Manager - Athletic Sports Information

Manager - Athletic Sports Information

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Nova Southwestern University (NSU) is a not‑for‑profit, independent university founded in 1964, known for academic excellence and innovation. NSU offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans, and more. NSU is committed to the health and welfare of its students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors and operates as a tobacco‑free university.

Formulates, implements, and manages the athletic sports information strategy for publicity and promotion of NSU’s NCAA intercollegiate athletic teams.

Exempt

Pay Basis:
Annually

• Manages day‑to‑day functions and assigns responsibilities to Athletic Sports Information staff and graduate assistants.
• Trains staff on web content management systems, public relations strategy, PRESTO, and publication software.
• Directs, supervises, and maintains all media distribution lists and the media relations plan for the Sports Information Department, promoting NSU state and nationally.
• Supervises, writes, and oversees the dissemination of daily press releases and website content as writer and editor.
• Maintains positive relationships with internal and external media constituents including NSU’s PRMCs, local, regional, and national media outlets, and athletic media representatives of other institutions.
• Manages production of athletic department publications – digital media guides, schedule cards, game programs, sport posters, and coordinates publication content and deadlines.
• Maintains accurate data on the athletics website: team rosters, student‑athlete bios, team statistics, coach and department information.
• Co‑ordinates online video and audio streaming of NSU athletic contests – scheduling and staffing.
• Manages video content for administrative, coach & student‑athlete interviews, sport shows, highlight reels, and video promos for streaming productions.
• Coordinates and compiles statistics for all sports using PRESTO, producing live stat views on the department website for selected events.
• Assists coaches, teams, student‑athletes and marketing department in covering, promoting, and publicizing community engagement opportunities and events.
• Delegates and plans photography services for all athletic department needs (team photos, headshots, event action photos, community service photos).
• Facilitates and manages compilation of historical data for creating and maintaining coach, team, and student‑athlete record books within the department, the Sunshine State Conference, and the NCAA.
• Manages nomination of student‑athletes, coaches, and teams for weekly, pre‑season and post‑season athletic and academic awards with the Sunshine State Conference, coaches’ organizations, and NCAA.
• Manages and implements the social media plan for NSU athletics.
• Oversees and reports weekly scores and statistics to the Sunshine State Conference, coaches’ organizations, and NCAA.
• Formulates and monitors the Sports Information budget.
• Delegates implementation and utilization of student employment for the department.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

• English Language: Thorough knowledge of structure and content of English, meaning, spelling, grammar, composition.
• Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production and dissemination across visual, verbal, and interactive media.
• Digital Media: Knowledge of digital media production, communication, and dissemination via web and social media.
• Marketing: Principles of describing and promoting programs and services.
• Customer & Personal Service: Principles and processes for providing customer service, needs assessment, quality standards, user satisfaction.
• Advanced knowledge of the Adobe Suite.

• Reading Comprehension: Advanced understanding of written documents.
• Writing: Advanced written communication skills.
• Time Management: Proficient time management for self and others.
• Active Listening: Proficient attentiveness and understanding in…