Director for eSports

Keiser University•Sarasota, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for coordinating and collaborating with the Keiser University Office of the Athletic Director and campus Presidents to standardize and coordinate all facets of eSports teams. This includes advising on coach recruitment, facility visioning, interdepartmental communication, and campus engagement initiatives. The Director will also work with campus coaches to standardize team operations, including training, recruitment, equipment purchasing, facility build-out, internal marketing, scholarship implementation, partnership and sponsorship vetting, and athlete scheduling. Additionally, the role involves ensuring academic accountability, training coaches and athletes on various software and videography practices, developing policies for online engagement and professionalism, creating an eSports Summer Camp, establishing a university eSports website, and assisting with social media strategies and community stakeholder relationships. The Director will also manage eSports scholarship eligibility, plan and execute tournaments, lead online marketing, coordinate team activities, resolve conflicts, and facilitate communication between eSports coaches across the Keiser University system. Travel to other campuses is required to ensure facility maintenance and quality standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
Minimum of 2 year's related experience

Responsibilities

Coordinate and collaborate with the Keiser University Office of the Athletic Director on compliance, scholarship opportunities, sponsorships, purchasing of uniforms & equipment, branding & use of logos, and broadcasting, live streaming, and social media presence.
Work with and provide support to Presidents who have an eSports Team on campus to standardize and coordinate all facets of the team.
Advise and assist with the Coach recruitment process.
Advise and assist with visioning for the campus eSports Training Facility.
Advise and assist with the implementation of interdepartmental communication practices.
Advise and assist with campus initiatives for eSports engagement.
Work with and provide support to all campus Coaches to standardize and coordinate all facets of the team.
Advise on training, recruitment of players, recruitment strategy, purchasing equipment, facility "build out" and planning, internal marketing, implementing scholarship strategy, vetting partnerships, and vetting sponsorships.
Develop sample weekly schedules for athletes, including class, practice, work out, tournament play, "film watching", strategy development, etc.
Ensure academic accountability for athletes (SAP).
Train on usage of OBS (open broadcasting software).
Train on usage of adobe creative suite software including Adobe Premiere and Adobe Photoshop.
Train on usage of camera equipment, sound, lighting, and best videography practices.
Train leadership in best practices for interpersonal conflict resolution and team culture dynamics.
Create and establish policies for appropriate use/player engagement online.
Create and establish policies as it relates to professionalism in Broadcasting.
Create and establish policies as it relates to athlete professionalism when wearing the Keiser University logo items.
Develop and establish an eSports Summer Camp for campuses who want to run such a program.
Work with vendor to establish Keiser University eSports Website to highlight players of each game with campus pages.
Assist in implementation of successful and impactful social media strategies.
Assist in creation of engaging social media content highlighting eSports players.
Assist in development of relationships between Keiser eSports programs and community stakeholders.
Become point of contact for eSports scholarship eligibility questions.
Update and refine current Keiser eSports scholarship framework.
Assist in the planning and execution of eSports tournaments on Keiser campuses.
Lead online marketing strategies.
Assist in coordination of eSports team activities and meetings.
Resolution of inquiry conflicts.
Facilitate communication and collaboration between eSports Coaches of Keiser University system.
Lead creation of esports intrasystem competition/LAN event.
Assist in setting standards for player behavior in team environment.
Travel to other campus eSports programs to assist ensure facility maintenance and quality standards.