Graduate Assistant Athletic Gaming Admin

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Job Details

Job Location

Wheeling University - Wheeling, WV

Position Type

Seasonal

Description

SUMMARY

Assist the Sports Information Director with creating press releases, reporting statistics and in game media relations and web postings.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Job Details

Job Location

Wheeling University - Wheeling, WV

Position Type

Seasonal

Description

SUMMARY

Assist the Sports Information Director with creating press releases, reporting statistics and in game media relations and web postings.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Responsible to assist with athletic communications and publications for all athletic teams, including but not limited to:

  • Schedule posters and cards, media guides and game day programs;
  • Write news and feature stories and disseminate them to media outlets;
  • Assist with statistic collection, posting live stats and writing post-game news stories following athletic games and disseminating the stories to media outlets and post online;
  • Assist with maintaining current team and individual statistics and distribute them to conference offices, the NCAA, and media outlets;
  • Assist with promotion of home athletic events and hosting visiting and local media;
  • Distribute all statistical information before, during and after events to the media, official scorer, CardinalCast and Public Address announcers.

• Responsible for collecting, cataloging and archiving photos and videos for athletic department.

• Responsible to assist with maintaining the WJU athletic website.

• Responsible to assist with creating and distributing weekly athletic event schedule on campus and email campus community on all home games, cancellations, and make-up dates.

• Promote post season honors for outstanding athletes, coaches and administrator and submit them to the conference office.

• Other duties may be assigned by the Director or designee.

• Compliance Responsibilities Read, interpret and apply policies and procedures in assigned area; document as required by policies and procedures; maintain qualifications and certification; complete annual training as required by position.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

• EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. Must be enrolled and remain in a Master's Degree program at Wheeling Jesuit University for the extent of the Graduate Assistantship.
• LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions.
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to apply basic statistics (mean, median, range, etc.).
• REASONING: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• COMPUTER SKILLS: Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Office, email and web-based applications; ability to obtain proficiency in Athletic Department software used for reporting results on-line and to the NCAA.
• OTHER: Must have a valid drivers license. Knowledge of FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act). Commitment to implementing the mission, vision and values of a Catholic, Jesuit, university.