Manager - Athletic Sports Information - 995092

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Primary Purpose:

Formulates, implements, and manages the athletic sports information strategy for the publicity and promotion of Nova Southeastern University's NCAA intercollegiate athletic teams.

Job Category: Exempt

Hiring Range: 

Pay Basis:  Annually

Subject to Grant Funding? No  

Essential Job Functions: 

1. Manages the day-to-day functions and assigns specific responsibilities to the Athletic Sports Information staff and graduate assistants.

2. Trains staff on web content management systems, public relations strategy, PRESTO and publication software.

3. Directs, supervises, and maintains all media distribution lists and media relations plan for the Sports Information Department, while promoting NSU on a state and national level.

4. Supervises, writes, and oversees the dissemination of daily press releases and website content both as a writer and in an editorial role.

5. Maintains positive relationships with internal and external media constituents including NSU's PRMCs, local, regional, and national media outlets as well as other institution's athletic media representatives.

6. Manages the production of athletic department publications including digital media guides, schedule cards, game programs, sport posters, and coordinate publication content and deadlines.

7. Manages and maintains accurate data on the athletics website including team rosters, student-athlete bios, team statistics, coach and department information.

8. Manages and coordinates online video and audio streaming of Nova Southeastern University's athletic contests including scheduling and staffing.

9. Manages and coordinates video content for administrative, coach and student-athlete interviews, sport shows, highlight reels and video promos for video streaming productions.

10. Coordinates and compiles statistics for all sports using primarily PRESTO statistical gathering software and produce enhanced live stat views on the athletic department website for selected sporting events.

11. Assists coaches, teams, student-athletes and marketing department in covering, promoting, and publicizing all community engagement opportunities and events.

12. Delegates, plans, and coordinates photography needs and services for all athletic department requirements including team photos, headshots, event action photos, and community service photos.

13. Facilitates and manages the compilation of historical data for the purpose of creating and maintaining coach, team, and student-athlete record books within the department, the Sunshine State Conference, and the NCAA.

14. Manages and coordinates the nomination of student-athletes, coaches, and teams for weekly, preseason and postseason athletic and academic awards with the Sunshine State Conference, coaches’ organizations and NCAA.

15. Manages and implements the social media plan for Nova Southeastern University athletics.

16. Oversees and reports weekly scores and statistics to the Sunshine State Conference, coaches' organizations, and NCAA.

17. Formulates and monitors the Sports Information budget.

18. Delegates the implementation and utilization of student employment for the Sports Information Department.

19. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements: 

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge:
1. English Language - Thorough knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
2. Communications and Media - Thorough knowledge of media production, visual, verbal, and interactive communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and persuade via written, oral, and visual media.
3. Digital Media - General knowledge of digital media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and persuade via digital, web, and social media.
4. Marketing - General knowledge of principles and methods for describing and promoting programs and services in order to achieve desired outcomes.
5. Customer and Personal Service - General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction.
6. Advanced knowledge of standard Adobe Suite.


Skills:
1. Reading Comprehension - Advanced understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
2. Writing - Advanced skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
3. Time Management - Proficient skills in managing one's own time and the time of others.
4. Active Listening - Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
5. Speaking - Advanced skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
6. Critical Thinking - Advanced skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
7. Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
8. Coordination - Advanced skills in adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
9. Social Perceptiveness - Advanced skills in being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.


Abilities:
1. Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
2. Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
3. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
4. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).


Physical Requirements:
1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
2. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
3. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
4. May be required to work nights or weekends.
5. Travel - Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
6. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.

Required Certifications/Licensures: 

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree

Major (if required: 

Required Experience: Two (2) years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications: 

Knowledge of NCAA sport rules and regulations.

Is this a safety sensitive position? No  

Background Screening Required?  No  

Pre-Employment Conditions: 

Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.

NSU considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.