Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Assistant Director of Athletic Public Relations coordinates all media relations activities relevant to his/her assigned sports, including publications, website and game management.  This person serves as the primary media contact for coaches and student-athletes and works continually to promote the image of Richmond Athletics.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as the primary athletic public relations contact for for women’s basketball and at least two additional sports assigned by supervisor by filling media requests, providing website and official social media updates, writing articles, producing recruiting materials, graphic design, video production and content creation, and recording and updating statistics in a timely fashion. Sport assignments are subject to change. (50%)
• Responsible for all aspects of assigned sports game management to include coordinating with appropriate personnel for live video streaming;  managing media requests, assigning personnel for in-game statistics, and producing game day programs. (15%)
• Responsible for maintaining and updating RichmondSpiders.com and official social media sites with all relevant coverage for assigned sports; including video, press releases, and record management. (15%)
• Serve as the liaison between the local and national media and our student-athletes for all assigned sports. (10%)
• Provides media coverage of community relations events conducted or attended by our athletic teams. (10%)

CONTACTS:

• Members of local and national media – to coordinate interviews, promote Richmond Athletics and assist media in its coverage of Richmond Athletics.
• Coaching staffs and student-athletes – to post stories, conduct interviews, and provide coverage of newsworthy activities.
• Athletic administrators from other schools and conferences – to organize post-game interviews, access to away events, and availability of Richmond student-athletes for media coverage.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

• Assist with the day-to-day supervision of graduate and undergraduate student assistants.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL EFFORT:

• Some physical demand of transporting equipment for game management at athletic events is required (computers, printers, stat machines, etc.).
• Travel with teams as assigned to serve as contact to media at the site of competition and to produce game coverage for RichmondSpiders.com and social media, including written content, video, photographs, and to gather and report results and statistics in an accurate and timely manner.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Possess athletic public relations/communications experience, including media, publications, design, and game management skills at the college or professional level.

• Excellent communications skills; Individual should have working knowledge of Mac operating system, video operation and editing software such as Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere Pro), Adobe InDesign; Adobe Photoshop; website publication tools;  StatCrew and NCAA Live Stats.
• Adherence to all applicable NCAA, conference, and institutional rules and regulations is required.

Education and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 1-3 years in college or professional athletic communications/public relations or video.

Salary Exempt Grade 5: $43,867 to $58,136

Scheduled Hours:   Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm; 38.75 hours per week. Some weekends and evenings. Travel is required.