Assistant Director Athletic Communications/ Broadcast & Digital Media

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Assistant Director Athletic Communications/ Broadcast & Digital Media

Department: Athletic Administration Location: West Haven, CT

The University of New Haven, founded on the Yale campus in 1920, is a private, coeducational university recognized by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report for academic excellence. Located between New York City and Boston in the shoreline city of West Haven, the University is a diverse and vibrant community of nearly 10,000 students from across the globe.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

To promote and publicize the University of New Haven’s student-athletes, coaches, athletic alumni, special athletics events and the University utilizing new media and communication platforms.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Digital Video Production

Assistant Director Athletic Communications/ Broadcast & Digital Media

Department: Athletic Administration Location: West Haven, CT

The University of New Haven, founded on the Yale campus in 1920, is a private, coeducational university recognized by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report for academic excellence. Located between New York City and Boston in the shoreline city of West Haven, the University is a diverse and vibrant community of nearly 10,000 students from across the globe.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

To promote and publicize the University of New Haven’s student-athletes, coaches, athletic alumni, special athletics events and the University utilizing new media and communication platforms.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Digital Video Production

  • Coordinate production of live video broadcasts for home events.
  • Recruit, train and schedule appropriate staffing to adequately produce high quality live video of home contests.
  • Coordinate production of video highlight packages and video feature stories to promote teams and student-athletes.
  • Coordinate production of video projects benefiting the entire department (examples: department highlight video for recruiting purposes, This is West Haven video for recruiting purposes, Hall of Fame induction videos.)
  • Coordinate production of video packages for special events including, but not limited to, fund raising events, Hall of Fame Dinner, Awards Dinner, Charger Huddle, Charger Classic Golf Tournament.
  • Maintain department and University video and audio equipment in excellent working condition.

• Digital Content Management

  • Develop a plan to utilize the Department and team social media accounts to promote teams and student-athletes.
  • Recruit and schedule appropriate staffing to cover home contests on social media channels.
  • Work with Associate AD to ensure teams and programs are using appropriately branded content.
  • Using Digital Content team, promote department wide activities to generate interest and awareness of athletics among the University community.

• Media Relations

  • Primary contact for select sports.
  • Report information and statistics to governing athletics bodies such as the NCAA, NE10 and sport Coaches Associations.
  • Write post-game stories for distribution to media and post on the department's web site.
  • Promote student-athletes for weekly, seasonal, regional and national awards.
  • Assist in maintaining current and historical statistics, schedules and rosters.
  • Research. compile, and update season and career school records for assigned sport.
  • Assist in maintaining organized photo files.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Associate Director of Athletics/Strategic Communications and the Director of Athletics and Recreation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree preferred.
• Strong writing, editing, communicating and organizing skills.
• Extensive knowledge of video production, both live and post.
• Competency in digital content marketing including social media applications and website design, development and implementation.

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