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NOVEMBER 2017 FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM | 25 JOSE MORENO {leadership} OFFICE DOORS Jamie Killin | CONTRIBUTING WRITER SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNITY RELATIONS, FIESTA BOWL “I will literally pick up trash for free until 2 a.m. if it gets my foot in the door.” That’s the pitch that launched Jose Moreno’s career in sports. Moreno, who now serves as the senior director of marketing and community relations for the Fiesta Bowl, was always passionate about sports — and his willingness to do anything to break into the industry was what eventually landed him an internship with the Denver Nuggets. After hearing an executive director for the team speak his freshman year of college, that’s the pitch he made to her, but he didn’t reap the benefits of his tenacity immediately. It was a few months later when she called and offered him a volunteer opportunity with the Colorado Rapids. That opportunity led to a year and a half internship with the Denver Nuggets and a career in sports community relations. “If it’s a goal, if it’s a dream just keep pushing and pushing and it might not happen in your time frame but if you want it bad enough it can be there,” said Moreno of the advice he gives others hoping to break into the sports industry.