Athletic Communications Director

Michigan Technological University is an R1 technological research university founded in 1885 in Houghton. Our rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's scenic Upper Peninsula and is home to nearly 7,500 students from more than 60 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan’s flagship technological university offers more than 185 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Research focus areas include defense, health, energy, automotive, environment, and aerospace.

The area’s waters, forests, and snowfall support year-round recreation, including skiing, snowboarding, hiking, biking, and paddling. The University is an integral part of the region, supported by a friendly and welcoming community that takes pride in being a true college town. We embrace our size, climate, sense of adventure, and originality.

Michigan Technological University is seeking a Athletic Communications Director for our General Athletics department. This is a 12-month full-time appointment, reporting to the Assistant Athletic Director
- Media Relations. The Athletic Communications Director, working within the external relations team, has the primary responsibility of publicizing Michigan Tech Athletics and Recreation and assigned sports. The candidate should be a creative and motivated individual, eager for hands‑on experience in the areas of media relations, graphic design, video, digital and social media.

• Tell the story of Michigan Tech Athletics and Recreation to multiple internal and external audiences through various means.
• Assist with the department’s graphic design needs.
• Develop strong relationships with local, regional, and national media and partners.
• Create, write, capture, edit, and/or design all collateral material to successfully promote assigned sports: football, men’s and women’s basketball, soccer, cross country, and track & field.
• Maintain  through a content management system.
• Compile statistics and serve as record keeper for assigned sports with the assistance of student stat crew.
• Nominate student-athletes for conference, regional, and national awards for assigned sports.
• Travel with assigned sports (as listed above) to select away-from-campus events.
• Maintain and run social media accounts for assigned sports and department accounts.
• Film and produce videos (assigned sports) for various platforms in collaboration with the Director of Video Production & Operations.
• Produce game programs and other publications for assigned sports.
• Assist with the production of scripts for home events.
• Produce Huskies Club marketing materials and donor fulfillment supplies.
• Work with the external relations team to plan and organize various banquets, luncheons, student work schedules, publication schedules, and other special events.
• Encourage continuous improvement practices among employees. Commit to applying continuous improvement strategies to strategic goals and leadership skills.
• Apply safety-related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable university, state, and federal regulations.
• Functional supervision is exercised over clerical support staff, graduate students, and student assistants.
• Commit to learning about continuous improvement strategies and applying them to everyday work. Actively engage in University continuous improvement initiatives.
• Apply safety-related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work.

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, English, Communications or related field

• Experience working with graphic design and publication software
• Experience with content management systems for the web
• Experience in videography
• Experience with various social media platforms
• Experience crafting, editing and posting press releases

• Two Years experience working within a Collegiate Athletic Department
• Experience working with statistics software
• Public speaking and/or radio broadcasting experience
• Experience in photography