Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Revenue Officer

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Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Revenue Officer

The University of Southern Mississippi is currently accepting applications for the position of Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Revenue Officer.

Position Details

Location

Hattiesburg 118 College DriveHattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406-0001United States

Division

Athletic Annual Fund

Position Type

Staff

Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Revenue Officer

The University of Southern Mississippi is currently accepting applications for the position of Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Revenue Officer.

Position Details

Location

Hattiesburg 118 College DriveHattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406-0001United States

Division

Athletic Annual Fund

Position Type

Staff

Employment Status

Full Time

Grant Funded

No

Posting Close Date

Open until filled

Job Summary  
Oversees and has primary responsibility for all external functions of Southern Miss Athletics including branding, communications, marketing and promotions, ticketing, annual fund giving, merchandising, spirit squads, and community outreach.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

1.  Directs, oversees, and approves all branding, communications, marketing, ticketing, merchandising, outreach, and video production plans; and ensures development and implementation of branding, communications, marketing and promotions plans for the Athletics Department and each sports program.
2.  Ensures Athletics Department approval of branding initiatives, event ticket pricing structures, community outreach initiatives, and other initiatives as applicable.
3. Directs revenue development of the external units of the Athletics Department, including marketing campaigns and ticket sales strategies, as well as maximizes the value of multi-media rights sponsorships, merchandising partnerships, and other revenue producing contracts.
4. Develops, monitors, and authorizes operating budgets and budget expenditures for all external units.
5. Directs and supervises direct reports and subordinate personnel in accordance with sound leadership principles and University personnel policies, procedures, and guidelines; and assesses the performance of all direct reports and personnel employed within the Athletics Department’s external units.
6. Directs and supervises selected sports programs, managing, planning, coordinating, negotiating, evaluating, advising, and budgeting of programs and personnel.
7. Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications 

Master's degree from four-year college or university in management, finance, business, marketing, sport management, coaching, or other related field and seven to nine years of intercollegiate athletics experience.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate and interact effectively with members of the public
• Ability to establish and maintain a good rapport with university faculty and staff, students, and the general public
• Skill in managing one’s own time and the time of others
• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail
• Ability to establish goals and objectives
• Skill in service orientation by actively looking for ways to help people
• Ability to provide support for student development with a demonstrable concern for students
• Ability to work effectively and patiently with students. Effective management experience and excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrated experience recruiting, evaluating, mentoring, and placing staff. Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions
• Ability to develop objectives, evaluate effectiveness, and assess needs
• Ability to process information logically
• Works to build and manage productive relationships with peers, leaders and customer groups. Effectively engages and interacts with others to collaborate and provide value-added support that enhances department results and team effectiveness. Affects outcomes and direction of customer’s decisions through effective relationships, trust and credibility.
• Understands higher education and can use industry/professional terminology fluently.
• Thinks strategically and seeks to align department services and goals with institutional strategic goals.

About The University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is a comprehensive public research institution delivering transformative programs on campuses in Hattiesburg and Long Beach, at teaching and research sites across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, as well as online. Founded in 1910, USM is one of only 131 universities in the nation to earn the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education's "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity" designation, and its robust research enterprise includes experts in ocean science and engineering, polymer science and engineering, and large event venue safety and security, among others.  USM is also one of only 37 institutions in the nation accredited in theatre, art and design, dance and music. As an economic driver, USM generates an annual economic impact of more than $600 million across the state. USM welcomes a diverse student body of more than 14,000, representing 71 countries, all 50 states, and every county in Mississippi. USM students have collected four Truman Scholarships and 37 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, while also leading Mississippi with 27 Goldwater Scholarships, an honor that recognizes the next generation of great research scientists. Home to the Golden Eagles, USM competes in 17 Division I sports sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). For more information, visit www.usm.edu.

As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer/Americans with Disabilities Act institution, The University of Southern Mississippi encourages minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities to apply.

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