Athletic Communications & Content Lead (Asst. AD)

Ajcunet; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of San Francisco seeks an experienced Assistant Athletic Director of Communications and Content to lead publicity for its 15-sport Division I program. This full-time, 12-month role partners with coaches and marketing to tell compelling student-athlete stories.

You will write game previews and recaps, manage bios, coordinate social media content, and collaborate with media outlets to amplify USF athletics. Some travel, evenings, weekends and holidays are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, Masters preferred, with emphasis on journalism, public relations, communications or related field a plus.
• 4 years of increasingly responsible experience in administration support work or related education including at least two years in an administrative support role. Preferred, experience in a sports information/communications athletic department.
• Proficiency with Stat Crew, NCAA Live Stats (Genius), Stat Input (Stat Broadcast).
• Experience working with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign and Photoshop).
• Ideal candidate is a versatile, creative storyteller with the ability to tell narratives through print, graphics and video creative content across all platforms.
• Excellent verbal, written, organizational and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience in feature writing, game coverage, copy editing and proofreading.
• Well-versed in social media strategies and trends including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok
• Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations across all USF sponsored sports

Responsibilities

• Manage and assist in communications efforts for various teams, including women’s basketball, and other sports determined by the Associate Athletic Director, Communications.
• Write game previews and recaps, update student-athlete and coach bios and write general news releases on department’s official website – USFDons.com.
• Maintain statistics, records and photo archives for assigned sports.
• Responsible for live and postgame statistics for all assigned sports. Must also be available to fill in as official statistician at home events as necessary.
• Work closely with head coaches in researching proper promotions of teams and student-athletes for department website usfdons.com and social media platforms.
• Write feature stories and assist in production of social media graphics and video content across various platforms.
• Maintain various statistical and historical research projects as assigned, including team record books.
• Facilitate various requests from coaching staffs, the West Coast Conference and NCAA.
• Collaborate with the Associate Athletic Director, Communications and colleagues in the university’s Office of Marketing Communications to share information, develop stories and amplify the achievements of USF student-athletes and our Division I athletics program.
• Create and maintain working relationships with local and national media outlets, proactively promoting coaches and student-athletes, and facilitating requests from media.
• Properly archive game action photos and work with marketing team and conference office for photo requests and other materials as needed.
• Promote student-athletes for various national and conference awards.
• Assist the Associate Athletic Director, Communications in planning and organizing all phases of communications team.
• Assist with gameday staffing for assigned sports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Storytelling

Video content creation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Masters preferred

Tools

Stat Crew

NCAA Live Stats (Genius)

Stat Input (Stat Broadcast)

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

The University of San Francisco seeks an experienced Assistant Athletic Director of Communications and Content to lead publicity for its 15-sport Division I program. This full-time, 12-month role partners with coaches and marketing to tell compelling student-athlete stories.

You will write game previews and recaps, manage bios, coordinate social media content, and collaborate with media outlets to amplify USF athletics. Some travel, evenings, weekends and holidays are required.