4 days ago
Assistant Director of Communications, Athletics
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL (On-site)Full time$44K/yr – $51K/yr
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Assistant Director of Communications, Athletics
Chicago, IL (On-site)
$44K/yr – $51K/yrSenior Level2+ years expFull time
Posted 4 days ago
Job Summary
This role serves as the primary sports communications contact for assigned programs, coordinating game notes, releases, social content, and collaboration with marketing to elevate brand awareness, with travel to select away games and duties in home event media management.
- Owns sports communications for assigned programs and manages game notes, releases, and social content
- Collaborates with Marketing Communications to ensure brand-consistent storytelling
- Produces multi-platform content including stories, photos, video, and highlights
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Assistant Athletic Director for Communications, this position will be responsible for serving as the sports communication contact for assigned athletic programs responsible for but not limited to:
- - Game notes, working competitions, weekly reports/player of the week nominations, releases/stories, team social media accounts, and working directly with assigned sport coaches.
- - Travel may be required for select away games and championships.
- - Assist in home event game management as it pertains to media, communications, statistics, and content creation.
- - Work closely with Loyola’s Office of University Marketing and Communications to ensure consistent use of University identity/brand identity and to collaborate on story items and/or initiatives that have potential scope beyond Athletics.
- - Assist in content creation in an effort to elevate the brand and awareness of sport programs.
- - Content may include written story, photography, video clips and highlights, and other social media content.
- - Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, sport management or a related field
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in an athletics communications office
- Demonstrated experience in athletics communications, experience with producing and managing the design, layout, content and flow of multiple publications for multiple platforms (web, e-mail, podcasts, digital audio & video, digital photography, graphics, social media and print)
- Work collaboratively with other external relations and digital/creative media staff (e.g. marketing, video, social media) on campaigns and projects.
- Computer Skills: Microsoft Office, Adobe
Loyola University Chicago
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Founded in 1870, Loyola University Chicago is one of the nation’s largest Jesuit, Catholic universities, with nearly 17,000 students.The University has four campuses: three in the greater Chicago area and one in Rome, Italy, as well as course locations at our Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois. The University features 13 schools and colleges, including the Quinlan School of Business, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Stritch School of Medicine, Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, Arrupe College, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Education, School of Environmental Sustainability, School of Law, School of Social Work, and Graduate School. Consistently ranked a top national university by U.S. News & World Report, Loyola is also among a select group of universities recognized for community service and engagement by prestigious national organizations like the Carnegie Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Founded in 1909
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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