50/50 Raffle Sales Team Member 2023
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Red Sox Foundation is seeking highly motivated, compassionate, and hard-working individuals as 50/50 Raffle Sales Team Members to sell raffle tickets during Red Sox home games. This is a paid position where Sales Team Members act as positive brand ambassadors for the Foundation and work together to achieve individual and team sales goals. Raffle tickets are sold from the time the gates open through the end of the 6th inning.
As the official team charity of the Boston Red Sox, the Red Sox Foundation seeks to make a difference in the lives of children, veterans, families and communities in need throughout New England by improving their health, educational and recreational opportunities. The 50/50 Raffle at Fenway Park gives fans the opportunity to support the Red Sox Foundation while offering them a chance to win big cash prizes. Each home game, one lucky fan with the winning ticket number will win half of the net proceeds, with the other half of the net proceeds benefiting the Foundation. As the Foundation’s largest fundraising source, the 50/50 Raffle is critical to the operations and ability to make meaningful and sustained impact.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ability to arrive 2.5 hours in advance of scheduled home games to review daily game plans, as well as individual and team goals.
- Promote and sell raffle tickets using a handheld device or tablet, either by roaming in a designated section of the ballpark or working a stationary kiosk, from the time the gates open (approximately 2 hours priors to first pitch) through the end of the 6th inning.
- Deliver excellent customer service and serve as an ambassador for the Foundation by raising awareness and educating fans about who we are, what we do, and how we do it.
- Accurately handle and account for large amounts of cash and distribution of raffle tickets, which are reconciled following each shift.
CHARACTERISITICS / QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Ability to work at least 60% of Red Sox home games.
- Ability to work nights, weekends and holidays, as scheduled.
- Highly motivated, compassionate, respectful and hard-working individual and strong team player.
- Must be detail-oriented and demonstrate strong organizational and interpersonal skills
- Interact positively with fans and deliver the best experience possible.
- Interest in sports philanthropy or non-profit work, preferred.
- Prior sales and customer service experience, preferred.
In addition to joining our team, employees have the opportunity to join Employee Resources Groups here at Fenway Park. Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are groups of employees of shared identities or characteristics. The groups are designed to increase employee engagement for their members and build connections across the organization to represent the group’s voice in business-related decisions including but not limited to employee perks and benefits, policy development and implementation, and heritage month celebrations.
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) at the Boston Red Sox and FSM are voluntary, employee-led, identity or experience-based groups that help build our community, provide support, voice concerns, contribute to the personal and professional development of all employees, and cultivate an inclusive and affirming community that promotes belonging for every employee.
The Red Sox (or FSM) requires proof of being up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment, subject to applicable legal requirements. Up-to-date means having received all recommended COVID-19 vaccination doses in the primary series and a booster dose(s) when eligible, per CDC guidelines.
Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination based on race, religious creed, color, sex, age, national origin, handicap, disability, military/veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or protected genetic information.