Manager, Athletics Communications

Providence, RI (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableManager3+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

Own Brown Athletics communications by leading storytelling, media relations, and digital presence for 38 varsity programs and recreation initiatives, while using metrics to refine content strategy and ensure ethical, compliant operations.

Lead storytelling, media relations, and website/social media management
Use analytics to guide content and measure effectiveness
Ensure compliance with NCAA/Ivy League rules and ethical standards

Job Description

Responsibilities

The Athletics Communications Manager oversees the execution of communications efforts that promote Brown's 38 varsity athletics programs and recreation initiatives while ensuring timely, accurate, and consistent messaging across digital and traditional media platforms.
Working closely with coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and campus partners, the Athletics Communications Manager supports storytelling, media relations, website and social media management, and departmental communications that enhance the visibility and reputation of Brown Athletics & Recreation.
Duties include managing day-to-day operations of Athletics Communications.
Demonstrates knowledge of athletics communications, including media relations, statistical reporting, game operations, and event communications.
Utilizes industry-standard communications tools, including Adobe Creative Suite, content management systems, photography, video, and graphic design resources to support storytelling and brand engagement.
Uses social media analytics, website metrics, and other digital performance data to evaluate communications effectiveness and inform future content strategies.
All division employees are required to demonstrate exemplary ethical conduct and conformance to NCAA rules and regulations; the duties of the position are to be performed in compliance with all NCAA, Ivy League rules and regulations; and any rules violations on behalf of themselves or any knowledge of violations within the division are to be reported to the compliance office and appropriate parties.
Employees in coaching positions must receive annual rules education on NCAA legislation related to recruiting by the compliance office and maintain current AED/CPR and First Aid certification (certification is available at no cost through the Division).

Requirements

Bachelors degree is required
3-5 Experience in athletics communications, sports information, media relations, public relations, or a related communications field.

Benefits

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Brown University

Located in historic Providence, Rhode Island and founded in 1764, Brown University is the seventh-oldest college in the United States. Brown is an independent, coeducational Ivy League institution comprising undergraduate and graduate programs, plus the Alpert Medical School, School of Public Health, School of Engineering, and the School of Professional Studies.With its talented and motivated student body and accomplished faculty, Brown is a leading research university that maintains a particular commitment to exceptional undergraduate instruction. Brown’s vibrant, diverse community consists of about 6,200 undergraduates, 2,000 graduate students, 490 medical school students, more than 5,000 summer, visiting, and online students, and over 700 faculty members.Brown students come from all 50 states and more than 115 countries. Undergraduates pursue bachelor’s degrees in more than 70 concentrations, ranging from Egyptology to cognitive neuroscience. Anything’s possible at Brown—the university’s commitment to undergraduate freedom means students must take responsibility as architects of their courses of study.Brown University has 51 doctoral programs and 28 master’s programs. The broad scope of options vary from interdisciplinary opportunities in molecular pharmacology and physiology to a master’s program in acting and directing through the Brown/Trinity Repertory Consortium.Around the world, nearly 90,000 Brown alumni are - in the words of Brown’s charter - leading lives of “usefulness and reputation” in every imaginable field of endeavor. Through events around the globe, reunions on campus, career resources, a host of online connections, and other services, the Brown Alumni Association fosters and supports a vibrant alumni community, wherever its members may be.

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

11K employees (603 in marketing)

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