Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) invites applications for a full-time Athletic Communications Assistant to join our Athletic department. The Athletic Communications Assistant will be responsible for assisting the Director of Athletics in developing and implementing a plan for promotion of the athletic department to outside media and other stakeholders. Promotion includes the athletic and academic highlights of student-athletes and teams as a whole, but also how that success aligns with the goals of the university and department aspirations of a competitive and NCAA compliant DIII athletic program focusing both on the individual success of the student and the overall university athletic program.
Essential Job Functions
Enhances the storytelling and brand awareness of MSOE Raider Athletics through the creation of compelling content, highlighting teams and student-athletes through videos and podcasts
Report results, produce engaging game recaps, and prepare news items on sports teams and its student-athletes
Assist in maintaining Go-Raiders.com with current/historical files on teams, coaches, and student-athletes.
Create original written and visual content for the web site and digital media.
Focus on the day-to-day operations of athletics communications and serve as the primary media contact for multiple sport programs, as assigned.
Help monitor, train, and schedule student game day staff
Meet all national and conference deadlines for statistics as well as reporting of rosters and sports schedule.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
Serve as statistician for home events for teams assigned
Game day preparation including programs, marketing, live stream, and promotion.
Coordinate social media activity and multimedia production during home game day events
Work with individual sports and areas within the athletics department to promote and coordinate consistent in social media messaging
Design graphics for Athletics website, social media, and various publications
Assist with nominations for athletic and academic awards within our conferences and various coaching associations and CoSIDA.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in education or related field required
An appreciation for DIII Athletics work required
Skills and Abilities
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before others. Ability to effectively communicate in both written and oral form.
Ability to use numbers to solve problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out written or oral instructions.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job the employee is partly sedentary, the ability to move is required. The employee is occasionally required to traverse within their work area as well as other areas on campus.
Occasional light lifting of boxes, no more than 50 lbs.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment, in athletic facilities and in all-weather outdoor environments. The role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets, as well as standard athletic equipment.
The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation described and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the occupation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
It is the policy of MSOE to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, marital status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all jobs at the University and to all the terms, benefits, and conditions of employment/enrollment.
Milwaukee School of Engineering is an independent, non-profit university with about 2,900 students that was founded in 1903. MSOE offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering, business and nursing. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; a 96% placement rate; and the highest ROI and average starting salaries of any Wisconsin university according to PayScale Inc. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.