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What They Say Phil is a tireless, passionate worker who takes great pride in doing the best jo b possible. He was probably my best hire! Hank Stern, Vice President, San Jose SaberCats Phil is very professional in his approach to the job. Whenever I needed somethin g I could trust Phil would get it done. Darren Arbet, Head Coach/General Manager, San Jose SaberCats Skills & Accomplishments Effective written and oral communicator with solid relationship-building skills and over 15 years of sports publicity experience. Strong public relations skills with a marketing background and the ability to h andle multiple tasks and meet deadlines. Implemented and managed numerous projects and developed PR plans. Possess the unique ability to interact and function at a high level with people of varying backgrounds. Have written, designed and edited numerous press releases, newsletters, brochur es, and media guides. Computer literate on both Macintosh and PCs and skilled in internet services, d esktop publishing and word processing. Proficient using Microsoft Office and QuarkXPress software, constructing Power Point presentations and building spread sheets. Named the Arena Football Leagues PR Director of the Year in 2006 and 2008 in a vote of peers. Team media guide was twice voted best in the Arena Football League and game-day publications earned accolades as well. A member of three Arena Football League championship teams. Professional Experience 2/09-8/10 Store Operations Maintenance Supervisor Frys Electronics, San Jose, C A Responsible for maintenance and upkeep of 11 warehouse-sized retail stores in t he company. Effectively worked with store management and contractors to ensure store repair s were completed in a timely and cost effective manner. Built and maintained solid relationships with contractors. Managed and oversaw several high-dollar projects at different stores. 1/99-2/09 Director of Media Relations - San Jose SaberCats, San Jose, CA Directed all aspects of the Arena Football League teams public relations progra m and served as clubs spokesperson and community relations contact. Wrote and im plemented annual Public Relations plans. Saw a dramatic increase in both print and electronic coverage of team and annua l game attendance figures during my tenure. Managed a staff of one full-time assistant, two seasonal interns and eight game -day crew members. Responsibilities with team included: Building and maintaining relationships wit h local and national media for accurate and comprehensive coverage of team; desi gn, write, edit and format weekly press releases, game programs, newsletters and media guides; game-day press area management; historical research and statistic al compilation; close interaction with league staff and opponents PR/football op erations staffs. Solid professional working relationship with coaches and players. Worked directly with teams radio and television announcers for game-day coverag e and facilitated player/coaches feature segments for weekly TV and radio shows. Updated and maintained teams official website with accurate game reporting and feature stories. Pitch stories to local and national media outlets. Host media contact for 2002 AFL Championship game and a participating media dir

ector in four title games. Twice named leagues PR Director of the year and two-time winner of leagues best media guide. 8/96-1/99 Director of Information - Big Sky Athletic Conference, Ogden, UT Responsible for media relations and information requests for a nine-member NCAA Division I athletic conference. Directed media relations efforts for conference championship events and moderat ed conference calls with head coaches. Created and maintained professional working relationships with administrators a t member schools. Worked closely with Sports Information Directors and coaches at member institut ions for accurate reporting of athletic teams. Responsibilities included: Writing and editing weekly press releases; productio n of league media guides for various sports; compilation and maintenance of accu rate records and statistics to assist all media on coverage of member schools. Created first-ever Big Sky Womens Soccer media guide and staffed conference cha mpionship tournament. Assisted in planning the conferences annual Football Kickoff weekend in Park Ci ty, Utah. 9/95-8/96 Public Relations Assistant - West Coast Conference, South San Francisc o, CA Staffed the conference office as an intern for the 1995-1996 academic year. Served as the primary conference media contact for womens volleyball and basket ball, mens soccer, and baseball. Wrote and edited weekly press releases; designed, edited and produced media gui des; maintained accurate records and statistics to assist the media. Staffed conference championship events.

Resume Page 2 Related Experiences Statistician Sports USA Radio Network College Football Game of the Week (2009 current) Researched both teams involved in that weeks game and worked in a fast-paced env ironment to gather valuable, noteworthy information to supply announcing crew fo r a professional broadcast. Travelled across the country and worked with some of the best college football teams in the country. Game Day Staff Member San Jose State Football, San Jose State University (2003 - current) Game day PR staff assistant for San Jose State University football. Took on a va riety of roles including statistics, post-game quotes and interviews, press box PA and other duties as assigned by sports information director. Media Relations Director, Pete Newell Basketball Challenge, HP Pavilion, San Jos e, CA (12/06) On-site media relations director for a prestigious NCAA basketball tournament re sponsible for set up of arena, servicing of assembled media and post game duties . Moderated post game press conferences and directed staff of eight game-day ass istants, including statistical crew. Media Relations Assistant - San Jose Sharks, San Jose, CA (10/95 - 3/96) Assisted assembled media in coverage of a professional ice hockey team on game n ights during the 1995-96 season. Media Relations Director - Oakland Skates, Oakland, CA (6/95 - 9/95)

Served one season as the media contact for a professional roller hockey team. St affed all home games and wrote game summaries, worked closely with local media f or coverage, kept statistics and wrote Skates Skinny, a weekly team report. Sports Information Assistant - San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (1995 sea son) Was the main media contact for a NCAA Division I baseball team. Wrote and edited the media guide, weekly press releases, game summaries and feature stories on p layers; compiled and maintained accurate statistics and served as official score r and press box director at all home games; worked closely with media in players hometowns to create and pitch feature story ideas. Public Relations Assistant - United Technologies Corporation, San Jose, CA (9/93 - 10/94) Served in the public relations department while attending school. Was responsibl e for all internal communications, Duties included: Writing and editing a bi-wee kly newsletter and weekly news report, researched and wrote feature stories for newsletter. Statistician/Media Relations - San Jose Rhinos, San Jose Grizzlies, San Francisc o Spiders, Bay Area, CA Kept statistics and assisted media in coverage of professional roller hockey, in door soccer and ice hockey teams at various times. Vice President, Public Relations Student Society of America, San Jose St. Chapte r, San Jose, CA Served as vice president for the student PR club on campus. Was responsible for organizing a variety of functions for club members. Educational Background B.S. Degree, Public Relations, San Jose State University (Business minor) A.A. Degree, Administration of Justice, Santa Barbara City College

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