Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

What is a Remote Baseball Operator at SMT?

Are you a baseball fan? Have you always dreamt of a job working in sports data collection? Are you an avid gamer used to reacting to fast-paced action and using hotkeys? If you answered yes, here’s your chance to knock it out of the park with SMT as a Remote Baseball Operator!

As an Operator, you will be on the front lines of cutting-edge data collection in sports. By operating SMT’s baseball tracking system (6th Tool), Operators help gather and refine data that will be used by baseball organizations across all levels of play. This opportunity requires an exceptional attention span to simultaneously monitor computer applications, follow the events of the game without becoming distracted and effectively communicate with other team members.

What is Your Daily Impact at SMT?

If you join our team as a Remote Baseball Operator, you will work from your home-office computer using remote login applications to connect to system computers. You will then be following the action of your assigned game and ensuring the accuracy of our data collection. Game shifts are typically 4-5 hours based on the length of the game. You will collaborate and relay any issues to our baseball operations team.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Simultaneously monitoring four computer applications with exceptional attention to detail
• Following all events of the game without becoming distracted
• Completing ball trajectories and player paths for each pitch of the game
• Using critical thinking to quickly process feedback from the system, understand what is needed, and adjust in real time.

What Do You Bring to SMT?

• Through understanding of the game of baseball, including terminology, rules and strategy
• Extensive PC gaming knowledge. Specifically, being able to efficiently utilize keyboard hotkeys in a quick-paced, gaming-like environment is preferred
• Availability to work weekend games, as well as the occasional weeknight or weekday games as needed
• General understanding of computer hardware, software and general Windows OS structure is preferred
• Excellent attention to detail and critical thinking skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills through Slack or phone calls
• Ability to work well under pressure and complete time-sensitive tasks

What Can SMT Offer You?

Our Operators start at $17/hour and provide flexible scheduling and the ability to work from home. This is a part-time, seasonal position with your schedule based on the fall and spring baseball seasons.

You will get to work in a highly collaborative and supportive environment, and as we continue to expand and support other sports, high performing operators may be given the chance to work with different sports broadcasts and technology at SMT.

Who is SMT?

SMT offers an unparalleled level of technology and services unavailable anywhere else in the sports market. Our products are a producer’s dream, from fan favorites like data-driven graphics, clock-and-score bugs, tickers, and virtual solutions to behind-the-scenes services such as video board production, talent prompters, and information systems.

For more than 30 years, our broadcast and onsite solutions have played an integral role in the presentation of the world’s most prestigious sporting and entertainment events, from the Olympics to the Super Bowl, Triple Crown, tennis Grand Slams, NASCAR, NHL, NCAA basketball, PGA majors, and much more. SMT provides clients with a full-service, turnkey solution designed to bring producers and patrons the highest level of technical innovation available.

SMT is headquartered in Durham, N.C., and has divisions in Jacksonville, Fla., Fremont, Ca., Munich, and Toronto. Within its 700-plus staff, SMT has an internal R&D capability that stimulates the development of proprietary technology solutions for organizing bodies, broadcasters, teams and arenas, sponsors, and event operators worldwide.

Want to learn more about our technology and the work our teams do? Visit SMT.com or follow us on social media.

Are you ready to join the SMT Team and become a Game Changer?  

Apply Now!

SMT is an equal opportunity employer. 

SMT participates in E-Verify.

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