2 x Athletics Communication Assistants Hiring!!!

[aggie2039]

jobs.ncat.edu/postings/32771
Position Information
Working Title Athletics Communication Assistant
Competency Level
Position Number 009644
Recruitment Range $31,200 - $41,000
FLSA Non-Exempt
Appointment Type Permanent - Full-time

Key Responsibilities and Related Competencies
Required Competency Communication
Duties
Manages A&T’s internal communications to ensure proper and timely dissemination of information; maintaining the department’s communications with university relations; writing of daily and weekly email distribution of news; writing bios for more than 250 student athletes; creating and writing press releases; creating and producing media guides, game day books, game day programs, roster cards, schedule cards, season ticket cards, posters and other required publications; create and email post-game recaps both for www.ncataggies.com and to designated A&T Athletics distribution lists in a timely manner; editing content to make sure it is precise, it is clean of typos and grammar errors, it is subjective and it is written in Associate Press style; write feature stories to run on various websites and publications.
Required Competency Organizational Sensitivity
Duties
Oversight of team player statistics and providing data to the appropriate outlets; overseeing the media accreditation process for A&T, the opposing teams, scouts, media, and other approved guests; provide necessary information for each game (roster, injuries, player bios/stats); nominate athletes for various awards and acknowledgements such as player of the week, player of the year,
All-American, and other pertinent accolades; follows and understands NCAA rules and is willing to ask the compliance director for direction and guidance
Required Competency Consulting/Advising
Duties
Generate new story ideas for local, national, and international press; make appropriate social media posts for the Athletics department as determined by university policy; file any photographs, video, blogs, video journals, etc.

[aggie2039]

jobs.ncat.edu/postings/32770

Key Responsibilities and Related Competencies
Required Competency Knowledge - Technical
Duties
I. Specifics
a. Content Management Systems (CMS) North Carolina A&T uses Sidearm Sports to house the athletics website – ncataggies.com.
The assistant communications position in athletics must have at least a running knowledge of how CMS works regarding updating the website with articles, photos, graphics, rosters, schedules, promotional items, and other items as assigned by the associate athletics director for communications.
II. Statistical Data Entry
a. North Carolina A&T athletics uses Stat Crew to provide in-game statistical data for baseball, softball, men’s and women’s tennis. Must have a history of working with Stat Crew or a superior knowledge of how to score baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s tennis.
b. The department compiles in-game statistical data for football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball using Genius Sports’ NCAA Live Stats program. It is a new program; therefore, it is optional to know the program entirely, but must understand its basic functions. Must also know how football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball are scored.

III. Adobe Creative Suites
a. A&T’s athletics communication department uses Adobe Suites for many functions, including design and layout, graphics, photo editing, and video editing.
Specifically, we use Adobe Photoshop to crop photos, adjust photo composition, correct lighting, and make any subject imaginable look its absolute best. It’s also where we can create collages and photo composites, layer images together, and craft original images from different photo files. A viable candidate must have some knowledge of how Photoshop operates.
In addition, we use Adobe InDesign to produce the game/media notes we give to our media outlets so they have updated information about our sports programs. We use InDesign for various projects such as name plates, roster cards, booklets, gameday books, media guides and flyers. A viable candidate must know how InDesign works because it is valuable in helping us complete our workload.
IV. Miscellaneous
a. North Carolina A&T athletics will purchase new software as it becomes available to enhance what we do in athletics. For example, we currently use INFLCR, STATS Perform, Sports Systems, and Boxout. These are programs we have purchased within the last two years. A viable candidate must have experience in adapting to the ever-changing technology dynamic.
Required Competency Communication
Duties
Oral Communication/Listening
Must be able to communicate orally effectively with the constituents of athletics, including administrators, coaches, and his or her supervisor. Must be able to communicate orally effectively with the constituents of athletics, including administrators, coaches, and his or her supervisor. Have a superior skill set in communicating all happenings within various varsity programs for the use of strategy in coverage and to ensure proper policy and protocols are followed. Able to listen to instructions intently and execute duties as assigned by the supervisor. Must have outstanding people and communications skills to convey ideas and visions for the communications department.

