Company: Milwaukee Brewers
Position: Social Media Coordinator
Sydney’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydney-gille-b636a2155/
Milwaukee Brewers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brewers/?hl=en
“And that’s another Brewer’s win!” imagine hearing that at your job daily. Well working for the only major league baseball team in the state of Wisconsin, you might get that chance. Meet Sydney Gille, the Social Media Coordinator for the Milwaukee Brewers. Sydney is one of the few who are fortunate to hear this announcement on a daily basis. She has been fortunate enough to have been working for the team since 2022. Sydney started out with the Brewers as the Social Media Specialist and she quickly worked her way up to her current position within 6 months time. I was drawn to Sydney because she has many characteristics that I hope to embody from her as I graduate college and navigate the real world. Furthermore, Sydney drew me in because she was so passionate and driven that she was able to climb the ladder to a major role within the club very quickly. I was attracted to her since she is one of the few women that are in the baseball world and I thought that since she was working in Milwaukee it was even better.
There are many ways in which Sydney keeps the players’ information private. The first way that she does this is by not posting that information onto the Milwaukee Brewers Instagram page that she is responsible for. This is one way that Sydney keeps the player’s personal information confidential. According to an academic article written by Hooper “athletes can create issues on the sites” (2017, p. 2). This quote discusses what can potentially happen on social media if there are no boundaries set for the players. Sydney has noticed that this is especially prevalent when a media outlet spreads a rumor about a player, and the player tries to step in but instead the player ends up creating more havoc on the site which leads to Sydney stepping in to resolve the issue. This is important to recognize as it is a part of Sydney’s role when dealing with player’s privacy. She does this by having separate highlights for each player on the Milwaukee Brewers Instagram that she runs. Within each of these highlights she has the player’s highlights from their game and any records that they have broken that are specific to them and not the rest of the team.
Sydney hopes to continue her work with the Milwaukee Brewers for the majority of her career. She enjoys the aspect of not only talking to the players but being able to come up with clever captions for her posts as well. She has faith that more women will want to work in the sports world because of her. She wants to stay in the baseball part of the sports world because she feels like she is doing her part of opening the door for more women in the industry in the near future. From Sydney, I have learned the importance of boundaries especially regarding interviews. I further have learned the importance of forming a relationship with each individual player and learning about their boundaries regarding their personal information.
Citation:
Hooper, H. (2017, June 5). An investigation of the role Communication Privacy Management Theory has in the development of social media policies. The Sport Journal. Retrieved February 20, 2023, from http://thesportjournal.org/article/an-investigation-of-the-role-communication-privacy-management-theory-has-in-the-development-of-social-media-policies/
