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.