Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations
PURPOSE
The Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations is responsible for all public-facing external communications, media relations, and information in support of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Athletics.
DESCRIPTION
Functional Area 1: Sports Information (70%)
- Coordinate and direct the activities of the athletic media relations staff serving 16 intercollegiate sports.
- Serve as the primary athletics department liaison to local, regional, and national media as well as other universities, conferences, and organizations.
- Serve as spokesman/ambassador for the athletics department and the university.
- Supervise the writing and circulating of news releases to the media.
- Assist with the coordination of game day operations for several sports.
- Maintain current and historical statistics including records for athletic teams.
- Nominate student-athletes for athletic and academic awards within the university, conference and NCAA.
- Recruit, train, supervise and schedule student-workers to help with gameday functions.
- Collaborate with the School of Communications on projects and internships.
- Responsible for live stat production at home events.
- Travel with assigned teams as necessary.
Functional Area 2: Strategic Communication (20%)
- Manage athletics website in conjunction with the Associate AD of Marketing, Fan engagement and Creative Content (goislanders.com) with oversight of all information and content including feature stories and student-athlete spotlights.
- Work closely and collaboratively with external relations to enhance the visibility of the Islanders Athletic program in the conference, state and nationally, advance TAMU-CC mission, vision and branding, develop and implement printed and online materials aligned with Athletics design standards and TAMU-CC Brand and Style Guide.
- Serve as primary live broadcast web streaming technician with ESPN+ streaming productions.
- Maintain the infrastructure and processes behind ESPN+ streaming productions.
- Organize all athletics photographs and supervise archiving of all video elements.
Functional Area 3: Compliance (10%)
- Administer budget for the athletic communications unit.
- Responsible for verifying all public facing data.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree in communications, journalism, sports administration, or closely related field.
- Two (2) years of related experience in athletics communications or broadcasting.
- Additional education may be considered as a substitute for the minimum experience required: Master's degree in communications, journalism, sports administration, or closely related field.
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's Degree.
- Demonstrated student-worker supervisory experience.
- Strong knowledge of SIDEARM CMS or comparable website management software.
- Experience with Adobe Premier or other video editing software. Live video streaming experience.
- Intermediate skills in various computer programs including StatCrew, Genius, Photoshop and InDesign.
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