Senior Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Communications

Responsibilities:

• Develop, manage and execute department-wide communication and media relations plans and strategies that align with the core mission, goals and objectives of the Athletics Department.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with external media contacts at the local, regional, and national level; identify opportunities to increase visibility, brand and exposure of the Athletics program.
• Manage the employees of and supervise the activities of the Athletic Communications and Media Relations unit.
• Direct and supervise all media and communication strategies, plans and activities for Athletics Communication Department; including UH Football and other programs as required to include athletic website, social media, email, and other external communication platforms.
• Create original and robust content to promote UH administrators, teams, coaches and student- athletes.
• Work in collaboration with other key internal units and external stakeholders in creating, managing and supervising social media strategies, plans and tactics for UH Athletics; along with planning and executing respective sport programs assignments, requirements and needs.

Qualifications:

• MQ: Education: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed.
• Experience: Requires a minimum of five (5) years of directly job-related experience.