Athletic Communication Coordinator

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. The posted salary and/or position title may be adjusted dependent on the successful candidates education experience and unique qualifications as they relate to the position. Sponsorship is not available for any staff positions and unless otherwise indicated within the posting information is not available for most faculty positions.

This position is responsible for assisting supervisor with all aspects of creative and social media public relations and the general promotion of the athletic department to provide direct contact between the department and external constituencies. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

• Serve as a primary athletic communications contact for assigned sports executing the day-to-day promotion of those programs and serving as an official spokesperson and liaison to the public;
• Serve as seasonal sport-specific media relations coordinator including oversight of statistical services for assigned home events;
• Create press releases and/or game highlight recaps for assigned sports for distribution on ;
• Work closely with marketing athletic communications broadcast productions and associated external units on various assignments that require sports information expertise;
• Assist in the creative process for production of content for digital platforms including but not limited to Facebook Instagram and Twitter to tell stories and highlight the successes of North Alabama Athletics;
• Provide support in the creation of designs for a variety of mediums marketing collateral social media digital design elements templates email etc. within the established brand identity and brand guidelines;
• Work in collaboration with communications conference and national officials for weekly and post-season awards in assigned sports;
• Assist communications office with updating of historical information and school records for assigned sports;
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES:
Travel with assigned teams during regular and/or post-season events as needed.

• Bachelors degree required;
• One to two years of experience with creative media video and/or athletics communication required.

Applicants must upload a resume at the time of application as well as provide contact information for at least three professional references. For questions please email or call 256.765.4291 and select option #2. Selecting an option other than #2 will result in a delayed response.

UNA is an equal opportunity employer. We seek a wide range of applicants for our positions so that our core values will be affirmed.