Associate Athletic Director of Strategic Communications

Compensation

$65,000.00 to Negotiable Annual

Responsible for the overall direction, management and supervision of several UNF Athletics external operations work units, including Communications, Broadcast, and Creative. Manage all related budgets as well as full and part-time employees, graduate assistants, interns, and student assistants. Responsibilities include, but not limited to, the following:

- Responsible for managing the information and function of UNFOspreys.com. Responsible for the website design, maintenance, and updates.

- Manage and promote media interaction with the Athletic Department, Coaches, and student-Athletes.

- Serve as Department spokesperson and advise the Athletic Director on media relations matters.

Athletics communications will act as the primary communicators through department social media platforms, in collaboration with external operations department colleagues.

- Serve as the primary voice for the department’s brand and will enhance the mission of University of North Florida Athletic Department through creative and strategic messaging.

- Act as the lead statistician for the department, responsible for game day operations and training staff in statistical duties.

- Responsible for in-house and external informational publications.

- Manage and continuously assess the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit including software, hardware, and personnel workflow for athletics communications to ensure efficiency, quality information, and consistent brand messaging.

- Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

- Handle the day-to-day responsibilities of publication of creative content on social media platforms.

- Will shoot and edit photos and video as needed to promote strategic storytelling through new media strategies.

- Responsible for the Department’s digital content creation and generating exposure for all 19 teams and 300 student-athletes.

- Provides oversight and overall direction of all broadcast operations, including ESPN+ productions. Support the Assistant AD of Broadcast Operations in the management of staff, budget, and game day productions.

- Member of the Athletics Department senior staff assisting in the development and implementation of strategies and objectives to ensure departmental goals are met.

- Leadership responsibilities of the external operations team which is responsible for the advancement of the Athletic Departments external affairs, brand awareness and enhancement, social media presence, and revenue generation.

- The position will accept additional duties and special projects as assigned by the Athletic Director and/or his designee.

Apply Here: https://unf.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/unfjobs/job/Jacksonville-FL/Associate-Athletic-Director-of-Strategic-Communications_JR101238

For more information about this position, please reach out to Nick Morrow at nick.morrow@unf.edu.