Full Job Description

Fayetteville Technical Community College is seeking qualified applicants for this full-time position. Qualified candidates will possess excellent communication and computer skills, demonstrate evidence of a career that includes flexibility and willingness to change; open-mindedness, fairness, and the ability to see multiple perspectives; a willingness to take risks, and willingness to accept responsibility for professional and personal growth.
Duties

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Handle the college’s athletic communications office with the publicity and media relations efforts for the athletic teams.

• Assist with the coordination of all publicity and communications for selected
  programs, including media relations and media training for student-athletes and
  coaches.
• Assist with the development and implementation of creative athletic media/public relations strategies.
• Designs, writes, and oversees the production of athletic department printed
  promotional materials and media guides.
• Writes and edits promotional materials including press releases, newsletters,
  programs, and brochures; gathers compiles and presents statistical information.
• Produce editorial content related to assigned sports for media guides, news releases and official website, and maintaining statistical records.
• Create player biographies and managing the content of media guides provided to
  press and programs sold to fans at games.
• Provide player information, statistics, and background information on all sanctioned, official sports at the college.
• Promote student-athletes to the public, helping to attract notice for their play and
  other qualities.
• Handle media requests for athletics-related interviews with coaches, trainers, and
  players and generally provides information to promote the college’s athletic programs.
• Attend home events and/or traveling to designated away events as media liaison.
• Provides information to representatives of the opponent’s sports information office
  about the team, including updating starting lineups.
• Coordinate all aspects of media coverage for home events for selected sports.
• Work with other departments within the college, to ensure home events run efficiently.
• Assist with the development and implementation of creative digital
  communications strategies including, but not limited to, web site, social media and
  digital publications.
• Assist the athletic and college’s communications offices with its digital
  communications efforts.
• Provide support to official web site initiatives including strategies, editorial content,
  design and updating of historical data.
• Staying current on emerging digital communications trends, including but not
  limited to, mobile technology, metrics and social media.
• Plans, coordinates, and manages special events including press conferences,
  press luncheons, and athletic banquets.
• Oversee, train, and direct student assistants assigned to help with selected sports.
• Process and distributing credential requests.
  Nominate student-athletes and coaches for conference and national awards.
• Attend events / professional development sessions as needed to support athletic
  communications initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics.

• Performing special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Four years of responsible experience in the planning and organizing of
  intercollegiate athletics as an information and communications go-between for the department and interested media outlets.
• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university related to area of assigned program or equivalent.
• Academic or professional backgrounds particularly helpful for the career include media and journalism.
• Experience as a professional sports reporter, provides best practice insights on ways to work with reporters and provides extensive
  experience covering athletics and writing about it.

Knowledge of:

• Subject matter related to intercollegiate athletics.
• Principles and practices of program management.
• Methods and techniques of program development and evaluation.
• Applicable laws, rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Principles of supervision including motivation and disciplinary action of students.
• College organization, including policy and procedural development.

• Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications.
• Proficient knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Acrobat,
  Photoshop); and proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word,
  Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Principles, practices, and methods of proper marketing and publicity.
  

Preferred Requirements

Full or Part Time Full Time College Pay Scale Range $42,446 – $52,073 Number of Months 12 Position End Date (if temporary)

Posting Number S61-21
EEO Statement
The Fayetteville Technical Community College is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Employer.