Responsibilities

• Leads team and manages the creative services function for the University.
• Oversees multiple creative projects from inception to completion and determines project objectives and themes.
• Ensures adherence to timelines, budgets, and vision.
• Drives the program’s social media strategy, visual identity, and creative direction — keeping Pitt Football’s brand fresh, consistent, and ahead of the curve.
• Leads graphic design, photography efforts, and social media execution for the program year-round while helping manage and mentor a growing creative team.
• Planning, execution, and day-to-day management of Pitt Football's social media presence, maintaining a fresh, consistent, and competitive brand voice that reflects the culture of the program and resonates with recruits, fans, and donors alike.
• Identifies and acts on emerging trends in real time, integrating new and creative approaches to storytelling that keep the program ahead of the curve across all platforms.
• Serves as a lead designer for graphics production, developing high-quality visual content for social media, recruiting collateral, and brand storytelling initiatives.
• Helps lead photography efforts for the program year-round — including game coverage, practice, recruiting visits, and feature content — while maintaining an organized, accessible digital asset archive that supports the full creative team and broader department.
• Plays a meaningful role in project management strategy, establishing workflows and systems that drive efficiency, organization, and deadline-driven execution across the creative team.
• Collaborates directly with coaches and football staff to understand and fulfill their creative needs, acting as a trusted internal partner who translates program priorities into compelling content.
• Carries direct responsibility for managing and mentoring the Football Creative Content team, helping to develop junior staff and foster a high-performance creative culture within the unit.

Requirements

• Bachelor\'s Degree
• 5

Preferred

• Collegiate Athletics experience strongly preferred.
• An equivalent combination of work and high-level playing experience may be substituted at the discretion of the University.