STATUS:  Closed/Reviewing/Interviewing

POSITION OPENING:  Graduate Assistant, Sports Marketing  

DEPARTMENT:  Athletics

DATE:  October 2, 2012                                        POSITION:   Part-time

FLSA STATUS:  Exempt (Administrative)               CLOSING DATE:   October 31, 2012

POSITION SUMMARY:  Assist with game day operations, creating press releases and keeping stats for all sporting events.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor's degree with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average from a four-year college or university.  
• Must be fully accepted into a master's Degree program at Wheeling Jesuit University.  The position is contingent upon the candidate's actual enrollment in a master's program.  
• Must be fluent with Microsoft Office Suite technologies.  
• Desired technical fluencies include HTML, Adobe Photoshop, and website CMS.
• Experience working with NCAA statistical software and/or other statistical software preferred
• Prior experience with athletic and other event planning and promotion development and execution preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must be highly organized with strong attention to detail.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assist with athletic publications for all athletic teams, including but not limited to schedule posters and cards, media guides, game day programs and feature stories.
• Assist with maintaining current team and individual statistics and distribute them to the WVIAC conference office, NCAA , and all media outlets.
• Assist with coordinating activities surrounding all home athletics contests including:  promotion of event, site setup, and hosting visiting and local media.
• Responsible for staffing and managing all in-game operations for gametape exchange, statistics, live stats, scorekeeping, public address, scoreboard and timing of all athletic events.
• Distribute all statistical information before, during and after events to the media, official scorer, CardinalCast and Public Address announcers.
• Assist with maintaining the WJU athletic website.
• Assist with creating and distributing weekly athletic event schedule on campus and email campus community on all home games, cancellations, and make-up dates.
• Promote post season honors for outstanding athletes, coaches and administrator and submit them to the conference office.
• Other duties as assigned.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:  Application material must include:

• Letter of application describing your relevant experience
• Current resume
• Contact information for three to five references

   Wheeling Jesuit University
   Director of Human Resources       or         jobs@wju.edu
   316 Washington Avenue
   Wheeling WV 26003

AS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER, WE ENCOURAGE APPLICATIONS FROM QUALIFIED VIETNAM ERA VETERANS, DISABLED INDIVIDUALS, MINORITIES, AND WOMEN