Zack Smolen Bloomfield, NJ | 973-934-5449 | [email protected] | h ps://staatalent.com/client/zachary-smolen/ Relevant Experience
Play-by-Play Broadcaster, Morris Sussex Sports — Northern New Jersey Jan. ’21-Present • Provides play-by-play for a variety of high school sports across northern New Jersey, including baseball, volleyball, hockey, so ball and lacrosse. Director of Broadcas ng, New Jersey Na onals Baseball — Li le Falls, NJ Apr. ’19-Present • Provides on-air internet radio play-by-play for the various levels of the baseball organiza on. • Produces all broadcasts on Mixlr.com, keeps detailed sta s cs for each game, conducts and edits player and coach interviews. • Handles logis cs in all aspects of the broadcast including hiring other broadcasters, expenses, crea ng the broadcas ng schedule and se ng up all equipment. Assistant Director of Broadcas ng, New Jersey Jackals – Li le Falls, NJ Aug. ’20-Sept. ‘20 • Featured on-air for play-by-play and color commentary, including during the league championship game. • Assisted in the day-to-day running of the press box, including managing interns. • Ran in-game social media accounts, created pre-game lineup graphics and conducted post-game player interviews. Play-by-Play Broadcaster, Florida Collegiate Summer League —Leesburg, FL June ’20-Aug. ’20, Mar. ‘21 • Was the play-by-play voice of the Leesburg Lightning and Storm, as well as the pre & post game show host. Also conducted video interviews with players for various social media pla orms. • Wrote recaps and feature stories for the FCSL & Lightning websites as well as the Daily Commercial. • Produced and co-hosted a weekly podcast about the league. • Was selected to call the Florida Collegiate Summer League Championship Series, and to return for the Florida High School Invita onal Tournaments the following spring. Play-by-Play Broadcaster, Jersey Hitmen — Wayne, NJ Oct ’18-Present • Filled in as head play-by-play broadcaster for the top three levels of the USPHL organiza on. • Called various playoff games hosted by the Ice Vault. Play-by-Play Broadcaster, Skylands Kings — Stockholm, NJ Oct ’18-Present • Filled in as head play-by-play broadcaster for the NA3HL program. • Performed sponsor reads throughout the broadcast. Sports Wri ng Intern, 12up.com —New York, NY Oct. ’18-Feb. ‘19 • Wrote and posted various ar cles pertaining to the latest in major sports news. • Worked in a faced-paced environment, wrote detailed breaking news stories and game recaps in a short amount of me, while hi ng deadlines and wri ng 8-12 ar cles per 4-hour shi . Communica ons & Public Rela ons Intern, BSE Global — Brooklyn, NY Sept.’18-Dec. ‘18 • Worked closely with the corporate public rela ons team in charge of the Brooklyn Nets, New York Islanders, Long Island Nets, Barclays Center and NYCB LIVE. • Handled media lists containing thousands of contacts, created press pass lists and coordinated with media members and photographers. Dra ed copy and press releases for the teams and venues. • Worked media rela ons during games at the Barclays Center in a fast-paced environment. Education Ithaca College, Roy H. Park School of Communications Began: Sept. 2015 Graduated: Dec. 2018 B.S. in Television and Radio - Magna Cum Laude GPA: 3.77 Key Skills Play-by-play, detailed wri ng, broadcast performance, video and audio produc on, Microso Office, research References • Stefano Foggi (Florida Collegiate Summer League) • Reed Keller (New Jersey Jackals) • George Muha (Morris Sussex Sports)