Position#: .(PSA)………7008
Developed by:……………SG
Reviewed by:…….....R.Petro
Approved by:……….……...
Date:……11/9/89, 7/93, 12/05
UNIVERSITY OF
TITLE: Assistant Director, Sports
Information
DIVISION: Student Development
REPORTS TO: Associate Director, Athletics/External Affairs
GRADE: 12
SUPERVISES: Coordinator, Sports Communication; intern; student assistants and clerical support staff.
BASIC FUNCTION:
Develop, coordinate and implement an aggressive communications and public relations program for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and all programs associated with Athletics.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Develop, coordinate and
implement communications and public relations strategy for the Department of
Intercollegiate Athletics, its roster of sports, staff, coaches, and
student-athletes. Create and implement
initiatives that bring the stories and accomplishments of our programs,
coaches, staff and student-athletes to the greater public.
Responsible
for all external communications activities with the media, general public,
students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
Serve as key advisor
to senior management in all matters related to internal and external
communications.
Develop and oversee
departmental budget.
Develop, mentor,
supervise, lead and evaluate immediate staff of full-time professionals,
interns, and student assistants.
Serve as department
web manager, producer of all partnered broadcasts, and executive editor of all
of the department’s publications.
Provide timely and editorially sound presentations of information on the
web site and within all internal and external communications.
Develop programs of
media and community relations training for coaches, staff and student-athletes.
Responsible
for all game management issues that are relative to media and public relations.
Supervise hiring and training of required game management personnel.
Establish positive
working relationships with local, regional and national media personnel,
university and conference administrators, campus professional staff and
faculty, alumni and friends of the University, and staff of peer institutions.
Coordinate all
statistical accumulation and dissemination, records and archives, and serve as
primary media relations liaison to all applicable conferences and the NCAA.
Arrange and conduct
press conferences and all interviews with coaches, staff, and student-athletes.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Serve as the
department’s liaison to the University’s public relations efforts and publications.
Serve on local,
regional, national and conference committees and boards.
Serve as media coordinator
for all special events initiated by or partnered with the Department of
Intercollegiate Athletics.
Perform additional
duties as required.
LICENSES, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT:
Must
be proficient in the use of computers, desktop publishing, and statistics
software.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:
This position is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required: Bachelor’s degree
(master’s degree preferred); at least three to five years of post-graduate
experience in collegiate sports information or professional sports public
relations; administrative experience, preferably in NCAA Division I and/or from
an affiliate conference or professional sports association; proficiency in the
use of computer and internet technology, as well as desktop publishing;
demonstrated ability to develop, organize, coordinate, supervise, and mentor
support and professional staff and
student staff; experience with football and basketball game-day and media
operations; experience in developing and overseeing a department budget. Preferred:
proficiency in the use of computer software for game statistical functions;
knowledge of photography, design, publications development and
efficiencies.
ALL REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT
TO POSSIBLE MODIFICATION TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES.