Associate AD, Athletics Communications

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is seeking an Associate Athletic Director for Communications in Edinburg, TX. You will lead all athletic media relations, branding, and broadcasting efforts across ESPN+, regional networks, and Vaqueros Sports Network.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and collaboration with marketing and revenue units. You will supervise staff, manage budgets, and ensure consistency with university messaging across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Four (4) years of professional experience in media relations and/or marketing, including supervisory experience.
• Experience in NCAA Division I or II institution preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic HTML knowledge and familiarity with sports web and digital media tools.

Responsibilities

• Leads, plans, and executes all communication programs including media relations, creative services, athletic web page, radio, internet, and television broadcasts.
• Manages communications including media relations, sports information, print and electronic design and website development.
• Oversees broadcasts on ESPN+, NCAA networks and Vaqueros Sports Network; ensures sponsorship fulfillment.
• Develops athletics public relations plans for local, regional, and national exposure.
• Plans operating budget for sports information and communications activities.
• Hires, trains, and supervises staff; coordinates with University Marketing and Communications.

Skills

Media relations

Marketing

Supervisory experience

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

NCAA Live Stats

Adobe Creative Cloud

InDesign

Sidearm

Job description

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is seeking an Associate Athletic Director for Communications in Edinburg, TX. You will lead all athletic media relations, branding, and broadcasting efforts across ESPN+, regional networks, and Vaqueros Sports Network.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and collaboration with marketing and revenue units. You will supervise staff, manage budgets, and ensure consistency with university messaging across platforms.