Assistant Athletics Director - Communications

Responsible for providing information and publicity for intercollegiate athletics programs. Serve as communications and public relations contact for student-athletes, coaches and administrators for external constituents. Actively promote and publicize key messages while cultivating relationships with local, regional and national media. Responsible for perm ant record keeping and filing of historical data and information of specific intercollegetic athletics programs.

Identifies and implements new and creative strategic communications plans for athletics department. Coordinates media operations for all home football games reporting results of all games and making sure home event runs efficiently and effectively. Fulfills media requests for interviews and information in thorough and timely manner and develops positive relationships with local, regional and national media. Uses social media effectively to help promote athletics department. Produce press releases for selected sports efficiently and in a timely manner. Complies with deadlines established by governing bodies for information and award nominations in a timely and through manner. Complies current statistics for selected sports accurately and in a timely manner. Works with other units in athletic department to help accomplish common goals. Effectively promotes football student-athletes and coaches for media coverage. Provides insightful and informative content for media use in covering team.

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