Assistant, Mascot

Job Title:  Assistant, Mascot

Department:  Events & Experiences

Reports to:  Manager, Mascot

Status: Part-Time

What It’s Like Working Here:

The Chicago Blackhawks experience isn’t just on the ice. Our office, located in the United Center, promotes a fun, engaging, fast-paced and collaborative atmosphere where we can celebrate both hockey and each other. Our commitment to curating an environment where all individuals feel empowered to bring their best self to work each day can be seen throughout our organization. Whether you are a job seeker looking to join the organization, a current member of our amazing team, or someone looking to help support our mission, our goal is the same – to reimagine the potential of hockey, which we strive to achieve through memorable, inclusive experiences.  

What You’ll Do:

The Mascot Assistant will assist with the game-day operations for the Chicago Blackhawks Tommy Hawk Mascot Program. This role will support the onsite facilitation of all mascot performances, including Blackhawks games, team events, and all outside appearances to maximize the entertainment offerings of the Tommy Hawk brand.  

How You’ll Contribute:

• Provide onsite management and assist with all Tommy Hawk appearances at Blackhawks home games, along with both internal and external events
• Be the spoken voice of Tommy Hawk – serving as the boots-on-the-ground voice for Tommy Hawk at all games and events
• Assist in developing new skits, stunts, and other innovative ideas to enhance game presentation, team events, and community appearances.
• Assist with prop and costume production, care, laundering, and maintenance
• Serve as the understudy to our primary mascot performer
• Support all Events and Experience department objectives to create an elite fan experience
• Perform all other duties as needed.
  
  

What You Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field
• 1-2 years collegiate or professional sports franchise experience – specifically with a mascot program
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays as dictated by the event and game schedules
• Exceptional organization and time management skills and the ability to organize resources, establish priorities and develop, plan, and implement short- and long-range goals
• Have a firm understanding of the mascot industry and best practices
• Ability to apply creativity and design principles to assigned projects
• Ability to engage through verbal, non-verbal, and written communication with strong listening skills
• Ability to work independently without supervision, be self-directed and demonstrate initiative
• Aptitude for collaborating cross-departmentally and build rapport with a diverse set of stakeholders
• Ability to perform complex tasks and to prioritize multiple projects
• Ability to address, adapt to, and overcome challenges in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Demonstrate aptitude for driving results
• High attention to detail
• Demonstrates Chicago Blackhawks core values of integrity, curiosity, empathy, collaboration, and originality
  
  

The Team:

The Chicago Blackhawks started their journey as one of the NHL’s “Original Six” professional ice hockey teams in 1926. Members of the Central Division in the NHL’s Western Conference and six-time Stanley Cup Champions (1934, 1938, 1961, 2010, 2013, 2015), the team calls the United Center home.

Each day the Team works to uphold our mission to reimagine the potential of hockey. At its core, the team and greater organization uphold its mission through its core values centered around integrity, curiosity, empathy, collaboration, and originality. They are fiercely dedicated to evolving and delivering new and legendary fan experiences and captivating new and diverse audiences, both on and off the ice. As part of their unwavering commitment to drive impact and purpose in the Chicago community, the organization opened the Fifth Third Arena (the team’s official practice facility and community space for youth hockey development), continues to make expansions to the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation, and acquired the AHL team the Rockford IceHogs.

The Chicago Blackhawks continue to grow in its commitments to honor and celebrate Black Hawk's legacy by offering our platforms, making meaningful contributions, collaborating with Native American people, and reimagining ways to support the many Native American people and communities they live amongst and alongside. They engage in this work through their formal partnership with Black Hawk’s ancestral tribe, the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma, which the tribe established with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2021.

The Chicago Blackhawks is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance, or regulation and will not be discriminated against on these bases.