Ivan Sokalsky

About Ivan Sokalsky

To paraphrase the old BASF commercial, “I don’t create a lot of your projects; I make a lot of your projects BETTER.” I am a 25 plus-year veteran of the sports media industry, with experience producing live radio remote events and talk shows, as well as providing statistical and logistical support for television broadcasts. With 20 years producing live events at the network level, I can comfortably handle high-profile, high-pressure situations, process heavy information loads quickly and efficiently, and play a variety of roles as needed, all while maintaining an acute attention to detail. I have an insatiable curiosity which fuels a relentless desire to innovate and improve the projects, programs, and media platforms to which I am assigned. As a broadcast producer, my goal is to bring my listeners into the stadiums and arenas I work in and make them feel like they are at the games with me. Whether that means including an in-stadium element (national anthem, other presentations, etc.), the use of sound bites or highlight packages at key times, or just asking talent to explain something I find to be a little too \"inside baseball,\" I view my role as helping my announcers translate what they\'re seeing into something more than just a description of where the ball is and a regurgitation of stats that fans can find on their smartphone.

Experience

1. Talent Statistician

   ESPN

   Mar 2016 — Present

   Talent Stats/Booth Coordinator for Major League Baseball and College Basketball broadcasts

Education

• Rutgers University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History/Political Science and Journalism/Mass Media

  1992 — 1996

Skills

• Final Cut Pro
• Broadcast Journalism
• Radio Host
• Sound
• Television
• Radio Producing
• Broadcast Television
• Media Relations
• Sports
• Radio
• Video Production
• Broadcast
• Adobe Audition
• Radio Broadcasting
• Journalism
• Audio Editing