Assistant Media Relations Coordinator

The Utah State University Athletics Department is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Media Relations Coordinator (Public Relations Specialist I). This is a full-time, 12-month renewable position with full University benefits. The successful applicant will be responsible for helping the department with coverage and publicity of the university’s 16-sport varsity athletics programs. This position greatly enhances both the external and internal image of the Department.

The range of responsibilities for this position includes customer service, social media, graphic design, photography, statistics, event management, writing, editing, proactive media pitching, the facilitation of interview requests and archiving for up to three sports, travel to select events, and supervising interns and student assistants, along with other assigned duties.

• Assist in all aspects of running an efficient and effective operation with a primary focus on digital media and content creation.
• Use social media to promote individual teams and USU Athletics with graphics, video and unique messaging.
• Develop and execute creative content plans for assigned sports.
• Provide content for Utah State Athletics website (utahstateaggies.com) and social media pages.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism on and off the field toward student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and members of the community.
  Collaborate with creative content and marketing departments to create best possible coverage of teams, student-athletes and events.
• Work collaboratively with the University’s public relations office when required on athletic-related news stories and events.
• Develop and foster positive relationships and generate unique story ideas for local, national and hometown media.
• Tabulates official statistics for assigned sports with the use of NCAA Genius Live Stats and StatCrew.
• Attends athletic events of assigned sports (home and away) as required.
• Maintains historical records and statistics for assigned sports.
• Manages award nomination/selection processes for assigned sports.
• Produces media guides/record books and other publications for assigned sports.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree with minimum one-year experience in collegiate athletic media relations or a related field.
• The candidate must have the ability to meet short deadlines, work evenings and weekends, and be able to travel with designated teams when required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong writing, editing and design (print and web) skills.
• Must have a solid understanding of the benefits of social media.
• Working knowledge with photography and understands content creation.
• Working knowledge of web site management, specifically Sidearm, and multimedia production.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with coaches, student-athletes, staff, fans and alumni.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Premier Pro, etc.).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in NCAA Genius Live Stats and StatCrew.
• Ability to work independently as well as lead projects.

Along with the online application, please attach:

• Resume/CV to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV"
• Name and contact information for 3 professional references to be entered into Candidate Profile
• Cover letter to be typed/pasted at the end of your application

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**