The Newhouse Sports Media Center will be hosting Story of the Season founder and CEO Chris Herman on September 20th at 6:30pm for a talk on his path and to share internship opportunities.
Chris Herman is the founder and CEO of StoryIt. A 2017 graduate of Oberlin College, Chris played quarterback at Oberlin College and was involved in several organizations on campus. While at Oberlin, Chris saw first hand the untapped sports media, program building and fundraising opportunities in high school and college sports. After graduating from Oberlin with a degree in Economics and Hispanic Literature, Chris worked in finance in Cleveland, Ohio before transitioning to working full time on StoryIt in the Summer of 2018.
Chris’ company started with a flagship product called Story of the Season, a weekly magazine, yearbook and fundraising tool for football programs. Over the last four years, StoryIt has evolved into a boutique sports marketing and media company which serves various high school and college sports athletic departments across multiple sports with a range of digital media and fundraising solutions. Since its inception, StoryIt has published over 500 magazine and website publications for over 150 high school and college programs across various sports, and transformed the way coaches promote their programs and players.
Come to the interest meeting to get to know Chris and opportunities with this unique company.