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Palm Beach Atlantic University · 2 weeks ago

Assistant Director, Athletic Communications

West Palm Beach, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

1+ years exp

Palm Beach Atlantic University is a premier Christ-first university located in South Florida, competing in NCAA Division II athletics. They are seeking an Assistant Director of Athletic Communications to lead and support media relations, create content across digital platforms, and manage gameday operations while fostering relationships with stakeholders.

Higher Education

Culture & Values

Responsibilities

Works closely with the athletics department staff, student-athletes, gameday staff, and PBA’s sports broadcasting students to ensure seamless communication across all stakeholders

Maintains and creates content for the official athletics website as well as for social media and other platforms

Assists with designing and implementing a social media plan to promote the athletic department

Creates compelling content using Adobe Creative Suite to promote athletic department events and achievements

Maintains meticulous records and historical archives of PBA’s digital assets

Manages and organizes archives of photo, video, and graphic content

Submits nominations for Conference, Regional, and National Awards

Schedules and executes media days ensuring a smooth and seamless process for internal and external stakeholders

Maintains regular contact with athletics staff, PBA sports broadcasting students, and gameday workers

Collaborates with key external stakeholders such as external athletic conferences and associations as well as coaches and administrators from other institutions

Fulfills gameday roles such as statistics keeping, writing press releases, public address announcing, creating content, photography and videography

Provides a safe and welcoming environment for student-athletes, coaches, staff and all visitors

Writes game recap articles for assigned programs

Assists with online video streams of home events through partnership with Sports Broadcasting majors

Helps train, mentor, and supervise gameday staff and student workers

Adheres to all budgetary guidelines, as well as University, Sunshine State Conference (SSC) and NCAA rules and regulations

Follows all facilities and operations budgetary guidelines, as well as University, Sunshine State Conference (SSC) and NCAA rules and regulations

Attends mandatory compliance and departmental meetings as scheduled

Manages expenses ensuring they are kept within the program budget

Oversees area performance management, functional training, talent development, and interviewing prospective student worker candidates

Supports the Assistant Athletic Director for Communications in day-to-day functions including oversight of Graduate Assistants

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Adobe PhotoshopContent creationSports information processesAnalytical ThinkingEffective CommunicationProject ManagementCustomer Service OrientationProfessionalismCreativityLeadershipTeamwork

Required

Bachelor's degree in sports management, communications, marketing, or a related field, required

1+ years of demonstrated knowledge of sports information processes, content creation proficiency, proven ability to collect and analyze data, required

Requires demonstrated proficiency in Adobe Photoshop for design and content creation tasks

Customer Service Orientation – Keeps internal and/or external key stakeholder(s), students, parents, faculty, staff and community partners in mind at all times

Professionalism – Displays a high level of professionalism, e.g. timeliness, reliability, communication, and work ethic

Christ-first Faith – Provides spiritual support to community members, including students, on their Christian faith journey

Analytical Thinking & Decision Making – Identifies and understands trends and/or issues, connects data points through analysis and logical conclusions/actionable strategies

Attention to Detail – Ability to efficiently and accurately focus on a specific task or number of tasks. Reviews details with a critical eye

Conflict Management – Functions professionally and wisely during difficult conversations, while under stress, and while managing challenging situations

Continuous Improvement – Implement or brainstorm ways to optimize a process

Creativity – Ability to think creatively and design creative solutions to problems

Develops Others – Ability to promote continuous improvement within teams and/or individuals

Effective Communication – Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated messaging across a wide variety of audiences

Establishes Trust – Gains the confidence of others by actions and words that promote being honest, forthcoming, and vulnerable

Leadership/Influence – Ability to motivate, coach and develop others, as well as influence a group of people to achieve common goals, and implement university strategies. Strong supervisory skills

Problem-solving – Anticipates, evaluates, diagnoses, and resolves problems in a systematic and fact-based manner

Project and Time Management – Effective planning and priority setting. Ability to manage several complex projects simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines

Results Orientation & Accountability – Takes accountability and identifies, executes and drives actions to consistently achieve desired results

Teamwork & Collaboration – Creates a climate that fosters commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others both departmentally and cross-functionally

Technology – Strong aptitude to learn new technologies as department processes evolve

Ability to work non-routine hours during certain times of the year

Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time

Ability to traverse campus and stairs

Ability to lift/move objects up to 25 pounds