{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F08881bc2-aa5d-4f0e-8875-83382cfedf26","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Stacy Kelleher: Philadelphia Eagles Director of Production \u2013 Work In Sports Podcast\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/08881bc2-aa5d-4f0e-8875-83382cfedf26\"></iframe>","title":"Stacy Kelleher: Philadelphia Eagles Director of Production \u2013 Work In Sports Podcast","description":"Hey everybody, I\u2019m Brian Clapp, VP of Content and Engaged Learning with WorkinSports.com and this is the Work In Sports podcast\u2026It\u2019s funny, I\u2019ve spent my entire career creating sports content. When you create, someone else is the focus\u2026 the athlete, the interview subject, the school, the team -- your focus is away from you.\u00a0That\u2019s the way it's supposed to be, and that is the way I was taught. Coming up at CNN all of our reporters and anchors were true journalists who knew the story was never about them, it was always about their subject.\u00a0You\u2019ll see this difference when you watch your local network sports -- they so often inject themselves into the stories. Watch me play a game of horse with Chris Paul, coming up at 11. Check me out trying to throw a discus with gold medal winner Christoph Harding coming up at 6!This always drove me nuts.\u00a0 The story is never about you.\u00a0That\u2019s my personal belief and the one I\u2019ve held near and dear as I was News Director at Fox Sports Northwest. When my anchor asked one night, can we do a live poll on tonights show asking what the fans think of my new haircut -- and yes, this did happen -- I had to initiate emergency deep breathing techniques before calmly saying, \u201cI don\u2019t think that is in the best interest of the audience.\u201dThe reason I bring this up is because I ask so many of my guests to step out of their comfort zone and become the focus when they are so often trained to think otherwise. When I speak to agents like Leigh Steinberg\u2026 he\u2019s polished, he\u2019s used to being in front of the microphone and talking about himself.\u00a0But when I grab Celia Bouza from ESPN, or Brian Killingsworth CMO of the Vegas Golden Knights, or Tiara Brown Manager of Social Responsibility for the Charlotte Hornets\u2026 they aren\u2019t used to this questioning and this focus...which is why I appreciate their honesty and insight so much.Today\u2019s guest is much like me.\u00a0Stacy Keleher is the Director of Production for the Philadelphia Eagles -- she\u2019s paid to create, analyze and critique content\u2026it is literally her job to think \u201cnot good enough...not up to our standards...we need to do better\u201d so when the spotlight is on her, it\u2019s a little different.But, Stacy is a pro\u2019s pro...so she nailed it. Prior to coming to the Eagles, she spent 6 years with Ohio State Athletics as the Big Ten production Manager -- meaning she hired a ton of student interns and volunteers to help run their event production. She knows a lot about resumes, cover letters, interviewing\u2026 and the incredible life of working in sports television production.\u00a0Here she is \u2026 Philadelphia Eagles Director of Production -- Stacy Kelleher\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Questions for Stacy Kelleher, Philadelphia Eagles Director of Production1: Before we get into all of your background in sports production, your role at Ohio State and now with the Eagles\u2026 I stumbled upon an article you wrote on cover letters a few years ago, and found myself saying \u201cYes!...Yes!..Yes!\u201d A whole lot\u2026 so let's start with that, you\u2019ve reviewed a lot of resumes over your career \u2026why is the cover letter so important, and why do so many young inexperienced people mess this up?2: I loved one line you had in there about hiring being exciting, but also grueling\u2026 when I was the news director at Fox Sports Northwest, I had the same experience. You\u2019d start out so pumped to get someone new in your building\u2026but by the 25th resume, or phone call it would be rewind repeat over and over again.I\u2019ve always felt people need to inject a little more personality into their cover letter, tell me a story about them outside the resume, a time they overcame an issue or handled an objection\u2026something to excite me \u2013 do you agree or do you like it a little more buttoned-up and professional?<a href=\"https://www.workinsports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/wisIPOD.png\"></a>3: Alright I\u2019m sure the subject of cover letters and resumes will come up again\u2026 but let\u2019s get into you a bit \u2013 you went to a really small school Wheeling Jesuit University\u2026 but you\u2019ve...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/14cac8d8-dcff-4bbf-8998-9ff677f0e53f/wispod-cover.png"}