Assistant Athletic Director, Communications & Sports Information

This position serves on the Athletic Director’s Administrative Staff. As the primary public relations spokesperson for intercollegiate sports programs and the Athletics Department as a Unit, responsibilities include media relations and strategic media partnerships; game-day area staff organization; compiling, maintaining, archiving and reporting all statistical data and reports for all sport programs to the SCIAC and the NCAA; and all content creation/editing/maintenance for leoparathletics.com and social media – with updated, timely, accurate, and grammatically correct information.

Qualifications:

• 2 years experience in Director level athletic experience in higher education, preferably at a school competing in the NCAA.
• 6 years previous experience in a collegiate athletics environment as either a student-athlete or athletics employee.
• 3 years experience utilizing social media platforms, video editing, and writing in a collegiate athletics setting.
• 3 years experience utilizing sports specific statistical software as the primary statistics point person during collegiate athletic competitions.
• A bachelor’s degree, preferably in Journalism, Public Relations, Communications or Sports Management.
• Relevant work experience in a college Sports Information Office/Athletics Communications Office.
• A commitment to and knowledge of NCAA rules, regulations, and standards in regards to statistical gathering
• Familiarity with sports statistical software, publishing software, photography and video editing; the ability to maintain and monitor a successful social media presence for the department.

Duties:

• Develops, implements, and maintains a comprehensive public relations program for Intercollegiate Athletics.
• Serves as an on-the record public relations primary spokesperson and liaison for athletic administration, intercollegiate sports programs, and coaches in the Department of Athletics
• Gathers, organizes, and distributes accurate and timely information about the athletic department’s activities.
• Writes press releases; creates media guides; builds, updates and maintains the department’s website and social media platforms.
• Builds and maintains positive relationships with key constituencies (alumni, donors, friends, current student-athletes, prospective student-athletes, members of the campus community, and the public at-large), helping create an atmosphere conducive for effective fundraising, and positive relationships with media.