Sports Information Game Day Assistant - OPS

University of North Florida; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 16,531 - 24,796; Part time

Job summary

University of North Florida Athletics is seeking an Athletics Communications Assistant in Jacksonville. The role serves as the media relations contact for assigned sports and supports interview coordination, press materials, and published content.

You will help manage social media for the programs and assist with live statistics during events. The position requires familiarity with athletic communications workflows, content creation, and collaboration with NCAA and conference partners.

Qualifications

• Experience in media relations and coordinating interviews with external media.
• Ability to tie content into cohesive messaging for teams and student-athletes.
• Experience supporting social media strategy and content creation for athletic programs.
• Familiarity with event-day statistics and live stats delivery.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate interviews with local, regional and national media.
• Develop and tie together interviews, recaps, features, and social content.
• Assist in social media management and strategy for assigned sports.
• Use Sidearm Sports, Stat Crew, and Genius Live Stats for game operations.
• Support broadcasts and live streams as needed.

Skills

Media relations

Social media management

Live statistics

Content creation

Broadcast support

Tools

Sidearm Sports

Stat Crew

Genius Live Stats

Job description

Department Athletics, Strategic Communications-OPS Compensation $15.00 Hourly Required Qualifications

The Athletics Communications Assistant will serve as the media relations contact for assigned sport(s). The responsibility of this position includes:

• Coordinating interviews and working with external media entities including print, radio, social media, web and tv for local, regional and national requests.
• Tie creative, promotional and informational content into a cohesive message benefitting teams and student-athletes. Interviews, press releases, recaps, feature stories, social media content, video and photo content will be used to deliver this information.
• Assist in the overall social media management and strategy for assigned sport(s).
• Uses Sidearm Sports backend, Stat Crew, Genius Live Stats.
• Offers support of broadcasts and live streams as needed.
• Acts as the lead statistician for assigned sport(s), responsible for doing live stats at events while training student and part-time staff as needed.
• May be responsible for game day staff and other in-game statistical duties.
• Generating almanacs, quick facts, game notes and other published material for in-house and external uses.
• Keep an archive of UNF records from local media, submit information on athletes in various sports for athlete honors through NCAA, Conference, CoSIDA, and governing sports bodies.
• Build and maintain photo files; provide information to other on-campus departments for public relation brochures and publications, catalogs, annual reports, etc.

Statement(s) of Understanding

This position requires a background check. In conjunction with the University's policy, this position may also require a credit check.

The holder of this position is designated as a "Responsible Employee" pursuant to their role under Title IX. Therefore, the incumbent must promptly report allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual violence, and child sexual abuse by or against any student, employee, contractor, or visitor to the University's Title IX Administrator or any divisional Title IX Coordinator

The holder of this position is responsible for any NCAA and Atlantic Sun Conference bylaws and guidelines that a member of the UNF Athletic Compliance Department provides in addition to all UNF regulations. The individual must also assure that NCAA, Conference and UNF regulations are followed to the best of their knowledge and any violations thereof are reported to UNF Athletic Compliance.

Statement(s) of Understanding

This position requires a background check. In conjunction with the University's policy, this position may also require a credit check. The holder of this position is designated as "Responsible Employee" pursuant to their role under Title IX. Therefore, the incumbent must promptly report allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual violence, and child sexual abuse by or against any student, employee, contractor, or visitor to the University's Title IX Administrator or any divisional Title IX Coordinator The holder of this position is responsible for any NCAA and Atlantic Sun Conference bylaws and guidelines that a member of the UNF Athletic Compliance Department provides in addition to all UNF regulations. The individual must also assure that NCAA, Conference and UNF regulations are followed to the best of their knowledge and any violations thereof are reported to UNF Athletic Compliance.

Equal Opportunity The University of North Florida (UNF) is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all who interact in our community. In building this environment, we strive to attract students, faculty and staff from a variety of cultures, backgrounds and life experiences. The University of North Florida does not commit or permit discrimination or harassment on the basis of genetic information, race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, marital status, national origin, or veteran status in any educational, employment, social, recreational program or activity that it offers. In addition, UNF will not commit or permit retaliation against an individual who reports discrimination or harassment or an individual who cooperates in an investigation of an alleged violation of university regulation.

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