Responsibilities

• Assist in coverage of all IWU Athletic teams. Specific sport assignment of 6 teams
• Assist in coordination and implementation of the department’s social media outreach plan
• Manage and post athletic event components such as pregame, in-game, and post-game
• Create monthly student/coaches features to highlight the mission of IWU Athletics
• Assist in oversight and development of gameday student staff that help with social media, scorer’s table, stats, announcing, broadcasting, photography, videography
• Handle record book management and continually work to catalog all aspects of Athletics Communications, utilizing digital archiving procedures that include website and cloud technology
• Manage storage/library of annual files, photographs, miscellaneous awards, and videography
• Write and edit various communication materials, weekly previews, game recaps, game notes and sport-specific content for the department’s website
• Develop and manage the IWU Athletics website while helping in the maintaining accurate, up-to-date, and timely content and news dissemination (including all aspects of the website such as rosters, schedules, biographies, results, and assisting in website management)
• Other projects and/or duties as assigned by the supervisor or athletics administrative team

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and acceptance into the master’s program is required for the Graduate Assistant role
• Previous experience as a writer, journalist, yearbook editor, or similar
• Video filming and editing experience
• Adobe Creative Suite software experience
• Presto Stats software experience
• The applicant must be committed to the Lordship of Christ, continually seeking personal growth through the regular practice of spiritual disciplines, and creating spiritually rich environments for others to do the same
• Support of the Student Development mission to partner in the holistic learning and disciple-making mission of the university by cultivating a community of belonging, support, and engagement through formative and diverse experiences
• The Wildcat Way values of Kindness, Humility, Belonging, Integrity, and Courage in their life, work, and interaction with others
• Positive attitude
• Ability to resolve issues independently
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Organizational skills
• Time management
• Communication skills
• Willingness to work a demanding fluid schedule, including nights and weekends

Preferred

• Graphic design or video editing skills is a plus
• Broadcasting and Play-by-Play experience is a plus