Assistant Director - Sports Communications

Lehigh University

Lehigh University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Lehigh University provides comprehensive benefits including partner benefits.

Responsible for serving as the primary contact for information and media requests for several sports. Respond to requests from media, the Patriot League and NCAA for statistics, information about student-athletes and interview appointments for student-athletes and coaches. The Assistant Director writes feature stories for publication on the website, serves as the primary statistician for several sports and participates in the ongoing process of updating the Lehigh Athletics website. The Lehigh community takes seriously our commitment to antiracism and The Principles of our Equitable Community.

1. Administration

• Assists by completing mandatory reports, attending meetings and responding to supervisory requests
• Assists in managing the athletics department website
• Writes press releases, game recaps, feature stories and posts to web
• Prepares game notes
• Assists in managing sports photography
• Participates in social media communications
• Assists with archiving of historical data and materials
• Maintain NCAA and league compliance requirements

2. Management

• Daily decisions about the allocation of own time and resources to address program initiatives
• Managerial activities include problem identification, problem solving and problem avoidance as related to team or individual publicity and media needs and opportunities
• Choosing photographs to match written event summaries for website

3. Advancement

• Occasional participation on departmental committees
• Engage in personal development as a professional

4. Results

• Achieving the educational, competitive and service objectives defined by the department and/or University
• Contributing to institutional visibility via department achievements
• Encouraging personal growth
• Promoting student-athlete and staff recognition

5. Leadership

• Promotes and reinforces the institutional and departmental mission, vision, values and priorities within and beyond the department staff, including public audiences
• Identification and evaluation of initiatives aimed at improving existing programs
• Improving the use of technology, techniques, execution, productivity and evaluation systems

Grade: 5 - 40

Position Number: S99350

Special Considerations

This position is expected to partially work remote while the campus remains in a limited capacity due to COVID-19

This position is funded by soft dollars; there is no severance associated with this position

Variable shifts/schedule

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

One to three years related work experience

Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and a high level of customer service required

Familiarity with statistical software packages used in sports events is a plus

Ability to build, foster and maintain positive professional relationships

Excellent organizational skills, time management and sound judgment

Solid writing ability, attention to detail and decision making skills

Excellent computer skills with experience using word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software

Successful completion of standard background checks including but not limited to: social security verification, education verification, national criminal background checks, motor vehicle checks, PATCH, FBI fingerprinting, Child Abuse Clearance and credit history based upon the requirements of the position

Because of increasing COVID case counts in the region and new information about the characteristics of the Delta variant, all Lehigh faculty and staff will be required to be fully vaccinated unless they receive an approved medical or religious exemption from the requirement.

Only complete applications will be considered therefore please complete the application in its entirety. Once the posting is removed from the website applications may no longer be allowed to be completed.

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