Assistant Sports Information Director

Budget Title Assistant Director of Community Relations Campus Title Assistant Sports Information Director School/Division Institutional Advancement, Division of Department Communications Office Staff Sub-Type Staff & Administration Salary Level SL3 Salary Range $50,500-$59,500 (Depending on Experience) Position Effort Full-Time If Part-Time, enter FTE: Is this a temporary position? No If Temporary, enter End Date: Position Summary

SUNY Cortland's Assistant Sports Information Director plays a vital role in chronicling and promoting one of the strongest programs in NCAA Division III athletics. The position is responsible for providing game coverage, managing and maintaining statistics and sharing accurate and engaging information about Cortland's 25 varsity teams with the news media and the public. The ASID updates and maintains the university's athletics website and plays a leading role in its social media promotion. It is an 11-month position.

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Major Responsibilities

• Serve as primary sports information contact for men's and women's soccer, field hockey, men's and women's ice hockey, wrestling, and men's and women's lacrosse, as well as provide secondary coverage for other sports, including baseball, softball, and volleyball. This includes:

• Manage game day statistics (tracking statistics for home games, compiling statistics from road games)

• Write game recaps for use online and for the media.

• Serve as or oversee public address announcing at home games.

• Maintain all aspects of Cortland's Athletics website, cortlandreddragons.com, and serve as the primary content creator. This includes student-athlete bios, photos, rosters, and records/history.

• Produce game programs for most of Cortland's home athletics contests.

• Assist with the creation of effective content for social media accounts, video boards, and marketing materials.

• Recruit, train, and supervise students to assist with in-game operations including statistical tracking, and supervise in-office student interns by assigning them various tasks.

• Report to Cortland's conference, the SUNYAC, and the NCAA, including weekly award nominations for sports in which the assistant director is the primary contact.

• Travel when needed to provide publicity for Cortland athletic teams.

Functional and Supervisory Relationships

Reports to SUNY Cortland Sports Information Director. Position is housed in Communications Office within the Division of Institutional Advancement, with funding provided through the Athletics Department. ASID collaborates closely with Athletics Department staff daily and frequently

interacts with Communications Office, Alumni Engagement and Development Office

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in sport management, communications, or a related field of study.

• Experience in collegiate athletic media relations or sports information office or other related field at the college/university level.

• Experience in digital media

• Willingness and ability to work nights and weekends.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the following software programs: Genius Sports/NCAA Live Stats, Stat Crew, Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop) and Microsoft Word.

• Experience with SIDEARM Web platform.

• Experience managing social media accounts on multiple platforms; experience and knowledge of social networks and social communications; experience with social media best practices, including web writing, photography, video, metadata, tagging, analytics, social media and SEO, content strategy and developing strategic social media campaigns.

EEO Statement

The State University of New York at Cortland is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity/Americans with Disabilities Act (AA/EEO/ADA) employer. The university actively seeks applications from women, veterans, individuals with a disability, members of underrepresented groups or anyone that would enrich the diversity of the university.

Job Close Date

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number S23129 Review Start Date 07/01/2024 Open Until Filled Quick Link for Direct Access to Posting https://jobs.cortland.edu/postings/8681

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