Assistant Director Athletic Communications

Syracuse University • Syracuse, NY

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About The Position

The Assistant Director of Athletic Communications is responsible for handling public relations functions for Syracuse University's 20-sport intercollegiate athletics program, utilizing written, online, video, photo and social-media channels. Specific duties include, but are not limited to, providing media training for coaches and student-athletes, serving as a liaison with local and national media, writing press releases and feature stories, maintaining the department's website (www.Cuse.com) and social media channels, producing digital media guides, record books and game programs, assisting with supervision of interns and student staff, travelling with assigned teams, maintaining statistics and archives, and providing information to the NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference service bureaus. This position is responsible for the public relations/communications for women's lacrosse, football (secondary) and other sports as assigned. This position also is responsible for supervision of sports assigned to interns/students.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and three to five years of experience in a related field.
• Computer skills required: InDesign, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Microsoft Word, Excel, SIDEARM website administrative updating system, social media content creation and account management, and various statistical software packages for cumulative and in-game statistics.
• Ability to manage, direct and complete multiple projects and assignments concurrently.
• Advanced writing, editing, desktop publishing, website and social media skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills combined with the ability to interact with diverse department, University and community constituencies.
• Ability work under deadline pressure.
• Experience with personnel management and crisis management.
• Interpersonal communication, mentoring, teaching skills required.
• Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations with practical, hands-on experience in applying Division I regulations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining liaison with news media.
• Write news releases/public address announcements.
• Prepare and edit game programs and design and write promotional and information brochures for sporting and special events.
• Process press requests involving home events, i.e., writer's passes, assigned seats, etc.
• Update statistics, records on individual performances.
• Act as host to media and report results of athletic events.
• Answer specific inquiries via telephone or correspondence.
• Interview and recommend employment of support staff.
• Train and instruct support staff on methods and procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services