Assistant Director, Athletics Communication

Duties Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily management and coordination of publicizing activities for assigned sports
• Provide public and media training and preparation for members of the coaching staff and student-athletes to ensure the brand of Illinois Athletics and assigned sports
• Develop and maintain relationships with local, regional and national media for the purpose or promoting the sport programs and Illinois Athletics brand
• Execute athletics communication efforts in the writing of press releases, production of media notes, designing programs, and tracking statistics and records
• Work with Television and Radio rights holders on preparations of broadcast coverage
• Administer the media credentialing and game management tasks for assigned sports
• Support or direct the communication efforts for other sport programs as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Social Media Management

• Update FightingIllini.com regularly and manage social media efforts (Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube, et al) for assigned sports and department, engaging fan base and providing immediate informational updates
• Leverage digital media platforms to create a comprehensive storytelling program to amplify the department, athletic programs and student-athletes

Team Historical Information

• Serve as historian for assigned sports and department as a whole archiving all relevant season information, both digitally and in printed form, consisting of written materials, statistics, records, results, and photos