STATUS:  Accepting applications through "Closing Date" listed herein.

POSITION OPENING:  Graduate Assistant, Sports Information  

DEPARTMENT:  Athletics

DATE:  August 5, 2013

POSITION:   Part-time

FLSA STATUS:  Exempt (Administrative)    

CLOSING DATE EXTENDED:  September 30, 2013

POSITION SUMMARY:  Assist with creating press releases, reporting statistics and in game media relations and web postings.

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 Creative Suite and website CMS.
• Experience working with NCAA statistical software including Stat Crew.
• 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 and game day programs.
• Write news and feature stories and disseminate them to media outlets.
• Assist with maintaining current team and individual statistics and distribute them to conference offices, the NCAA , and media outlets.
• Assist with coordinating gameday management, activities surrounding home athletic events including: promotion of event and hosting visiting and local media.
• Assist with statistic collection, posting live stats and writing post game news stories following athletic games and disseminating the stories to media outlets and post online.
• Responsible for collecting, cataloging and archiving photos and videos for athletic department.
• 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
• A copy of your full acceptance letter into the Master’s Program at WJU
• Contact information for three to five references

Send to:

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