Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations

Job Title

Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations

Agency

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Department

Athletics Programs

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Corpus Christi, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

TAMU-CC is a dynamic university designated as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) with approximately 11,000 students from 47 states and 54 foreign nations. We employ over 1,400 full-time and 2,000 part-time Islanders (including students/GAs). The University attracts highly talented faculty and staff and offers an array of undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral programs.  As a member of the Texas A&M University System, TAMU-CC benefits from a range of resources, increased visibility and influence, and opportunities to collaborate in mutually beneficial ways with peers across member institutions and associated agencies.

 

TAMU-CC’s beautiful campus is located on a 240-acre island on Corpus Christi Bay and was ranked #1 College by the Sea by Best College Reviews. Our natural setting is enhanced by its modern, attractive, and state-of-the-art classroom buildings and support facilities.

 

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PURPOSE

The Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations and is responsible for all public- facing external communications, media relations, and information in support of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Athletics.

DESCRIPTION

Functional Area 1: Sports Information

Percent Effort: 70%

• Coordinate and direct the activities of the athletic media relations staff serving 16 intercollegiate sports.

• Serve as the primary athletics department liaison to local, regional, and national media as well as other universities, conferences, and organizations.

• Serve as spokesman/ambassador for the athletics department and the university.

• Supervise the writing and circulating of news releases to the media.

• Assist with the coordination of game day operations for several sports.

• Maintain current and historical statistics including records for athletic teams.

• Nominate student-athletes for athletic and academic awards within the university, conference and NCAA.

• Recruit, train, supervise and schedule student-workers to help with gameday functions.

• Collaborate with the School of Communications on projects and internships.

• Responsible for live stat production at home events.

• Travel with assigned teams as necessary.

Functional Area 2: Strategic Communication

Percent Effort: 20%

• Manage athletics website in conjunction with the Associate AD of Marketing, Fan engagement and Creative Content (goislanders.com) with oversight of all information and content including feature stories and student-athlete spotlights.

• Work closely and collaboratively with external relations to a) enhance the visibility of the Islanders Athletic program in the conference, state and nationally, b) advance TAMU-CC mission, vision and branding, c) develop and implement printed and online materials aligned with Athletics design standards and TAMU-CC Brand and Style Guide.

• Serve as primary live broadcast web streaming technician with ESPN+ streaming productions.

• Maintain the infrastructure and processes behind ESPN+ streaming productions.

• Organize all athletics photographs and supervise archiving of all video elements.

Functional Area 3: Compliance

Percent Effort: 10%

• Administer budget for the athletic communications unit.

• Responsible for verifying all public facing data.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Bachelor’s Degree in communications, journalism, sports administration, or closely related field.

• Two (2) years of related experience in athletics communications or broadcasting

• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE

• ​Master’s Degree.

• Demonstrated student-worker supervisory experience.

• Strong knowledge of SIDEARM CMS or comparable website management software.

• Experience with Adobe Premier or other video editing software. Live video streaming experience.

• Intermediate skills in various computer programs inc