division, which runs in-house custom logos and branding for select high-profile athletes, teams, and events. Provided hands-on work in the creation process of all custom products.
  • Spearheaded the business development sector of the brand, bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars of volume sales through relationships with agencies, corporate partners, teams, and athletes.
  • Assisted in the planning and organization of multiple events including the Legends All Gravy Cup hosted by Legends and Snoop Dogg and The Legends Day in the A with the Boys and Girls Club of Atlanta. Worked directly with the athletes and personalities.
  • Was Laid off from this position due to a company reorganization and budgeting.

Operations Assistant

PGA of America - 2020 PGA Championship
San Francisco, CA
08.2020 - 08.2020
  • Part of the team contracted to complete the build-out of the 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, CA.
  • The job was originally a four-month contracted position but was cut to 1 month due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
  • Assisted in the build out of the structures on the grounds of TPC Harding Park for the PGA Championship.
  • On call for operational needs during the 2020 championship event.

Tournament Services Coordinator

The TGR Foundation, A Tiger Woods Charity
Pacific Palisades, CA
10.2019 - 03.2020
  • In charge of the recruiting, coordination, training, and management of the over 1,000 tournament volunteers for the 2020 Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades.
  • Created and executed multiple events leading up to, and during the tournament. These events required coordination with multiple contracted companies and hosted hundreds of high-level guests.
  • Planned and organized the 2020 Genesis Invitational Pro-Am event. I worked directly with the pros and amateurs and Utilized our volunteers to provide essential functions during the event.
  • Managed the volunteer database, placing our over 1,000 volunteers in our 18 committees.
  • Planned, organized, and managed volunteer uniform distribution with Nike. Ordering, organizing, storing and distributing thousand of pieces of apparel and creating credentials to our over 1,000 volunteers
  • The main point of contact for all volunteers leading up to and during the tournament.

Assistant Equipment Manager

Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles , CA
08.2018 - 10.2019
  • Managed the inventory, distribution and organization of all equipment for the Los Angeles
    Lakers, South Bay Lakers, staff and upper management.
  • Worked directly with players and staff to ensure their equipment needs were met and taken
    care of with professionalism and consistency.
  • Managed the game day setup for all home games at Staples Center. This Included organizing
    jerseys, shoes, pregame apparel, and training gear leading up to a game day. On game day, driving the equipment truck from the practice facility to Staples Center and setting up the lockers and training room at Staples Center (Crypto.com Arena).
  • Served as the main point of contact for incoming visiting teams on game day. I met with the visiting teams' Equipment Managers and assisted in setting up their locker room and the court for their pregame shoot-a-round.
  • Worked in visiting locker to provide equipment needs and service during the games.
  • Assisted in the management of the rest of the equipment staff, i.e, team attendants.

Operations Intern

Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
Scottsdale, AZ
01.2018 - 04.2019
  • Managed the day to day operations of MLB Spring Training at SRF, the Spring Training home of the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks.
  • Interviewed, hired and scheduled employees for spring training. Managed the facility and maintained it's needs.
  • Managed the batboy/batgirl program with kids in the dugout during games.
  • Offered the Operations Manager position at SRF following the completion of this internship.

Operations Intern

PGA TOUR - TOUR Championship
Atlanta, GA
06.2017 - 11.2017
  • Managed the build out of all structural needs on the grounds of East Lake Golf Club.
  • Managed the budgeting, planning and implementation of all fencing, meshing, restrooms, trash, recycling, office trailers, storage containers, scoreboards, range balls and golf carts for the event.
  • Worked with PGA TOUR creative services to create the official 2017 TOUR Championship course Map. Map adjustments were kept track of and implemented as the structural build out on the golf course was being fulfilled.
  • Main point of contact with many of our PGA TOUR and TOUR Championship contracted vendors to ensure operational plans were completed in the utmost of safe environments, while being done on time and according to original plans.
  • Worked in congruency with the city of Atlanta to ensure all operational plans passed inspection and deemed safe.

Tournament Services Intern

PGA TOUR Champions - Invesco QQQ Championship
Thousand Oaks, CA
08.2016 - 11.2016
  • Managed over 700 tournament volunteers.
  • Assisted in operational planning.
  • Conducted monthly Committee Chairmen meetings.
  • Brought in thousand of dollars worth of food and gift donations.
  • Built and managed three different websites for the tournament.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Communications And Media Studies

California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
05.2016

Bachelor of Arts - Sport Management

Morehead State University
Morehead, KY
05.2014

Skills

  • Event planning and execution
  • Influencer and Affiliate Marketing
  • Public Relations
  • Project Management
  • Operations
  • Sport Management
  • VIP Relations
  • Internet and E-mail Marketing 
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Marketing Campaign Management
  • Partnership Marketing
  • Vendor relations
  • Business development
  • Program Marketing
  • Employee Management

Timeline

Coach

Santa Monica Baseball Academy
03.2023 - Current

Co-Founder

Brand Athletics PR
01.2023 - Current

Public Relations Manager

Brand Identity PR
07.2021 - Current

Sports Marketing Manager

Legends
09.2020 - 06.2021

Operations Assistant

PGA of America - 2020 PGA Championship
08.2020 - 08.2020

Tournament Services Coordinator

The TGR Foundation, A Tiger Woods Charity
10.2019 - 03.2020

Assistant Equipment Manager

Los Angeles Lakers
08.2018 - 10.2019

Operations Intern

Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
01.2018 - 04.2019

Operations Intern

PGA TOUR - TOUR Championship
06.2017 - 11.2017

Tournament Services Intern

PGA TOUR Champions - Invesco QQQ Championship
08.2016 - 11.2016

Bachelor of Arts - Communications And Media Studies

California Lutheran University

Bachelor of Arts - Sport Management

Morehead State University

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