About this role
Job Title: Assistant Athletic Director, Communications & Content
Job Summary: The University of San Francisco seeks a highly-motivated, energetic and team-orientated individual to fill the position of Assistant Athletic Director of Communications and Content at one of the nation’s leading Jesuit institutions. This is a full-time, 12-month position with full University benefits. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting in all publicity aspects surrounding USF’s 15-sport Division I intercollegiate athletic program, with emphasis on sports determined by the Associate Athletic Director, Communications.
Full Job Description: Job Responsibilities include, but not limited to: · Manage and assist in communications efforts for various teams, including women’s basketball, and other sports determined by the Associate Athletic Director, Communications. · Write game previews and recaps, update student-athlete and coach bios and write general news releases on department’s official website – USFDons.com. · Maintain statistics, records and photo archives for assigned sports. · Responsible for live and postgame statistics for all assigned sports. Must also be available to fill in as official statistician at home events as necessary. · Work closely with head coaches in researching proper promotions of teams and student-athletes for department website usfdons.com and social media platforms. · Write feature stories and assist in production of social media graphics and video content across various platforms. · Maintain various statistical and historical research projects as assigned, including team record books. · Facilitate various requests from coaching staffs, the West Coast Conference and NCAA. · Collaborate with the Associate Athletic Director, Communications and colleagues in the university’s Office of Marketing Communications to share information, develop stories and amplify the achievements of USF student-athletes and our Division I athletics program. · Create and maintain working relationships with local and national media outlets, proactively promoting coaches and student-athletes, and facilitating requests from media. · Properly archive game action photos and work with marketing team and conference office for photo requests and other materials as needed. · Promote student-athletes for various national and conference awards. · Assist the Associate Athletic Director, Communications in planning and organizing all phases of communications team. · Assist with gameday staffing for assigned sports. · Other duties as assigned. Qualifications and Requirements · Understanding and appreciation of the mission, vision, and values of the University of San Francisco. · Bachelor’s degree required, Masters preferred, with emphasis on journalism, public relations, communications or related field a plus. · 4 years of increasingly responsible experience in administration support work or related education including at least two years in an administrative support role. Preferred, experience in a sports information/communications athletic department. · Proficiency with Stat Crew, NCAA Live Stats (Genius), Stat Input (Stat Broadcast). · Experience working with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign and Photoshop). · Ideal candidate is a versatile, creative storyteller with the ability to tell narratives through print, graphics and video creative content across all platforms. · Excellent verbal, written, organizational and interpersonal communication skills. · Experience in feature writing, game coverage, copy editing and proofreading. · Well-versed in social media strategies and trends including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok · Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations across all USF sponsored sports · The position requires some travel and working evenings, weekends and select holidays in addition to daily office hours. Also requires other related duties as assigned by your supervisor and/or other department leadership.
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full time
Pay Rate: Salary
Salary Range : $70,304 - $80,500 annualized, commensurate with experience