Assistant Director of Athletic Communications at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, VIC

Job description

The Assistant Director assists in developing, implementing, and managing a comprehensive public relations strategy, encompassing media relations, social media, website management, photography, video production, and live streaming, to provide exposure for Florida Tech's varsity athletic teams. The Assistant Director demonstrates the ability to establish positive, mutually respectful, and effective working relationships with scholar-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty, alumni, the public, and representatives of internal and external local, regional, and national media. Assisting with all gameday athletic communications operations, setup, and teardown for all home varsity athletic events, including assisting with hiring, training, scheduling, and management of part-time and student personnel to ensure Florida Tech athletics provides a positive experience for all participants and spectators in person and across all web and social media platforms. This position demonstrates establishing positive, mutually respectful, and effective working relationships with scholar-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty, alumni, and the public in supporting the University’s mission to educate global thinkers, resilient problem solvers, and future leaders, and Florida Tech athletics mission of developing athletes into scholars, champions, and leaders prepared to become global influencers in their relentless pursuit of greatness. Florida Institute of Technology is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II and the Sunshine State Conference (SSC). In meeting the University’s tradition of ethical conduct at all levels of university life, the role is responsible for demonstrating a commitment to represent the University in an honorable and ethical manner and complying with all athletic, NCAA, SSC, Florida Institute of Technology, and established Federal Government policies and protocols, including the use of all athletic and university software and technology systems, documentation, travel arrangements, equipment/supplies maintenance, orders, and community service. Assists with the operations of the athletic communications department (social media content, feature writing, and managing/updating FloridaTechSports.com), and manages all academic, competition, and community engagement content, and all event management tasks for sports covered, adhering to all athletic and University policies and protocols, and using all athletic and university software and technology systems, documentation, travel arrangements, equipment/supplies, maintenance, orders, and community service. Creation and implementation of the public relations plan for each assigned sport, production of athletic department printed and digital assets, and collaboration with the Director and Assistant Director for Athletic Partnerships & Promotions in developing event scripts, public address announcements, etc. Assisting with developing and coordinating photography (headshots, team and action, and community engagement) and live event video streaming and video content production (including the end-of-year athletic awards event) Assist with the coordination and compilation of all record books and other historical data for sports covered, including the oversight of maintaining accurate input of statistics utilizing approved NCAA software, distribution of official stats to coaches, opponents, Sunshine State Conference, NCAA, and other required services (including the nomination of scholar-athletes, coaches, and teams for weekly, pre/postseason academic, and athletic awards). Other duties as assigned by the Associate AD for External Operations and the Director of Athletics. Equal Opportunity Florida Institute of Technology does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics in its activiti