Steven Cusumano Resume
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STEVEN CUSUMANO Sports Broadcaster CELL: 480-455-0048 EMAIL: [email protected] Experience Orem Owlz Baseball, Orem, UT March 2017 - Present Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations • Broadcast all 76 Orem Owlz regular season home and away games, plus postseason games. • Engineer entire broadcast by using personal laptop, obtaining and producing content for break playlists. • Coordinate media availability with players and coaches. • Plan and curate Pregame and Postgame Show content, including pregame interviews. • Compile and update Game Notes on a daily basis. • Provide Game Notes, Stat Packs, rosters and lineups to game day media and coaching staff, in addition to other requests. • Producing promotional content and excess content to be used on air. • Submit Orem Owlz player transactions to MiLB. • Write and publish game stories following every Orem Owlz game, as well as other game day updates. • Use "Home Base" to publish game stories, update team Media Wall on MiLB website, update probable starting pitchers for upcoming games. • Assist in the fulfillment of in-house game day operations. • Post regularly on Orem Owlz Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts. • Develop graphics (lineup, final score, player transaction etc.) to be used for social media. Chicago Cubs, Phoenix, AZ February 2016 - Present Spring Training Broadcast Engineer • Oversee all Chicago Cubs Cactus League Spring Training games entirely through personal laptop. • Manage broadcaster microphone levels and crowd microphone levels through the entirety of every game. • Promptly stream spots and promos to be played during every commercial break. Pulse Radio - 88.7 FM, Mesa, AZ August 2013 - Present Sports Broadcasting Talent and Producer • Provide play-by-play and/or color commentary for high school football, basketball and baseball games, which are broadcasted live on 88.7 FM and 90.7 FM. • Sell sponsorship packages to finance high school sports broadcasts. • Broadcast both live in-studio and pre-recorded sports updates at the top of every hour. • Host talk show, “The Sports Mafia,” every weekend. Interview professional athletes and coaches live on air. • Produce commercials and spots for partners of Pulse Radio. Phoenix International Raceway , Avondale, AZ Pit Notes Reporter • Interview professional NASCAR drivers and transcribe audio clips in timely fashion • Publish NASCAR featured-stories for Phoenix Raceway Pit Notes Media Team • Relay live pit stop updates and information from Pit Road to the Press Box and the Media Center live during MENCS, XFINITY, NCWTS, and K&N Series NASCAR races Education Higley High School - Class of 2015 - 4.26 GPA Arizona State University - Studying Sports Journalism - Expected graduation in May 2019 STEVEN CUSUMANO • [email protected] • 480-455-0048 • References Rick Berry: General Manager of Orem Owlz Cell: 435-773-5015 Email: [email protected] Julie Hatch: Assistant General Manager of Orem Owlz Cell: 801-607-2255 Email: [email protected] Brett Stevens: Director of Marketing at Orem Owlz Cell: 435-590-7878 Email: [email protected] Steve Grosz: General Manager of Pulse Radio Cell: 602-705-8991 Email: [email protected] Dave Juday: Faculty Sports Director of Pulse Radio Cell: 630-661-4519 Email: [email protected] Joey Liberatore: Myrtle Beach Pelicans Media Relations and Broadcasting Assistant Cell: 480-388-6543 Email: [email protected] Andy Greenberg: Producer for Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Cell: 425-753-1167 Email: [email protected].