Written Communication
Must have excellent writing skills, superior knowledge of grammar usage, adept at editing one’s work, and a running knowledge of the Associated Press Style of writing. Have excellent storytelling skills for writing features, interesting game recaps, press releases, and colorful and interesting scripts for social media. Able to turn around copy promptly, professionally and accurately, ensuring the copy is free from typos, grammar mistakes and factual errors as frequently as possible. Attention to detail is a requirement.
Required Competency Organizational Sensitivity
Duties
Ability to understand the organization’s mission, the function of the specific work unit and how it works with other work units to serve the customer/client. Ability to understand the impact and implications of decisions on the community and other departments.

Must be able to work within a team setting with a team leader and follow along in alignment with the team leaders’ goals, initiatives, methods and work within the systems in place. There is sensitive information that surfaces within the athletics department. Must articulate their ability to communicate with pertinent individuals or groups to ensure information does not get released without the university’s consent. Must be able to manage multiple concurrent projects and meet strict deadlines. Must be detail-oriented and willing to work in a changing environment.
Required Competency Compliance
Duties
Must have a broad knowledge of North Carolina A&T State University policies and procedures and FERPA guidelines. Understand NCAA compliance and how it relates to an effective job as a communication specialist.
Position Information
Working Title Athletics Communication Assistant
Competency Level Journey
Position Number 009643
Recruitment Range $31,200 - $47,000
FLSA Non-Exempt
Appointment Type Permanent - Full-time
FTE
If Time Limited, Appointment Length
Organizational Division Media Relations

[Bornthrilla]

Do you think these will be new positions in addition to the current employees we have on staff ... or will these 2 new hires just replace people who have recently left?

[Bornthrilla]

Also curious to find out why we still are not trying to find a replacement for Carl Hairston.

[aggie2039]

Apr 30, 2024 7:03:33 GMT -5 Bornthrilla said:

Do you think these will be new positions in addition to the current employees we have on staff ... or will these 2 new hires just replacing people who have recently left?

Who left?

[westcoastaggie]

That pay is trash.

[Bornthrilla]

Apr 30, 2024 7:05:13 GMT -5 aggie2039 said:

Apr 30, 2024 7:03:33 GMT -5 Bornthrilla said:

Do you think these will be new positions in addition to the current employees we have on staff ... or will these 2 new hires just replacing people who have recently left?

Who left?

I dont know if anybody left. I was just wondering if these positions will add to the current staff or just replace departures.

[aggie2039]

Apr 30, 2024 7:04:36 GMT -5 Bornthrilla said:

Also curious to find out why we still are not trying to find a replacement for Carl Hairston.

jobs.ncat.edu/postings/32859

jobs.ncat.edu/postings/32859#:~:text=Student%20Employment-,Associate%20Athletic%20Director%20for%20External%20Affairs,-Bookmark%20this%20Posting


The Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs reports to the Deputy Athletics Director. The candidate must be self-motivated, dedicated, and responsible with a demonstrated ability to communicate readily and effectively at all levels with a wide variety of people, both within and outside of the university community.

This position would will primarily be responsible for strategic and effective leadership of external operations and revenue generation for the North Carolina A&T Athletics Department.

Oversight includes marketing, promotions, corporate sponsorship management, sport supervision assistance, and outbound ticket sales.

Bachelor’s degree in a discipline related to the area of assignment; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Preferred Years Experience, Skills, Training, Education
Master’s degree in business (or sports business) administration, marketing, sales, global sport leadership and higher education, sport management or related field; Successful experience: Seven years of sports marketing and sponsorship acquisition experience at the intercollegiate or professional athletic level or 10 years operational and personnel management experience in a highly complex organization.