Sports Information Director

**General Statement of Duties** **:** Coordinates and disseminates to internal and external audiences information regarding Intercollegiate Athletics. This position compiles and tracks team and individual student-athlete statistics, maintains department website, writes and distributes press releases, maintains and updates athletics social media, and contacts local and regional media outlets regarding intercollegiate athletic stories of interest. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities\*** - Establishes relationships with local, regional and national media. - Collaborates with the Director of Athletics to create and implement the PR strategy for the Athletics department. - Creates and posts department press releases. - Designs and produces game programs. - Collects statistics for each home athletics contest. - Submits statistics to appropriate governing bodies (e.g., NCAA, CoSida) on a timely basis. - Updates and maintains website daily. Works closely with website vendor on other updates. - Maintains department, team and individual statistical records. - Completes and submits applications for national/conference awards, honors or distinctions. - Trains and supervises student workers on statistical software. - Staffs home athletic contests with sports information personnel. Coordinates with the Assistant Athletics Director to ensure payment. - Coordinates department photography and storage of sports images. **Secondary Duties and Responsibilities\*** - Supports live video streaming. - May supervise student assistants including, a videographer. **Functional/Technical Skills\*** - Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. - Organizational skills. - Proficiency with desktop publishing software. - Knowledge of statistical programs. - Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations. - Ability to work nights and weekends. - Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university. - Minimum one (1) year of experience in sports information or other writing-related position. - Experience with statistical software. - Experience managing and updating a website. - Experience maintaining and updating social media. - Strong communications skills, both written and verbal. and interpersonal skills. - Strong organizational skills. - Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously. - Ability to exercise important human relations skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relations with the university community and the public. - Ability to maintain composure when faced with difficult situations and to effectively identify and resolve problems and to maintain strict confidentiality related to sensitive information. - Demonstrated commitment to diversity and experience promoting inclusive excellence.