External Relations Specialist

Founded in 1863, Saint Mary's College of California is a residential institution in the Moraga Valley, 20 miles east of San Francisco, rooted in the Catholic, Lasallian, and Liberal Arts traditions. Enrolling more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the College integrates liberal and professional education within a mission shaped by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. Known for academic excellence, innovation, and responsiveness, Saint Mary's fosters shared inquiry, meaningful student engagement, and a strong commitment to diversity, leadership, and service.

Founded in 1863, Saint Mary's College of California is a residential institution in the Moraga Valley, 20 miles east of San Francisco, rooted in the Catholic, Lasallian, and Liberal Arts traditions. Enrolling more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the College integrates liberal and professional education within a mission shaped by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. Known for academic excellence, innovation, and responsiveness, Saint Mary's fosters shared inquiry, meaningful student engagement, and a strong commitment to diversity, leadership, and service.

At Saint Mary's, your work has visible impact. As a close-knit residential college, employees work collaboratively across departments-your ideas, leadership, and contributions directly shape the student experience and the future direction of the institution. Colleagues partner across divisions, decisions are grounded in mission, and innovation is encouraged. If you are seeking a workplace where purpose, community, and professional growth intersect–and where your work truly matters–Saint Mary's offers that opportunity.

External Relations Specialist

The External Relations Specialist provides part-time, specialized support to the Saint Mary's College Department of Athletics in one or more assigned areas of external relations. Depending on departmental needs, assignments may include event entertainment, creative services, digital content, storytelling and brand messaging, photography, video production, and/or broadcast operations. Working within established departmental guidelines and under the direction of full-time Athletics staff, the External Relations Specialist produces and supports content and event-related activities for assigned sports, competitions, or projects.

Individual specialists may be assigned only a portion of the responsibilities described below based on their experience, skills, and departmental needs. Work products are subject to review and approval through the department’s established editorial and content review processes.

• Provide support in one or more assigned areas, which may include event entertainment, creative services, digital content, storytelling and brand messaging, photography, video production, and/or broadcast operations.
• Produce assigned digital, visual, written, photographic, or video content for Athletics programs in accordance with established departmental guidelines and direction. Content may include real-time and post-production event coverage, promotional materials, feature content, event entertainment graphics, and other creative storytelling.
• Support media production during preseason content days, select recruiting visits, and promotional photo and video shoots, as assigned.
• Assist with the organization and maintenance of historical archives, digital assets, media files, and other content for assigned teams or projects.
• Support the fulfillment of requests from media and institutional, conference, and national office staff, as assigned.
• Travel to select away competitions to capture content…