Executive Assistant Athletic Director for Strategic Communications
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 07764, USA
Listed on 2026-01-27
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Sports/Fitness/Wellness
PR / Communications
Executive Assistant Athletic Director for Strategic Communications
Requisition Number: EXECU
001293
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January 13, 2026 - Full-Time
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Monmouth University Main Campus
400 Cedar Ave
West Long Branch, NJ 07764, USA
NEW JERSEY
Monmouth University Main Campus
400 Cedar Ave
West Long Branch, NJ 07764, USA
Monmouth University is seeking applications for an Executive Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications to plan, develop, and execute Monmouth University’s Department of Athletics’ communications, media relations, and public relations strategy.
The candidate would be expected to assist with the management of the departmental website, social media effort, and provide first-class game-day, statistical, and media relations support for twenty-four (24) varsity athletic teams.
The candidate would provide high-quality internal and external communications support, organization, and promotions for the Athletic Department, while serving as the primary contact for the Men's Basketball program and/or selected sports as needed, while also developing and implementing integrated communications and initiatives. The Executive Assistant Athletic Director will lead the media relations efforts of the Strategic Communications' unit by directing, teaching, and assisting sports information assistant in the aspects of graphic design, writing, social/digital media, and ongoing maintenance of statistical records.
This position plays a critical role in shaping and strengthening Monmouth athletics’ brand identity, ensuring consistent, accurate, and timely messaging across all platforms.
The Executive Assistant Athletic Director is focused on elevating Monmouth athletics’ visibility while promoting the accomplishments of its student-athletes, coaches, programs, and championships. The candidate acts as the main liaison with the CAA, media partners, the public, and the University Marketing and Communications department.
This is an in-person, on-campus, non-remote position.Monmouth University requires all applications and supporting documents to be submitted via the university’s career portal. In addition to the application, candidates must upload the following documents. Applications will not be considered complete for review until all required documents are uploaded.
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae
- Professional References
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design, write, edit and produce athletics publications including, but not limited to, featured stories, game recaps, sport specific almanacs, game programs, schedule cards, press releases, and championships.
- Develop and maintain accurate statistical records, archives, and historical data for all sports and championships.
- Develop daily working relationships with coaches, external media sources, marketing department to promote specific sports. Assist in the planning of the Student-Athlete Awards Banquet and community outreach programs.
- Serve as the primary point of contact with Communication Directors at other institutions to ensure consistent information sharing.
- Represent Monmouth University at CAA championship to provide on-site communications support, media coordination, and website/social media updates.
- Responsibilities include but are not limited to: logging tapes/highlights, shooting video highlights at games, editing highlight/b-roll /b-roll/sound, writing/editing feature video content, assisting in the setup/implementation of online video streams, and contributing to the maintenance of the official athletic website and Hawk Vision.
- Responsible for daily maintenance of sport specific pages on Athletics website , including daily sport updates, game stories, feature stories, statistics, roster maintenance and schedule of events.
- Serve as primary media contact for Men's Basketball and assigned teams, as directed.
- Supervise home game management and staff for all specified sports and organize recent and historical statistical information.
- Ensure communications strategies align with current industry standards, best practices, trends, and techniques.
- Monitor analytics to inform and shape the Monmouth University brand on…
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