Athletic Communications Director

Job Details

Job Location: Lynchburg - Lynchburg, VA

Position Type: Staff

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Salary Range: $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 Salary/year

Job Shift: Full time

Description

The University of Lynchburg, a private regional university located in the beautiful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia is seeking a full-time Athletic Communications Director to join our Athletics team.

The Athletic Communications Director reports to, is supervised by, and evaluated by the Director of Athletics. The evaluation of work performance will be ongoing and will be carried out by the Director of Athletics. It will include the specific duties and responsibilities of this position description plus employee attitude and general working behavior.

Job Type: Full-time, benefits eligible

Work Remotely: No

Job Purpose: To coordinate all aspects of sports information services for a highly successful division III athletic program.

Specific Job Duties include but are not limited to:

• Full coverage of University of Lynchburg Athletics programs including statistical collection and curation.

• Game Day operations for sports information.

• Collaboration with the Director of Digital Media.

• Game story and feature writing.

• Website maintenance.

• Special event preparation and execution.

Benefits: Generous paid vacation, personal days, and paid sick time and family leave, comprehensive insurance (medical, dental, vision, etc.) and retirement plans, flexible spending account, tuition remission, life and long term disability insurance, and more. Learn more about employee benefits at the University of Lynchburg.

Schedule: Office hours, nights and weekends and some travel based on games schedules.

Qualifications

Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.

• Professional experiences in media or sports journalism.

• Stat crew experience.

• Web management with collegiate athletic website products.

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills and strong communication skills.

• Must function highly in a team setting.

Education: Bachelor's Degree

We seek candidates who are committed to the University of Lynchburg's efforts to create an environment that fosters a student-centered environment, develops the breadth of knowledge associated with liberal education, respects and supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, values and celebrates diverse faith traditions, and sustains close working relationships among faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community partners.

Candidates must successfully pass a background check that is satisfactory to the University.

The University of Lynchburg is committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from persons of color, women, Indigenous/aboriginal people of North America, persons with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the University of Lynchburg community.

The University of Lynchburg is an equal opportunity employer.