Athletic Communications Internship
University of St Thomas•Saint Paul, MN
•Onsite
About The Position
The St. Thomas Athletic Communications office is looking for student workers in three specific areas: communications, social media and photography. All three positions will assist in game coverage and other athletic-related events. The internship involves attending assigned events during days, weeknights, and weekends, working 7-10 hours per week. This role offers the opportunity to gain valuable experience, create and disperse content, interact with coaches, student-athletes, and media members, and provides networking opportunities for post-graduation success.
Requirements
- Must be a current St. Thomas student
- Interest in athletics
- 7-10 hours worked per week
- Responsible for attending assigned home events/games (days, nights, weekends)
- Degree seeking at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels
- Actively enrolled at least part-time in courses for credit
Responsibilities
- Assist sport contact with necessary set-up duties (day before and/or of contest)
- Print/Distribute box scores to coaches and media during/after contest
- Assist with in-game statistics (spotting, inputting, and/or calling)
- Help locate and guide coaches/players with media requests post-game
- Assist with post-game press conference setup
- Update TommieSports.com website
- Archive historical information
- Compile statistical information through research
- Creating content for TommieSports.com including but not limited to: digital game programs, press releases, game notes, competition previews, recaps, features, QAs
- Assist with and transcribe interviews with student-athletes, coaches, and athletics department staff
- Update student-athlete and coach biographies
- Assist in photography and coverage of games, photoshoots, workouts, and other events
- Edit and tag top images during games for immediate social and website use
- Uploading and organizing photo assets/galleries on TommieSports.com
- Assist in maintaining the team’s online photo archive system (PhotoShelter)
- Meet deadlines as assigned by supervisor(s)
- Assist creative team in photography needs
- Assist with creation and distribution of content (graphics, GIFs, tweets/posts, photos) to multiple platforms
- Provide social media coverage on gamedays for home and away events including live-tweeting and interacting with fans/athletes
- Create real-time content for Instagram stories, and other platforms, creatively
- Create content schedule for assigned sports
- Prepare social media analytic reports to assess content plan strategy
- Assist with INFLCR photo uploading and tagging
- Office and other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Paid
- Opportunity to gain valuable experience at a Division I athletics department
- Opportunity to create/disperse content at a Division I athletics department
- Interact with coaches, student-athletes, and media members
- Networking opportunities for post-graduation success
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
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