Assistant Athletic Director, Athletic Media Relations (Football)

The Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Media Relations (Football) will identify, pitch and facilitate storytelling opportunities aligned with the goals of Boise State University, the athletic department and the football program. The successful candidate will be experienced in leveraging the platform afforded by FBS football and in preparing student-athletes, coaches and staff to maximize exposure opportunities.

Essential Functions:

• Oversee and manage the publication of information provided to local, regional, and national media regarding Boise State football and other assigned sports.
• Primary contact for media outlets for assigned sports programs, including football.
• Oversee the process of media requests and interviews for football.
• Serve as the media relations liaison to the football head coach.
• Prepare student-athletes, coaches, and staff for media opportunities.
• Maintain the department’s quarterly and annual reports.
• Assist in media coordination efforts for conferences and national sporting events hosted by Boise State.
• Write, coordinate, and distribute press releases and statistics as necessary.
• Administer adherence to conference and department initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years experience or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree.
• Experience working directly with a Division I, FBS football program, including travel to away contests.
• Experience providing media training to student-athletes, coaches and staff.
• Experience in the use and operation of InDesign (or comparable publishing program), Photoshop, Word, web updating programs and statistical programs (i.e. STATCREW, Genius, etc.).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge of and compliance with NCAA, conference and university rules and regulations.
• Experience with oversight and management of personnel.
• Experience and understanding of media operations and deadlines, with a background in journalism/public relations.
• Basic computer knowledge and competency.
• Understanding and experience regarding the internal workings of website design.
• This position must have excellent communication skills to work as a high-level customer service representative for event patrons.
• Administration of large-scale highly visible game management from a media relations standpoint.
• Working knowledge and experience administering a championship level athletic event.
• Flexibility to handle irregular hours and short notice tasks.

Required Materials

• Resume
• Cover Letter