Assistant Director of Athletics Communications

EXPIRED

DePauw University

Greencastle, IN

Posted Date: Jan 09, 2025

Expired Date: Feb 16, 2025

Posted Date: Jan 09, 2025

Expired Date: Feb 16, 2025

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QUALIFICATION

Salary Expectation
Unknown
Years of Experience
3+ Years
Work Type
Full-time

ABOUT PROGRAM

DePauw University
DePauw University Athletics, Athletics Wikipedia Page

Conference

North Coast Athletic Conference (DIII)

SPORTS/DEPARTMENT

Communications Marketing

About the Job

Job Description

DePauw University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Women, members of underrepresented groups, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Position will remain open until filled.

Serve as the secondary communicator of DePauw athletics and its twenty-three intercollegiate sports programs to internal and external audiences, supporting enrollment marketing and advancement efforts by developing and managing media relations activities, press releases, electronic communications, social media and other vehicles that ensure successful exposure of DePauw athletics. Responsible for ensuring effective collection, organization, documentation and dissemination of information and all statistics related to DePauw athletics events.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s)
● Ensure an effective sports information presence at all home games and attend specified away games, ensuring effective coverage of game responsibilities including: Ensure records are maintained, and that statistics and highlights are compiled and sent to media and the NCAA and others after all home and away games. After games, provide statistics to coaches of both teams and to the NCAC office; and provide statistics and game highlights to media contacts. For sporting events not personally attended, receive information from hosting institutions, format appropriately and disseminate to media.
● Produce press releases for media and the web that report on DePauw’s athletics results, programs, events and activities and as well as accomplishments by individual students and coaches. Attend athletics-related events and interview individuals as appropriate; write, edit and format release copy; and oversee production and distribution of releases, including to hometown media as appropriate.
● Working with the Assistant Athletics Director for Athletics Communications, utilize video resources available to DePauw to schedule production of live video broadcasts of athletic events as well as edited highlight video packages of selected athletic events, with the goal of ensuring archived video coverage of each of DePauw’s sports programs. Schedule additional postseason coverage as warranted.
● Develop, maintain and update athletics-based social media accounts for DePauw athletics, providing regular updates with results, information and feature material regarding DePauw athletics. Determine appropriate platforms on which to present such information in accordance with user base and current trends.

Maintain and supervise a student work force to support athletics-based social media accounts for DePauw athletics and special events sponsored by the athletics department.

DePauw University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Women, members of underrepresented groups, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Position will remain open until filled.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Maintain and supervise a student work force to support athletics-based social media accounts for DePauw athletics and special events sponsored by the athletics department.

● Along with the Assistant Athletics Director of Athletics Communications, implement sports publications, web and other communications strategies that support DePauw’s athletic program, enrollment marketing and institutional marketing goals. Coordinate photography, writing, layout, edits and dissemination of athletics department/team publications, web pages and e-communications, including weekly, seasonal and annual reports, previews and recaps for individual events. Coordinate printing as necessary.
● Contribute to the development of other DePauw collateral materials and online communications by providing sports updates, information and photos of people, events and facilities related to DePauw athletics. Identify subject matter, research and write sports-related feature stories for DePauw’s alumni magazine.
● Ensure the DePauw University athletics website is maintained and updated.
● Maintain all athletics communication department procedures, reports, updates and records of activity, as well as photo files in accordance with department procedures. Archive historical Athletics information. Compile and submit reporting forms for conference and national statistics leaders.
● Keep informed of the latest advances in the field of athletics communications/sports information, including technology aspects.
● Perform other related duties and tasks as appropriately assigned.

Competency Statement(s)
● Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
● Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
● Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
● Coaching and Development - Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas. Willing to receive constructive feedback and make adjustments that support efficiency, effectiveness and overall success.
● Consensus Building - Ability to bring about group solidarity to achieve a goal.
● Diversity Oriented - Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or job type.
● Leadership - Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions.
● Relationship Building - Ability to effectively build positive relationships with students, co-workers, Alumni and community.
● Team Builder - Ability to convince a group of people to work toward a goal.
● Training - Ability to develop a particular skill in others to bring them up to a predetermined standard of work performance.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelor’s degree required.

