Athletics Communications Director & Media Relations

Experience Champaign Urbana; Urbana (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Illinois Athletics is seeking a Communications Coordinator to manage publicity for assigned sports, provide media training to coaches and student-athletes, and cultivate relationships with local, regional and national media to promote our programs. The role includes producing press materials, coordinating broadcast coverage, handling media credentialing, and supporting other sports programs as needed.

It also covers updating FightingIllini.com and managing social media to tell compelling

Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily management and coordination of publicizing activities for assigned sports
• Provide public and media training and preparation for members of the coaching staff and student-athletes to ensure the brand of Illinois Athletics and assigned sports
• Develop and maintain relationships with local, regional and national media for the purpose or promoting the sport programs and Illinois Athletics brand
• Execute athletics communication efforts in the writing of press releases, production of media notes, designing programs, and tracking statistics and records
• Work with Television and Radio rights holders on preparations of broadcast coverage
• Administer the media credentialing and game management tasks for assigned sports
• Support or direct the communication efforts for other sport programs as needed
• Other duties as assigned
• Update FightingIllini.com regularly and manage social media efforts (Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube, et al) for assigned sports and department, engaging fan base and providing immediate informational updates
• Leverage digital media platforms to create a comprehensive storytelling program to amplify the department, athletic programs and student-athletes
• Serve as historian for assigned sports and department as a whole archiving all relevant season information, both digitally and in printed form, consisting of written materials, statistics, records, results, and photos

Job description

Illinois Athletics is seeking a Communications Coordinator to manage publicity for assigned sports, provide media training to coaches and student-athletes, and cultivate relationships with local, regional and national media to promote our programs. The role includes producing press materials, coordinating broadcast coverage, handling media credentialing, and supporting other sports programs as needed.

It also covers updating FightingIllini.com and managing social media to tell compelling