{"id":7875,"date":"2010-05-24T09:36:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T13:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=7875"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:35:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:35:27","slug":"fiu-marketing-major-scores-a-media-relations-internship-with-the-florida-marlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2010\/05\/fiu-marketing-major-scores-a-media-relations-internship-with-the-florida-marlins\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU marketing major scores a media relations internship with the Florida Marlins."},"content":{"rendered":"

In April, 1993, when he was six years old, Tony Valdes<\/strong> (BBA \u201909) attended his first Florida Marlins game. It also was the first game for the newest team in Major League Baseball\u2019s National League.<\/p>\n

A graduate of G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School in Miami, he has cheered at many Marlins games since.<\/p>\n

Now, equipped with a marketing degree from the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), Valdes is in the press box at Sun Life Stadium as a media relations intern for the team.<\/p>\n

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Tony Valdes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always dreamed of working for a pro sports team, and the Florida Marlins are my favorite,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Valdes\u2019 first day on the job was in March; his internship continues until the end of the 2010 season, which he hopes culminates with a World Series victory.<\/p>\n

Doing \u201creal marketing\u201d is one reason this energetic FIU grad is benefiting from the extraordinary experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring each game, we make sure the print media people in the press box with us have the statistics and information needed to write their magazine and newspaper articles,\u201d he said, adding that often reporters\u2019 questions necessitate on-the-spot research.<\/p>\n

Interacting with the Marlins on a daily basis is another big plus of Valdes\u2019 job.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing in the club house, talking to players every day, that\u2019s quite a life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Studies and a job in the business school prepared Valdes for major league responsibilities.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cEverything we give the press is a way of marketing the team,\u201d he said. \u201cAt FIU, I learned marketing skills that I\u2019m using every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

He particularly credits his courses in consumer behavior and statistical marketing as valuable preparation.<\/p>\n

He also learned important skills as a student assistant in the college\u2019s Office of Advancement, Alumni and Corporate Relations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were a tight-knit team and learned to work together,\u201d he said. \u201cThe experience I gained in events planning helped me learn to handle stress and to manage my time.\u201d<\/p>\n

His career plans?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to stay with the Florida Marlins,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a terrific organization.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In April, 1993, when he was six years old, Tony Valdes (BBA \u201909) attended his first Florida Marlins game. It also was the first game for the newest team in Major League Baseball\u2019s National League. A graduate of G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School in Miami, he has cheered at many Marlins games since. Now, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[209],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23793,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7875\/revisions\/23793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}