Communications Assistant

Responsibilities

• Duties vary depending on what areas the candidate is most interested in. Athletics Communications Assistants work to compile statistics during home events, aide in the broadcast of home events, assist with office work, provide photography and/or content creation, and serve as public address announcers at home events.
• Statistics:
• - Stat inputter – responsible for entering data into live stat program during the event.
• - Stat caller – responsible for relaying the action from the event to the Stat Inputter for capture.
• - Scoresheet – responsible for maintaining the official NCAA scoresheet (not needed for all sporting events)
• - Participation – responsible for tracking team members who participate in an NCAA sanctioned home event (not needed for all sporting events)
• Broadcast:
• - Commentator – responsible for play-by-play or color commentary during home athletics events.
• - Producer – responsible for all aspects of the broadcast, including managing commentators, working with camera operators to obtain necessary shots, running ads, controlling on-screen graphics/scoreboards, managing replay.
• - Camera operator – responsible for manning the camera(s) at home athletics events, providing the feed for the broadcast.

Requirements

• Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience :
• Preferred candidates would have knowledge of sports and/or broadcasting, though previous experience is not necessary. The Athletics Communications office will provide training for all interested parties.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
• Team player.
• Able to be flexible.
• Available afternoons, nights and weekends (specifically Saturdays).
• Comfortable with computers and current technology .

Preferred

• Prior experience or knowledge of sports and/or broadcasting.