Responsibilities

• Publicity, storytelling and support for Utah's intercollegiate athletic programs; producing or collaborating in the creation of content for website and digital media through innovative platforms that align with the changing shape of college athletics; managing social media accounts and/or planning content calendars for assigned sports; online team record books/media guides, game notes, news releases, statistics compilation and graphic design; generating feature content for video and other unique coverage for UtahUtes.com; establishing and maintaining positive relations with media through strong interpersonal communication skills; staffing home and select away events; supervising student workers and statistical crews; other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Public Relations, Mass Communications, English, Liberal Arts, or a related area, or equivalency required.
• Experience in desktop publishing, word processing, computer networks and web page design preferred.
• Experience in public relations work or the print news media also preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in athletics communications
• Experience working with media to position sport programs for positive media coverage
• Knowledge of and the ability to: Create engaging social media content, creatively produce and manage the design, layout, content and flow of multiple publications for multiple platforms (web, e-mail, digital audio & video, digital photography, graphics, social media and print)
• Must be able to pass a background check.

Preferred

• Excellent communication and organizational skills; proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, StatCrew statistical software and digital asset management programs; basic knowledge of various social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok) as well as website content management systems; considerable initiative, creativity, independence and love of sports.