Director of Athletic Media Relations

  Southeastern Campus
  Southeast Region
  Administration/Management
  Posted/Updated: 07/30/19

Job Summary


Responsibilities

  • The Director of Athletic Media Relations is responsible for the day to day publicity for the Athletics program.
  • Duties include providing timely news releases, updating statistical data and serving as a liaison between the school and the Southern Conference, A-Sun, NCAA and the local and national media.
  • Other duties include the day-to-day management of the sports information office.
  • This would include the assignment of staff for all home events and select road events, updating of website and social media, and production of media guides and game programs.
  • This position serves as primary contact for football and baseball.
  • The Director and his/her office will be tasked with working closely with multiple constituencies to provide technical and design support for specific athletic events.


Required Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited college/institution in Communications, Journalism,English or a related field is required along with one year of Sports Information or Media Relations experience.
  • Candidates with a master's degree are highly desirable.
  • The successful candidate must have: extensive desktop publishing experience with Photoshop, InDesign Word, Quark Express and similar publishing software
  • knowledge to run stat program for team sports; general knowledge of athletics and broad Knowledge of different sports
  • excellent oral and written communication skills
  • working knowledge of various social media platforms
  • knowledge of webcasting technology
  • and understanding of college athletic environment, including but not limited to, NCAA and conference compliance regulations.

 



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