Assistant Media Relations Coordinator

Overview

The Utah State University Athletics Department is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Media Relations Coordinator (Public Relations Spec II). This is a full-time, 12-month renewable position with full University benefits. The successful applicant will be responsible for helping the department with coverage and publicity of the university’s 16-sport varsity athletics programs. This position greatly enhances both the external and internal image of the Department. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications, plus excellent benefits.

Responsibilities

The range of responsibilities for this position includes customer service, social media, graphic design, photography, statistics, event management, writing, editing, proactive media pitching, the facilitation of interview requests and archiving for up to three sports, travel to select events, and supervising interns and student assistants, along with other assigned duties.

 

Essential Functions:

• Assist in all aspects of running an efficient and effective operation with a primary focus on digital media and content creation.
• Use social media to promote individual teams and USU Athletics with graphics, video and unique messaging.
• Develop and execute creative content plans for assigned sports.
• Provide content for Utah State Athletics website (utahstateaggies.com) and social media pages.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism on and off the field toward student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and members of the community.
• Collaborate with creative content and marketing departments to create best possible coverage of teams, student-athletes and events.
• Work collaboratively with the University’s public relations office when required on athletic-related news stories and events.
• Develop and foster positive relationships and generate unique story ideas for local, national and hometown media.
• Tabulates official statistics for assigned sports with the use of NCAA Genius Live Stats and StatCrew.
• Attends athletic events of assigned sports (home and away) as required.
• Maintains historical records and statistics for assigned sports.
• Manages award nomination/selection processes for assigned sports.
• Produces media guides/record books and other publications for assigned sports.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualications:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, public relations, advertising, communication, or related field plus two years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• The candidate must have the ability to meet short deadlines, work evenings and weekends, and be able to travel with designated teams when required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong writing, editing and design (print and web) skills.
• Must have a solid understanding of the benefits of social media.
• Working knowledge with photography and understands content creation.
• Working knowledge of web site management, specifically Sidearm, and multimedia production.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with coaches, student-athletes, staff, fans and alumni.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Premier Pro, etc.).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in NCAA Genius Live Stats and StatCrew.
• Ability to work independently as well as lead projects.

Required Documents

Along with the online application, please attach:

1. Resume to be uploaded into the Candidate Profile

2. Contact information for three (3) references

 

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Advertised Salary

Commensurate with experience, plus excellent benefits

ADA

The environment and physical requirements may change depending on the specific function of the work each department performs. Incumbents may be in both indoor and outdoor environments.

University Highlights

Founded in 1888, Utah State University is Utah’s premier land-grant and space-grant university, with a strong commitment to excellence, access, and inclusion. USU serves approximately 27,500 students throughout the state at three residential campuses, eight statewide campuses, and 23 education centers. USU Online has served students from all 50 states and 55 countries for over 25 years, and USU Extension provides outreach and service to all counties in Utah.  

 

As a land-grant university, USU engages communities and empowers people to lead successful lives of involvement, innovation, a