Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,445 full-time undergraduates and 5,125 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 878 full-time and 1,201 FTE faculty, 2,750 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.2 billion, and an endowment in excess of $2.8 billion.

Job Description

Boston College Athletics is acceptingapplications for the position of Assistant/Associate Director, AthleticCommunications. This position is responsible for providing coordination for allcommunications efforts for the football program. Under the direction of the Associate AD/ Communications, this position helps to strategically shape and execute thevision for all external communications regarding the Boston College footballprogram; This position will serve asthe primary football contact, covering all aspects of communications - written,social media, and media outreach.

Administers mediarelations activities for football; serves as liaison between coaching staff, student-athletes,and the news media; collaborate with communications, creative services, andmarketing to promote the Boston College football brand; arranges and supervisesplayer interviews, team media and photo day activities, and digitalphotography; researches, writes, edits and maintains electronic biographicalfiles on all coaches and student-athletes; creates, updates and maintainsstatistical records and files; travels with team to all road games tofacilitate PR & game operations procedures; interfaces with conference andnational governing bodies for reporting of statistics, game results, player ofthe week nominations; responds to questionnaires and inquiries from news mediaand opponents; writes, edits and supervises production of team media guide,weekly game notes, home game programs, other printed and electroniccommunications; daily updates of the Athletics website; crafts and implementssocial media campaigns; recruits and supervises media relations game personnelfor home events; personnel might include statisticians, public addressannouncers or other game operations personnel; develops public relationsstrategies and writes press releases on breaking news stories as warranted;supervises media attendance/coverage at team practices and postgame pressevents; coordinates nominations for academic awards and postseason honors; setsup and supervises statistical and media areas (press row, press rooms) at homeevents; supervises interns and student assistants in sports coverage,maintaining clip and information files and general office work; assists inorganization and implementation of the annual end of season team banquet;

Assists with generalCommunications office responsibilities as needed; compile and maintain teamrosters; create and maintain permanent historical files/archives for allcoaches, student-athletes and teams; schedules and supervises freelancephotographers to shoot mug shots, team photos and action shots, then organizesand stores these digitally; ensures coaches meet weekly media obligations;develops promotional information and materials for various postseason awards;completes nomination forms for all academic awards; assists coaches and variousstaff members by gathering information and bullet points to prepare forspeeches, presentations; maintains biographical and photo files for Athleticsadministrative staff; issues season and game-by-game credentials; supervisespregame venue setup, including computers, stat monitors, press row, seatingcharts, postgame areas, media room; interfaces with national TV broadcast crewsand participates in TV production meetings; develops and maintains up-to-dateemail distribution lists for all media; track all media reports on teams;develops and maintains trusting relationships with sports editors andreporters; entertains at various times (home and road); supervise media training,social media training for student-athletes; attends multiple meetings per week;work with facilities staff in creating and maintaining environmental graphicsin various areas; maintains strict standards for injury reporting andcompliance issues; organizes special events, including Pro Day, championshipcelebrations, fan days, etc.

Title and salary commensurate with relevant experience based on the following titles and hiring ranges:

Requirements

Requirements
Bachlor's degree
Assistant Director: Minimum 1-5 years' full-timeexperience in a Division 1 college sports information department
Associate Director: Minimum 5 years' full-timeexperience in a Division 1 college sports information department
Division I intercollegiate athletics workexperience in a sports information office to include footballexperience
Ability to creatively tell stories aboutstudent-athletes, coaches, and teams using all methods of communications(social media, graphic design, video, and written content)
Excellentcollaboration and listening skills
Strongverbal and written skills.
Excellentorganization, interpersonal and self-management skills
Abilityto prioritize and effectively manage multiple projects
Abilityto work in a fast-paced environment
Ability to be availability 24/7 to assist withemergency/crisis management situations related to BC Athletics, athleticmanagement, coaches, and student-athletes requiring communications management.


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