Intercollegiate Athletics: Assistant Sports Information Director

POSITION: A full-time, professional academic staff position is available in Intercollegiate Athletics beginning August 1, 2025. The working title for this assignment is Assistant Sports Information Director with an official title of Communications Specialist. This is a renewable assignment, contingent on performance and funding. The salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Knowledge of sports is essential, as is a proven ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented setting.
• Knowledge and ability to handle PrestoStats, NCAA Genius LiveStats and Gymnastics Virtius for in-game stats, and maintaining statistical information for teams.
• Must have strong oral and written communication skills along with strong leadership skills.
• A commitment to athletic excellence within an academic environment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree may be considered an asset.
• One to two years of experience in athletics communication is preferred.

DUTIES:

Responsibilities:

• Assist in all daily operations of the Sports Information office.
• Handle primary contact responsibilities for multiple sports.
• Provide media and campus promotion groups with information (pictures, film clips, biographies, updated statistics, game schedules, etc.) on all assigned sports.
• Provide or oversee game day coverage for all assigned athletic teams (media preparations, announcing, official scoring, game rosters and programs, and reporting scores to media).
• Specific priority towards enhancing the department’s branding initiatives through social media, graphic design, and video work.
• Nominating and publicizing student-athletes for various awards, honors, and special recognitions.
• Training and supervising student workers and game-day staff.
• Knowledge and ability to handle PrestoStats, NCAA Genius LiveStats and Gymnastics Virtius for in-game stats, and maintaining statistical information for teams.
• Knowledge and ability to create content with Adobe Creative Cloud software (i.e. Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere).
• Extensive night and weekend hours of coverage as needed.
• Assume other duties as agreed upon by the Sports Information Director and Athletics Director.

Assist with:

• Coordination of media credential requests.
• Arranging interviews with coaches, student-athletes, or other staff members.
• Helping with the promotion of home events and fundraisers.
• Developing and implementing creative media/public relations strategies.
• Assist in the coordination of all publicity and communications for a complex and diversified 25-sport module.
• Developing, maintaining, and enhancing a strategically utilized website.
• Coordination of all aspects of media coverage for home events, utilizing modern technology to accommodate media productions.
• Producing video content for website and coordination of live video streaming.
• Producing editorial content for fundraising flyers, brochures, print advertising, radio promos, and other campus publications that promote intercollegiate athletics and related activities.

UNIVERSITY and EAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY: UW-Eau Claire, an institution of approximately 10,000 students and 1,200 faculty and staff, is consistently recognized as a top comprehensive university in the Midwest and is widely known as a leader in faculty-undergraduate research and study abroad. We strive for excellence in liberal education and select graduate and professional programs through commitment to teaching and learning and dedication to our core values of diversity, sustainability, leadership, and innovation.

The City of Eau Claire, situated at the confluence of the Chippewa and Eau Claire rivers, is at the center of a metropolitan area of approximately 100,000 people located 90 miles east of Minneapolis/St. Paul. The area features beautiful parks and trails, strong public schools, a vibrant arts scene and local food culture, and abundant recreational opportunities.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applications are submitted electronically. Please follow instructions found on the following UW-Eau Claire Web site: https://wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UW_Comprehensives . You must create an account and login before you can apply. Please be sure you have included the following in PDF format:

• Letter of application
• Resume
• Unofficial graduate school transcript [if applicable]
• Names and contact information for three references.

Please direct requests for additional information to:

Nick Hoven, Director of Media Relations; hovennk@uwec.edu

To ensure consideration, completed applications must be received by July 22, 2025. However, screening may continue until position is filled. The university reserves the right to contact additional references with notice given to the candidates at an appropriate time in the process. Employment will require a background check. Employment will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding past conduct related to sexual violence, sexual harassment, and misconduct.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. §. 19.36(7).

The UW-Eau Claire Police Department is dedicated to maintaining a safe and secure environment for learning and working. Although crime at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is limited, the University Police want students, faculty and staff to be aware of crime on campus and the area surrounding the campus. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is a federal law that requires colleges and universities to disclose annual information about campus crime.

UW-Eau Claire is an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disability employer