Sports Information Director

Under the direction of the Senior Director of Sports Communications, the Sports Information Director (SID) is responsible for all sports information and promotion of the university’s competitive athletics teams (most of which compete in NCAA Division III), including the entirety of electronic media and all other sports-related publications. In addition, the SID and team have the responsibility for ensuring that all obligations to conferences (e.g. MIAA), the NCAA or any other national governing bodies are met.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serving as the news and sports media link between all 37 competitive teams, appropriate media outlets, conferences (i.e. MIAA), NCAA, opponents and Trine community.
• Coordinating all game-day, event management, including keeping of statistics and other essential data and managing scoreboards where applicable
• Coordinating with the Trine Broadcasting Network team to ensure the best possible video live streams
• Completing the timely update of the athletic department web site including but not limited to news, scores, statistics, photographs, biographies, schedules, contact information, and upcoming events.
• Writing and distributing post-game, pre-season outlook, season wrap-up, and recognition press releases to media outlets including hometown media outlets of Trine student/athletes.
• Coordinating the development of and/or assume responsibility for all athletic department publications, sport media events, and social media (i.e. media guides, game-day programs, brochures, press conferences, Facebook, Twitter.)
• Working closely with colleagues in Marketing & Communications to strategize, implement, and accomplish a consistent and premier level of institutional, and Thunder athletic visibility.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience in higher education.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary creative team.
• Experience working with integrated project management systems.