Texas A&M University
Athletics
AssistantDirector,AthleticsCommunication
“Assistant Director, Athletics Communication at Texas A&M University. Skills: Media relations, Sports information, Communications, Writing, Social media strategy. Serves as liaison between the Athletics Department and the media. Writing original press releases”
What You'll Achieve.
Building champions through academic achievement, athletic excellence, and national recognition of student-athletes, teams, and programs; Capture audience attention with unique and distinct views of Aggie Athletics; Amplify the coverage of all sports programs and Texas A&M Athletics; Maximize the history and legacy of Texas A&M Athletics
Industry & Context.
Travel, Ability to work nights, holidays and weekends as required, Security-sensitive position, Criminal history investigation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience, Six years of experience in related field such as media relations, sports information, communications, public relations or journalism, Sports statistical and desktop publishing knowledge, Creative writing ability, Knowledge of StatCrew, NCAA LiveStats, and Adobe Creative Suites, Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others
Nice to Have
Master’s degree, Previous experience in a collegiate sports information/athletics communications office, Extensive feature writing experience, Demonstrated writing and interview skills, General knowledge of editing photos/digital images, Basic knowledge of website management
What You'll Do.
Serves as liaison between the Athletics Department and the media
Writing original press releases
Lay out and production of media guides and game notes
Supervision of student assistants
Compilation of statistics
Disseminating information to various media
Liaises between sports and media to arrange interviews and other media requests for assigned sports
feature stories and advisories
Distributes documents to all news and information media
Maintaining accurate and up-to-date information on 12thMan.com for assigned sports
Researches information to fulfill media requests
accurate narratives regarding Texas A&M’s athletics teams
Amplify the coverage of all sports programs and Texas A&M Athletics with the production of feature stories and extended coverage of teams’ success
Assists with event coverage from a writing standpoint
Provides up-close coverage in postseason success
Supervises the scheduling of assigned sport’s coaching staff and student-athletes as the result of media requests for interviews
media shoots and other public events
Facilitates communications between internal and external units in the Athletics Department
Provides encouragement and effective communication with regard to supervision of student assistants
Supervision of student assistants during office hours
game days and compilation of statistics for assigned sports
Teaching student staff feature writing skills and assigning features
develops and executes social media strategy
Participates in establishing the direction of social media execution
Serves as a key component of game operations for all Texas A&M sports teams
Preparation of media work areas
interview areas and arranging statistical crews
Assists talent for radio and television productions at home and away events
Creates the layout and production of media guides
game notes and game programs for assigned sports
posts and monitors all of Athletics’ external resources
including 12thMan.com
Works cooperatively with staff photographers
videographers and other resources
Maintains continual and thorough familiarity with all applicable NCAA
and University rules and regulations
Establishes and ensures communication and enforcement of rules and regulations concerning student-athletes
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Ability to work cooperatively with others; Facilitates communications between internal and external units in the Athletics Department; Works cooperatively with staff photographers, videographers and other resources
Communication Scope
Creative writing ability; Demonstrated writing and interview skills; Effective communication with regard to supervision of student assistants; Establishes and ensures communication and enforcement of rules and regulations
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