Director of Creative Content

UO HR Website • Eugene, OR

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About The Position

The Director of Multimedia Integration is responsible for developing and executing creative and branding, digital, and social media strategies for Oregon Athletics. The role guides a team creating content to support fan engagement, brand awareness, communications, and advertising strategy, and oversees the student graphic design team. The Director collaborates with athletic department leaders and other university offices on marketing campaigns and campus-wide strategic digital communications.

The position leads digital communications initiatives and extends custom content across platforms such as web, mobile, social, video, and broadcast. It supports the growth and development of influential media platforms, adapts to emerging social media trends, and helps position Oregon Athletics to recruit student-athletes. The role must maintain confidentiality regarding apparel-provider campaigns and sensitive recruiting information, and promote the athletics program in compliance with department, university, Big Ten Conference, and NCAA policies and rules. The position requires obtaining UO driver’s certification within 90 days of employment and maintaining it throughout employment with the Athletic Department.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Two years of experience working in graphic design for professional sports or intercollegiate athletics departments.
• One year of experience creating multimedia content integrated across multiple platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Excellent verbal, written, and creative communication skills.
• Extensive knowledge of new media and social media, and ability to work with web-based content.
• Ability to work well in a group and around events.
• Ability to build relationships with outside, non-campus-affiliated companies and organizations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a design or marketing department within a Division I, “Power 5” conference-affiliated athletic department.
• Demonstrated understanding of advertising strategy.
• Experience supervising student employees.
• Experience serving the needs of diverse populations is strongly desired.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute creative/branding, digital, and social media strategies for Oregon Athletics.
• Guide a team in designing and executing creative content to drive fan engagement, brand awareness, communications, and advertising strategy.
• Oversee the student graphic design team.
• Collaborate with athletic department leaders on marketing campaigns and related strategies.
• Work with other university offices to coordinate strategic digital communications campus-wide.
• Champion athletics digital communications initiatives and extend custom content across web, mobile, social, video, broadcast, and other platforms.
• Grow and develop influential media platforms and respond to emerging social media trends and opportunities.
• Help position the Oregon athletic program to recruit and sign elite student-athletes.
• Maintain the evolution of digital marketing, particularly social media, to keep the department relevant to high school track and field student-athletes.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding strategic campaigns with the apparel provider and sensitive recruiting information.
• Promote the athletics program’s philosophy and objectives and adhere to department, university, Big Ten Conference, and NCAA policies and rules.
• Obtain UO driver’s certification within 90 days of employment and maintain it throughout employment with the Athletic Department.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director