Assistant Director of Digital and Social Media – Athletics
EXPIRED

Hampton University

Hampton, VA

Posted Date: Feb 13, 2024

Expired Date: Jun 14, 2024

QUALIFICATION

  • Salary Expectation
    Unknown
  • Years of Experience
    Not provided
  • Work Type
    Full-time

ABOUT PROGRAM

About the Job
Job Description

Assistant Director of Digital and Social Media – Athletics

Reporting to the Deputy Athletics Director of External Affairs/Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), this position will lead in executing of digital media strategies for Hampton Pirates Athletics. The focus will be creating content and crafting messages that drive engagement on all owned digital channels, including social media platforms and the athletics website (Hamptonpirates.com). The emphasis will be placed on brand and audience building, cultivating and developing relationships with our digital audience, and revenue generation. This includes working with support staff, coaches and student-athletes.

Core Responsibilities

  • Showcase the brand of Hampton University Athletics and its sports programs by working in conjunction with various units in the department and university to execute the strategies maximize engagement on digital platforms.
  • Assist in the implementation of marketing and advertising strategy by incorporating digital media tactics.
  • Assist in the recruiting, training and scheduling of graduate assistants and undergraduate intern content staff.
  • Utilize website analytics to create reports for internal use for optimizing and measuring success of content strategies.
  • Stay up to date on new and emerging social media platforms and best practices.
  • Facilitate the activation of sponsored digital content inventory, planning, and messaging.
  • Ensure digital media support is provide on game-days and for other important events as assigned. This may include travel to away games and other events.
  • Work with student-athletes, coaches and staff to provide social media best practices for their individual brands. This includes contributing to educational programming to prepare student-athletes to take advantage Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) opportunities.
  • Embodies the Hampton University core values: integrity, respect, decency, dignity, and responsibility.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
Department History

Hampton University Communications 2024–2025

Person Role

Alexander Shaffer

Director Of Strategic & Broadcast Communications

Dylan D'Andrea

Director of Broadcast Services

Mike Ballweg

Assistant Athletics Director, Strategic & Broadcast Communications (FB)

Jim Heath

Assistant Director of Strategic & Broadcast Communications

Hampton University Marketing 2024–2025

Person Role

Corresa Morgan

Assistant Athletic Director, Sports Marketing & Fan Engagement

Janiya Barcliff

Assistant Director for Digital & Social Media

Hampton University Communications 2023–2024

Person Role

Mike Ballweg

Assistant Athletics Director of Strategic & Broadcast Communications (FB, WBB)

Alexander Shaffer

Director Of Strategic & Broadcast Communications

Colson Lugbill

Assistant Director of Strategic & Broadcast Communications

Hampton University Marketing 2023–2024

Person Role

Pamela Richardson

Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing, Fan Development & Promotions

Marquis Smalls

Assistant Director of Sports Marketing & Fan Engagement

Hampton University Communications 2022–2023

Person Role

Mike Ballweg

Assistant Director of Athletics for Strategic Communications and Broadcasting

Hampton University Marketing 2022–2023

Person Role

Pamela Richardson

Director of Marketing and Promotions

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