Assistant Race Timers $25 per hour, Side hustle

Boston MA

Description

Are you looking to get a foot in the door in sports or the event industry? Do you like attending road races or are you a runner yourself? If you've envisioned working at a fast-growing company and you're willing to put in the work, we've got the job for you. RaceWire is an endurance event service company. We provide online registration and race timing to events across the United States. We pride ourselves on unrivaled customer service and state-of-the-art equipment, and through that, we have grown to one of the largest timing companies in the country, working with just under 1,000 events annually in some capacity. Skills, Qualifications and Requirements: Have access to personal vehicle to drive different events Must be able to lift 30lbs. Available on weekends Communication skills, we’d like you to be a people person! An interest in the race management industry and/or running is a plus Main responsibilities include but are not limited to: Timing running races and other events from 100 to 5,000 people Working closely with a group, setting up a starting line and finish line ***Fine print, this is 100% a side hustle opportunity. Most events have an early morning arrival time for 2 hours of set up, the event starts and concludes, pack up and go home. Assistants are required to help assemble the the finish line equipment, take finish photos with supplied a camera, and track manual back up times with a stop watch and clip board. Almost all events are on weekend mornings with a few exceptions. You would be given access to the schedule to see and request events that work best for you. Timer pay goes up if the races is longer than a 5k or the drive to get there is further than normal. Holiday events go up even more. There are many road races on Thanksgiving.