Associate Athletic Director - External and Corporate Relations

Position Information

Job Title
Associate Athletic Director - External and Corporate Relations

Posting Number
S1689P

Pay Range
Compensation for this position is expected to range between $135,000.00 and $165,000.00 per year, in alignment with what California Baptist University (CBU) reasonably anticipates paying for this role. The final rate may vary depending on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and prevailing market conditions. In addition to competitive wages, CBU provides a comprehensive and generous benefits package to eligible employees.

Position Summary

Supervise and lead the external unit of the athletic department that includes communications and digital media, corporate partnerships, and ticket operations and sales among other special projects and strategic initiatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Understand and agree to abide by the mission of CBU and the CBU Athletics Department.
2. Serve on the Athletic Director’s executive leadership team and senior staff with sport oversight responsibilities.
3. Manage the in-house corporate partnership program by identifying and soliciting potential new sponsors, retaining current sponsors, making sales calls and setting meetings, creating proposals, negotiating deals, developing contracts, and executing fulfillment of agreements.
4. Supervise department area heads and associated staff in the areas of communications and digital media, and ticketing. Coordinate strategies within the external unit to maximize attendance, revenue, and publicity.
5. Collaborate with internal department areas in marketing and promotional efforts to generate fan support at events.
6. Manage the department’s ticket office, including the sales and operations associated with the season, group, and single-game tickets for athletics events.
7. Handle corporate partnerships for men’s and women’s basketball games.
8. Conduct the coordination of content for the athletics department website and social media accounts.
9. Manage a variety of existing vendor partnerships and agreements, and develop new partnerships as needed.
10. Responsible for knowing current NCAA, Conference, and University rules, regulations, and deadlines governing Athletic sports.
11. Represent California Baptist University Athletics by participating on campus committees.
12. Maintain up-to-date information on sports regulations, rule changes, and NCAA policies.
13. Respond to all administrative correspondence in the requested time frame and attend all staff meetings.
14. Ensure the physical, emotional, and social welfare of student-athletes.
15. Weekends, evenings, and holidays are required. Travel with sports teams for championships or other trips as assigned.

Education and/or Experience

Master’s degree (M.A.) or equivalent; or four to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.