Director of Athletics Communications

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Location:

Edmond, OK

| | | Position: Director of Athletics Communications | |

Location:

Edmond, OK

| | Job Id: 297 | | # of Openings: 1 | |

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Director of Athletics Communications

OC Mission and Purpose: Oklahoma Christian University is a higher learning community transforming lives for Christian faith, scholarship, and service. OC is committed to hiring employees actively engaged in Christian discipleship as we strive to create an employment culture that encourages faculty and staff to lean into the university’s Christian mission, emphasizing authenticity and unity, not uniformity. We encourage you to explore our beliefs to determine if our mission is your calling.

Position Summary:

The Director for Athletics Communications is responsible for providing leadership and coordinating all Sports Information matters related to the NCAA Division II and the Lone Star Conference. The Director for Athletics Communications plans and implements programs in communications, publications, and promotions which further the objectives, enhance the image and increases the generation of notoriety for the universities 20+ sport NCAA and Club athletics programs. The DAC targets audiences and finds ways to reach them with information about the Universities student athletes and athletic teams and develops themes to project an image which the institution is trying to project with its intercollegiate athletics sports program. The Director for Athletics Communications reports to the Director of Athletics

Primary Duties:

• Implement and oversee all Sports Information initiatives in accordance with policies set forth by the NCAA, the Lone Star Conference, and Oklahoma Christian.
• Serves as the primary administrator for the athletics website www.oceagles.com
• Gathers and disseminates information on the universities 20+ sports programs
• Directly Supervise all Athletics Social Media Accounts and manages the main athletics social media accounts.
• Coordinate strategically with Assistant AD for Gameday on many aspects of day to day activities within the Athletic Department.
• Submit all reports required by the NCAA and Lone Star Conference.
• Writes general new releases, game recaps, and award announcements in a timely and accurate manner for distribution to a wide audience through social media and other traditional media channels
• Produces game notes, event previews, feature stories, etc
• Official statistician for all applicable home events, completes statistical reports for all sports and distributes them to all conference and national offices
• Provides information for all on campus distribution of athletics events and activities to faculty, staff, administration, and student body
• Helps coordinate all athletic home contests including stats, announcing, scoreboard operation etc including securing space for visiting press
• Issues press credentials, photography passes, and sideline credentials for all major athletic contests home and or away when necessary
• Arranges all interviews for athletes and coaches with both print and electronic media
• Develops relationships with local, regional, and national media and utilizes those relationships to ensure extensive and positive coverage of the University
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics.
• Hire, supervise, and manage 2-3 Graduate Assistants
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics

Timetable: Application review is underway and will continue until the position is filled. As candidates advance through the screening process, additional materials may be requested. Apply by clicking the button below.

Oklahoma Christian University does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, age, sex, disability, or national or ethnic origin in employment opportunities, in employment, admissions, or the provision of services, in keeping with applicable state and federal laws. Accordingly, subject to the provisions of the following, the University actively seeks to diversify its employee and student base. Oklahoma Christian University is affiliated with the fellowship of the Church of Christ, and the University is controlled by a Board of Trustees, all of whom are members of the Church of Christ. The University operates within the Christian-oriented aims, ideals, and religious tenets of the Church of Christ as taught in Holy Scripture. Thus, as a religiously-controlled institution of higher education, Oklahoma Christian University is exempt from compliance with some provisions of certain civil rights laws, including some requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1974. The University intentionally claims and protects its rights to hire co-religionists and individuals who share and support the mission of the University.

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