Intern - Athletic Communications

Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full-time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students. Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full-time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

Job Description

The intern will administer athletic communications activities for several of BC's men's and women's varsity sports (to be assigned).

Responsibilities will include, but not limited to: writing press releases, game recaps and preparing electronic media guides; managing social media accounts: managing communications game operations at home events as assigned; supervising work-study students in sports coverage, arranging and supervising team media and photo days; creating and updating statistical records for teams; maintaining team biographical files; writing, editing, and maintaining sport information on the bceagles.com website: capturing photo and video content during practices and events: potential travel with assigned team(s).

This position is extremely hands-on and interns will be expected to produce publish-ready material.

Essential Functions
* Home athletic event coverage
* Maintaining and updating team biographies and stats
* Writing press releases and preparing electronic media guides
* Managing and posting to web and various social media accounts
* Supervising work-study students in sports coverage

Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full-time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students. Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full-time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

Job Description

The intern will administer athletic communications activities for several of BC's men's and women's varsity sports (to be assigned).

Responsibilities will include, but not limited to: writing press releases, game recaps and preparing electronic media guides; managing social media accounts: managing communications game operations at home events as assigned; supervising work-study students in sports coverage, arranging and supervising team media and photo days; creating and updating statistical records for teams; maintaining team biographical files; writing, editing, and maintaining sport information on the bceagles.com website: capturing photo and video content during practices and events: potential travel with assigned team(s).

This position is extremely hands-on and interns will be expected to produce publish-ready material.

Essential Functions
* Home athletic event coverage
* Maintaining and updating team biographies and stats
* Writing press releases and preparing electronic media guides
* Managing and posting to web and various social media accounts
* Supervising work-study students in sports coverage
* Receiving and responding to media questions
* Arranging and supervising team media

Position Details:
Department: 011001 - Athletics General
Position: 00014319 - Intern - Athletic Communications
Grade: 00

Rate: $17 per hour over a 40 hour week ($680 per week)
This is a 40 week intern position

Requirements

* Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred
* At least 2 years of experience/undergraduate involvement in intercollegiate athletics is required, preferably at a NCAA Division I institution.
* A strong desire to pursue a career in the field of sports management and/or athletic administration is required.
* Time and Resource Management
* Strong written and verbal skills with the ability to work with time sensitive projects
* Considerable organizational and supervisory skills required
* Excellent writing and desktop publishing skills, plus proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, MS Word, other publishing programs a plus
* Requires ability to manage multiple tasks with very strong interpersonal, organizational, verbal and written communication skills
* Ability to thrive in a diverse fast paced student-athlete service driven environment in a collegiate setting
* Ability to take direction
* Ability to foster and maintain working relationships with other departments in the university and the community
* This position will be expected to perform all duties and responsibilities in compliance with all NCAA, ACC, and institutional rules.

Work Conditions/Demands
* Evening and weekend work may be required. These demands are primarily centered on athletic competitions.
* Holidays and early morning hours are frequently required for various athletic competitions and operational set up of athletic and other events.
* Ability to maintain a flexible schedule is required.
* The primary working conditions include both an indoor office setting and outdoor event locations. Some medium lifting will be required for event preparation and set up. In most cases, events will occur regardless of weather so exposure to elements is likely.

Interested candidates are highly encouraged to submit a cover letter with their application.

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
• Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected category, including disability and protected veteran status. Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination.

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