Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Orchestrating and managing organizational structure for strategic communications. •Anticipating, advising, developing, and implementing communication and messaging strategies/tactics and policies/procedures.
• Proactively adapting to an ever-changing strategic communications landscape to ensure efficient operations and maximum productivity.
• Oversight and execution of staff/student-athlete media and social media training.
• General oversight of coaches’ radio shows, radio announcers, and public address announcers.
• Oversight of all media relations activities, including press releases and press conferences, in-game statistics, live statistics, streams, as well as other broadcasts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Two years of progressive experience in oversight and/or execution of strategic communications/public relations, preferably in a collegiate athletics setting.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate all strategic communication operations within a complex organization across various mediums.
• Demonstrated ability to convey department messaging accurately and concisely, which includes excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong computer skills and related software capability.
• Excellent management, organizational, analytical, and project management skills.
• Ability to meet established deadlines and work effectively with diverse groups of internal and external constituents.