Experience: Excellent writing, editing, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills. A minimum of three years of post-college experience in a sports marketing position involving media relations, basic layout and design, printed materials development and production, athletic events reporting, project management and statistical information development. Familiarity with statistical software and NCAA statistical rules. Familiarity with desktop publishing, image-editing and Web-editing software is required. Relevant experience at an institution of higher education is a plus.

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office Suite, Internet, Google Apps, Teamworks and other programs as determined by specific responsibilities. Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite, image-editing and Web-editing software is required. Ability to take photos of a quality for small-scale reproduction in sports publications is required.

Certificates & Licenses: A valid US driver’s license is required.

Other Requirements:
● Ability to independently manage multiple priorities, as well as to work to deadline and effectively manage others to do the same. This requires an individual who is well organized, detail-oriented, flexible and self-directed with good stress management skills.
● Excellent communication skills.
● Commitment to and history of strong belief in mentoring students and demonstrated experience working with young adults
● Desire to work in a rural, small-school environment devoted to providing liberal arts education, building community, and helping students prepare for their future careers
Physical Demands Lift/Carry

Stand F (Frequently)
Walk F (Frequently)
Sit O (Occasionally)
Handling / Fingering O (Occasionally)
Reach Outward O (Occasionally)
Reach Above Shoulder O (Occasionally)
Climb O (Occasionally)
Crawl O (Occasionally)
Squat or Kneel O (Occasionally)
Bend O (Occasionally)

10 lbs or less F (Frequently)
11-20 lbs O (Occasionally)
21-50 lbs O (Occasionally)
51-100 lbs O (Occasionally)
Over 100 lbs N (Not Applicable)

Push/Pull

12 lbs or less F (Frequently)
13-25 lbs O (Occasionally)
26-40 lbs N (Not Applicable)
41-100 lbs N (Not Applicable)

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this occupation.
O (Occasionally) Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day)
F (Frequently) Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day)
C (Constantly) Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)

Other Physical Requirements:
• Vision (Near, Distance, Peripheral, Depth Perception, Color)
• Hearing (Auditory perception, or audition)

The assistant/associate director will stand/walk/sit for 8 hours per day, while performing office tasks (meet with student-athletes and colleagues and respond to correspondence) for 1-2 hours per day, and on the phone and computer 5-6 hours per day.

The assistant director is required to create and respond to correspondence (email and Microsoft office/Google docs) and maintain electronic records in a timely fashion.

The assistant director must be able to assist in case of an emergency at competition, supervise students on day and overnight travel, and organize/manage travel plans for themself and any students traveling with them.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is conducted in a traditional office environment as well as inside and outside in athletics and recreational facilities. Ambient temperature, humidity and extreme heat or cold may be present.

This individual must be able to quickly record information on a computer, climb stairs to enter various individual venue press box areas, and take photographs and video.

We are proud to recognize the active participation of faculty and staff in adding to the heritage of building and supporting vibrant, intellectual and creative lives for students and for ourselves. Principles of collaboration, respect for each other, diversity, freedom of expression, accountability and service guide the daily decisions and interactions across campus.

DePauw University, in affirmation of its commitment to excellence, endeavors to provide equal opportunity for all individuals in its hiring, promotion, compensation and admission procedures. Institutional decisions regarding hiring, promotion, compensation and admission will be based upon a person’s qualifications and/or performance without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, gender, gender identity or gender expression, except where religion, gender, or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification.

DePauw University’s goals and commitments are best served if the institution reflects the diversity of our society; hence, DePauw seeks diversity in all areas and levels of employment and abides by all local, state, and federal regulations concerning equal employment opportunities. The University admits, hires and promotes individuals upon their qualities and merits.

Employee Benefits Overview

There are many benefits offered to DePauw Employees.

For full time benefits eligible employees these benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance. Basic Life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) and Long Term Disability are paid for by DePauw University. Full time employees may elect to purchase additional voluntary life insurance for themselves and their dependents. Additional voluntary benefits, Tuition Remission and Exchange, as well as Relocation Allowance are also employee benefits. See the Benefits Hub.

All employees may participate in the retirement savings plan, as well as employee discounts and access to University resources.

At DePauw, we recognize that our employees need to balance work and home. Please refer to University Policies for Vacation Time, Personal Time (hourly) and Sick Time policies in the Employee Handbook for more information on these and other benefits. When you need support, the Cigna Employee Assistance benefit is available to all employees and their households.