Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Florida Institute of Technology•Melbourne, FL

About The Position

The Assistant Director of Athletic Communications assists in developing, implementing, and managing a comprehensive public relations strategy to increase exposure for Florida Tech’s varsity athletic teams. The role covers media relations, social media, website management, photography, video production, and live streaming, and requires effective working relationships with scholar-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty, alumni, the public, and local, regional, and national media representatives. The Assistant Director supports gameday communications operations for home varsity athletic events, including setup and teardown, and helps hire, train, schedule, and manage part-time and student personnel. The position supports the University’s and Florida Tech athletics’ missions and represents the University honorably and ethically while complying with applicable athletic, NCAA, Sunshine State Conference, University, and federal policies and protocols. The role assists with athletic communications operations, including social media content, feature writing, and managing and updating FloridaTechSports.com. It manages academic, competition, and community engagement content and event management tasks for assigned sports. The Assistant Director also contributes to sport-specific public relations plans, printed and digital assets, event scripts and public-address announcements, photography, video streaming and production, records and historical data, and accurate statistical reporting using approved NCAA software. Other duties may be assigned by the Associate AD for External Operations and the Director of Athletics.

Requirements

Ability to establish positive, mutually respectful, and effective working relationships with scholar-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty, alumni, the public, and media representatives.
Demonstrate an honorable and ethical commitment to representing the University and comply with applicable policies and protocols.

Responsibilities

Assist in developing, implementing, and managing public relations strategies for Florida Tech varsity athletic teams across media relations, social media, website management, photography, video production, and live streaming.
Assist with communications operations, setup, and teardown for home varsity athletic events.
Assist with hiring, training, scheduling, and managing part-time and student personnel.
Create social media content and feature writing, and manage and update FloridaTechSports.com.
Manage academic, competition, and community engagement content, along with event management tasks for assigned sports.
Create and implement public relations plans for assigned sports and produce athletic department print and digital assets.
Collaborate with the Director and Assistant Director for Athletic Partnerships & Promotions on event scripts and public-address announcements.
Assist with photography coordination, including headshots, team and action photography, and community engagement photography.
Assist with live-event video streaming and video content production, including the end-of-year athletic awards event.
Coordinate and compile record books and historical data for assigned sports.
Oversee accurate statistics entry using approved NCAA software and distribute official statistics to coaches, opponents, the Sunshine State Conference, the NCAA, and other required services.
Nominate scholar-athletes, coaches, and teams for weekly, academic, athletic, and postseason awards.
Comply with applicable athletic, NCAA, Sunshine State Conference, University, and federal policies and protocols, including those related to software and technology systems, documentation, travel arrangements, equipment and supplies, maintenance, orders, and community service.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Associate AD for External Operations and the Director of Athletics.