Assistant Director, Esports and Campus Activities

Assistant Director, Esports and Campus Activities

Apply now Job No: 503375
Work Type: Staff Full Time (1500 hours or greater)
Location: Dayton, OH
Category: University Staff
Department: Center for Student Involvement - 700200
Pay Grade: A - Exempt
Advertised: March 06, 2026
Applications close: Open until filled

As our new Assistant Director of Esports, you won't just be watching the clock; you’ll be building a community. You’ll be the face of our Arena and casting spaces, the mentor our players look up to, and the strategic voice that helps our program grow. Whether you’re analyzing a match or sitting down with a prospective family to explain why UD is the right fit, your goal is simple:
Make UD a premier destination for student-gamers.
If you’re a gamer at heart but a strategist in practice, and you’re ready to lead a program that’s as much about "Community" as it is about "Competition," we want to meet you.

The Assistant Director for Esports and Campus Activities provides operational management and coordination for the university’s Esports program and departmental marketing initiatives. Reporting to the Associate Director of Campus Activities, this role serves as the primary coach for competitive gaming, manages the esports arena’s technical needs, and coordinates the daily workflow of the student marketing assistant. The Assistant Director is responsible for assisting with recruitment of student gamers, the hands-on execution of esports tournaments, and supports on-site coordination for designated campus events.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience with competitive esports.
• Experience with PC gaming hardware, Discord server management, and streaming software (OBS).
• Mastery of written and verbal communications.
• Willingness to work non-traditional hours, including regular evenings and weekends for tournaments and event supervision.

• Experience coaching a competitive esports team.
• Direct experience in competitive esports operations, live event production (broadcasting), or streaming (e.g., Twitch, OBS, vMix)
• Existing relationships with collegiate esports leagues or industry partners
• Experience with marketing, branding, and promotion of events.
• Demonstrated successful collaboration with campus partners.
• Experience with recruitment of collegiate esports players.
• Mastery of oral communications.

To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The University does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position.

Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.