Associate Athletic Director of Strategic Communications

Department

Athletics

Compensation

$65,000.00 to Negotiable Annual

Responsible for the overall direction, management and supervision of several UNF Athletics external operations work units, including Communications, Broadcast, and Creative. Manage all related budgets as well as full and part-time employees, graduate assistants, interns, and student assistants. Responsibilities include, but not limited to, the following:

• Responsible for managing the information and function of UNFOspreys.com. Responsible for the website design, maintenance, and updates.

• Manage and promote media interaction with the Athletic Department, Coaches, and student-Athletes.

• Serve as Department spokesperson and advise the Athletic Director on media relations matters.

Department

Athletics

Compensation

$65,000.00 to Negotiable Annual

Responsible for the overall direction, management and supervision of several UNF Athletics external operations work units, including Communications, Broadcast, and Creative. Manage all related budgets as well as full and part-time employees, graduate assistants, interns, and student assistants. Responsibilities include, but not limited to, the following:

• Responsible for managing the information and function of UNFOspreys.com. Responsible for the website design, maintenance, and updates.

• Manage and promote media interaction with the Athletic Department, Coaches, and student-Athletes.

• Serve as Department spokesperson and advise the Athletic Director on media relations matters.

Athletics communications will act as the primary communicators through department social media platforms, in collaboration with external operations department colleagues.

• Serve as the primary voice for the department’s brand and will enhance the mission of University of North Florida Athletic Department through creative and strategic messaging.

• Act as the lead statistician for the department, responsible for game day operations and training staff in statistical duties.

• Responsible for in-house and external informational publications.

• Manage and continuously assess the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit including software, hardware, and personnel workflow for athletics communications to ensure efficiency, quality information, and consistent brand messaging.

• Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

• Handle the day-to-day responsibilities of publication of creative content on social media platforms.

• Will shoot and edit photos and video as needed to promote strategic storytelling through new media strategies.

• Responsible for the Department’s digital content creation and generating exposure for all 19 teams and 300 student-athletes.

• Provides oversight and overall direction of all broadcast operations, including ESPN+ productions. Support the Assistant AD of Broadcast Operations in the management of staff, budget, and game day productions.

• Member of the Athletics Department senior staff assisting in the development and implementation of strategies and objectives to ensure departmental goals are met.

• Leadership responsibilities of the external operations team which is responsible for the advancement of the Athletic Departments external affairs, brand awareness and enhancement, social media presence, and revenue generation.

• The position will accept additional duties and special projects as assigned by the Athletic Director and/or his designee.

For more information about this position, please reach out to Nick Morrow at nick.morrow@unf.edu.

Statement(s) of Understanding

This position requires a background check. In conjunction with the University's policy, this position may also require a credit check.

The holder of this position is designated as a “Responsible Employee” pursuant to their role under Title IX. Therefore, the incumbent must promptly report allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual violence, and child sexual abuse by or against any student, employee, contractor, or visitor to the University’s Title IX Administrator or any divisional Title IX Coordinator

This position has been designated as a Campus Security Authority (CSA). This position has been designated as a CSA because it involves significant responsibility for student and campus activities and/or responsibility for campus security. As such, any person in this position must report to the University Police Department a crime or an incident that might be a crime that he/she becomes aware of. This position has a reporting requirement because the University believes that responsibility for students, campus activities and/or campus security will make the holder of this position someone members of the University community will see as an authority figure and someone to whom they can seek help. A CSA is not expected to investigate or determine whether a criminal incident actually took place. A CSA ’ s responsibility is a duty to report. All positions designated as CSAs are required to complete an online or in - person training session. For more information concerning training or CSA designations, please contact the Clery Act Compliance Manager at (904) 620-1423 or clery@unf.edu.

The holder of this position is responsible for any NCAA and Atlantic Sun Conference bylaws and guidelines that a member of the UNF Athletic Compliance Department provides in addition to all UNF regulations. The individual must also assure that NCAA, Conference and UNF regulations are followed to the best of their knowledge and any violations thereof are reported to UNF Athletic Compliance.

Equal Opportunity

In 2020, the University of North Florida (UNF) received the prestigious INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, the only application-based national award for U.S. colleges and universities that exhibit an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion across their campuses. In addition, UNF ranked highest among the HEED institutions and was recognized as a 2020 Diversity Champion.

The University of North Florida (UNF) is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all who interact in our community. In building this environment, we strive to attract students, faculty and staff from a variety of cultures, backgrounds and life experiences. The University of North Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not commit or permit discrimination or harassment on the basis of genetic information, race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, or veteran status in any educational, employment, social, recreational program or activity that it offers. In addition, UNF will not commit or permit retaliation against an individual who reports discrimination or harassment or an individual who cooperates in an investigation of an alleged violation of university regulation.

Carnegie

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