Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications and Marketing

About the position

The position involves managing various aspects of athletic operations, including statistics input, recordkeeping, scoreboard operations, sound systems, and live streaming. The role also includes leading the strategic communication and marketing plan to promote and enhance the visibility and branding of all athletic programs. Responsibilities extend to the development and production of athletic publications, game day programs, social media content, and brand identity for Truman Athletics. Additionally, the position requires overseeing updates to the Truman State Athletics website, coordinating team and individual photographs, facilitating athletic promotions during events, and organizing event support staff.

Responsibilities

• Managing statistics input, recordkeeping, scoreboard operations, sound systems, and live streaming.
• Lead strategic communication and marketing plan.
• Promoting and enhancing the visibility and branding for all athletic programs.
• Development and production of all athletic publications and promotions, game day programs and material, social media content and brand identity for Truman Athletics.
• Oversee Truman State Athletics website updates.
• Coordinate team/individual photographs and team media days.
• Facilitate athletic pre-game, in-game, and athletic special event promotions.
• Organize and schedule all sports information event support staff including but not limited to scorer's table and press box.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• Proficient in the use of computers.
• Demonstrated effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated professional experience working with website content management systems.
• Experience with NCAA in-game scoring rules and software.
• Experience with graphic design software.
• Experience with streaming and video software.
• Experience in social media content creation: press releases, post-game write-ups, weekly events, etc.
• Experience with scoreboard operations.

Nice-to-haves

• Three years of experience working in collegiate athletics.
• Professional experience with Sidearm Sports website content management system.
• Experience with Presto Sports and Genius Sports for NCAA in-game scoring rules.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign and Photoshop for graphic design.
• Experience with Production Truck, Hudl, Synergy, and SkyCoach for streaming, video productions, and replay systems.
• Experience with Nevco or Daktronics for scoreboard operations.

Benefits

• Paid sick and vacation time.
• Paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Retirement plan.
• Paid parental leave.
• Tuition discount for eligible employees after one year.