Cooper Perkins

310-266-8841 | CooperPerkinsPXP@gmail.com | CooperPerkinsPXP.com | @CooperPerkins1

EXPERIENCE
Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations (May 2017-Present)
Broadcast play-by-play for all 76 regular-season games plus pre- and postgame shows.
Write game notes, press releases, recaps, previews, feature stories, and other content.
Launched and grew team insider blog Bird Droppings using mlblogs platform.
Manage social media accounts, especially Twitter during games (1,200% increase in year-
Missoula Osprey over-year organic impressions).
Rookie-Advanced | Pioneer League
Missoula, MT Maintain teams website using MiLB Homebase platform (articles, digital assets, media
wall, features stack, etc.)
Organize media pools, interviews, and coordinate credentialing of all media personnel.
Spearhead graphic design projects intended for social media circulation.
Created team media guide and wrote content for daily game program.
Organize press box and maintained clean, comfortable space for media and officials.

Play-By-Play Broadcaster (September 2017-November 2017)

Broadcasted play-by-play for weekly high school football Game of the Week for Idaho
District 1 on internet video streaming platform.
IdahoSports.com Collected interviews with coaches, players, and administrators.
High School Sports | Idaho District 1 Set up video and audio equipment for remote webcasting.
Idaho Panhandle
Cultivating a graphic design initiative to help advance the platforms brand.

Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations (May 2016-August 2016)

Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
Summer Collegiate Baseball
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Broadcasted play-by-play and engineered 76 games on AM radio signal.
Wrote press releases, game recaps, previews, game notes, and all team website content.
Pitched story ideas to local news stations.
Partnered with video producer to create daily video content (800% viewership increase).
Acted as traveling secretary managing accommodations including hotels, meals, buses, etc.
Voted Northwoods League Play-By-Play Announcer of the Year.

SKILLS
Technical
Well-versed in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign.
Proficient at editing video content and motion graphics using
Adobe Premiere and After Effects.
Experienced in editing audio using Adobe Audition.
Familiarity with phone line broadcast equipment, WireCast,
and Luci Live system.
FAA licensed commercial drone pilot (Part 107)
Professional
Time management and balancing multiple projects at once.
High expectations for my own work.
Seeking improvement in myself every day.
Taking criticism and feedback well.
Flexible and pragmatic in addressing unexpected situations.
Maintaining a constant attitude of professionalism and
positivity.

EDUCATION
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Bachelor of Arts, December 2016
Major: Communication

OTHER
Worked with USC Annenberg professors on the African American Experience in Major League Baseball, building a video library of
stories told by African American MLB alums from in the 25 years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.