Communications Assistant

CP16 Plymouth State University; United States; On-site; USD 11,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

Plymouth State University seeks Athletics Communications Assistants to support game day statistics, broadcasting, and media relations for PSU athletics. Positions are non-essential but require afternoon, evening, and weekend availability, including Saturdays.

Training is provided; knowledge of sports or broadcasting is preferred. Compensation is $10 per hour, with opportunities to contribute across multiple sports and events.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of sports and broadcasting is preferred; training will be provided.
• Team player with flexibility to work afternoons, evenings and Saturdays.
• Preferred qualifications include prior experience or knowledge of sports broadcasting.

Responsibilities

• Enter live statistics into the official stat program during events.
• Relay game action to the stat inputter and maintain the official scoresheet.
• Provide play-by-play or color commentary and assist with broadcasts.
• Create game programs and update PSU Athletics website.
• Provide action photography and create short highlight clips.
• Serve as PA announcer at home events.

Skills

Sports knowledge

Broadcasting knowledge

Team player

Flexible schedule

Job description

USNH Employees should apply within Workday through the Jobs Hub app Athletics Communications Assistants report to the Athletics Communications Assistant for Broadcasting and Assistant Athletics Director, Athletics Communications. These positions are designed to assist the Athletics Communications office with game day statistics and broadcasting and other media relations associated with Plymouth State athletics.

Positions are considered non-essential, but candidates must be available to work home athletics events during weekday afternoons and evenings and weekends. Athletics events are not always canceled when campus is closed.

Duties/Responsibilities

Statistics

• Stat inputter – responsible for entering data into live stat program during the event.
• Stat caller – responsible for relaying the action from the event to the Stat Inputter for capture.
• Scoresheet – responsible for maintaining the official NCAA scoresheet (not needed for all sporting events)
• Participation – responsible for tracking team members who participate in an NCAA sanctioned home event (not needed for all sporting events)

Broadcast

• Commentator – responsible for play-by-play or color commentary during home athletics events.
• Producer – responsible for all aspects of the broadcast, including managing commentators, working with camera operators to obtain necessary shots, running ads, controlling on-screen graphics/scoreboards, managing replay.
• Camera operator – responsible for manning the camera(s) at home athletics events, providing the feed for the broadcast.

Office Work

• Create game programs for home athletics events.
• Assist with confirming NCAA statistics at the end of each sport season.
• Update website with pertinent information.

Photography/Content Creation

• Provide action photography at home athletics events.
• Create short highlight clips at home athletics events to promote PSU Athletics.

Public Address Announcer

• Serve as PA announcer at home athletics events. Announce starting lineups, sportsmanship statements and special events at home games.

Requirements

• Preferred candidates would have knowledge of sports and/or broadcasting, though previous experience is not necessary. The Athletics Communications office will provide training for all interested parties.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Team player. Able to be flexible. Available afternoons, nights and weekends (specifically Saturdays). Comfortable with computers and current technology.
• Preferred Qualifications: Prior experience or knowledge of sports and/or broadcasting.

Compensation Pay Range: $10 /hour

Plymouth State University offers high-quality baccalaureate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs. Through research and innovative community partnerships, the University contributes to the economic, social, cultural, and environmental development of the North Country and Lakes Region of New Hampshire and beyond. Plymouth State University (PSU) is transforming the campus to create a first-of-its-kind university holistically organized around integrated clusters. Our goal is to provide a dynamic interdisciplinary and innovative learning environment. Students, faculty, staff, and community will connect to solve real-world challenges that will benefit people and organizations at all levels. We are a residential and comprehensive university with a warm and engaged learning community focused on teaching excellence and regional engagement. The University is located in the heart of the Lakes Region and White Mountains of New Hampshire and serves approximately 4,300 undergraduate and more than 2,000 graduate students. Surrounded by lakes and mountains, PSU’s 170-acre campus provides students with an outstanding natural laboratory for learning and an ideal setting for outdoor recreation. PSU has consistently earned national recognition for its commitment to community service, environmental sustainability, academic excellence, and employee wellness.

EEO Statement The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Salary Grade: Adjunct Hourly Staff 00 Location: Plymouth

The University System of New Hampshire is the largest provider of postsecondary education in the Granite State. With approximately 30,000 enrolled students annually and more than 90,000 alumni living in state, the institutions of the University System - the University of New Hampshire - Durham, the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Plymouth State University, and Keene State College - have a direct impact on hundreds of thousands of New Hampshire citizens every year.