ABOUT RICE:

Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston, Texas, Rice University is ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio, and a residential college system, which supports students intellectually, emotionally and culturally through social events, intramural sports, student plays, lectures series, courses and student government. Developing close-knit, diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition, which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.
Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty, staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rice’s culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name — RICE — Responsibility, Integrity, Community and Excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Assistant Director, Athletic Communications will act as the primary point of contact for assigned sports with the department, conference, and media to respond to inquiries and requests while also generating content based on proactive interactions with all parties. This position will manage content on RiceOwls.com for assigned sports and will support and enhance all sport-specific social media content generated in collaboration with the department’s creative team. In addition, this position will use support software to track statistics during athletic events and oversee support staff at athletic events.

WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS:

On campus position: This position is exclusively on-site, necessitating all duties to be performed in-person. Per Rice policy 440 , work arrangements may be subject to change.

• Must be available to work nights, weekends, and holidays as team and event schedules requires
• Frequent travel during season

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree
• One or more (1+) years of related experience

SKILLS

• Correspond professionally both in writing and orally
• Familiar with MS Office Suite
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assists in the implementation of and supports program communication efforts, including timely creation and editing of marketing campaigns, websites, blogs, emails, and newsletters
• Assists others in identifying and developing campus news stories
• Reviews upcoming events, seminars, research reports, grant summaries, campus documents, specialized journals, and newsletters for possible leads to news and feature stories
• Assists in content production for applicable university and / or unit websites; promotes news stories to targeted regional, national, and international media
• Coordinates media relations and ensures logistics / preparations are handled for media staff
• Point of contact for assigned sports with the department, conference, and media (both school and professional) to respond to inquiries and requests while also generating content based on proactive interactions with the same.
• Produce annual (Fact/Record Book) and weekly (notes) materials to assist various entities in their coverage.
• Primary manager of content on RiceOwls.com for each assigned sport including but not limited to editorial, biographical and specialty pages in addition to rosters, schedules and results as well as photos (and photo galleries).
• Manage photography, selecting images for website bios, recaps and social media which includes properly identifying student-athletes as well as developing a working knowledge of archived photos of former athletes on Box or other storage platforms. Coordinate the yearly updating of athlete mug shots for the website.
• Liaison with the conference office, providing competition updates each week
• Performs all other duties as assigned

On campus position: This position is exclusively on-site, necessitating all duties to be performed in-person. Per Rice policy 440 , work arrangements may be subject to change.

• Must be available to work nights, weekends, and holidays as team and event schedules requires
• Frequent travel during seaso