Title: Sports Information Director
About the Organization
Ohio Christian University is committed to offering a complete education that develops students intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. OCU offers degree programs for residential undergraduate students, graduate students, and adult and online students.
Position: Sports Information Director
Location: Main Campus
Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time
Description:
The primary purpose of the sports information director is to promote and provide publicity for all aspects of the 17 NCCAA athletic programs at Ohio Christian University. This is primarily done through the print and electronic media, internet, and publications, as well as overseeing home events, game management, scorers, table, home stats, live streaming, and audiovisual at all home athletic events.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Coordinate game and cumulative statistics while filing on a weekly basis, appropriate reports, and Athlete of the Week nominations to NCCAA. All statistics are computerized with live in-game stats provided for soccer, volleyball, basketball, and baseball/softball. • Oversee production and editing of game programs and schedule cards for all sports. • Oversee all team and individual photo sessions, as well as maintain digital photo archives. The SID office has a digital camera to use for basic photos, recruit signings, etc. • Maintain the sports information website. The site treats all sports equally with schedules, rosters, photos, game recaps, statistics, coaches bios, athlete bios, etc. • Oversee publicity on social media, which includes OCUs sports information text message service, SMS, Facebook, X, Instagram, and TikTok. • Oversee ongoing historical research for all sports. • Primary contact person for Ohio Christian University area media, as well as hometown media for all Trailblazer varsity teams and student-athletes. • Contact person for providing information of all video streamed events. • Oversee select staffing for all home athletic contests, including but not limited to public address announcers for athletic teams, where appropriate, and statisticians. • Communicate with and host visiting radio, TV broadcasts, public address announcers, statisticians, clock operators, audiovisual crews, scorebook. • Actively involved in all pre-game, in-game, and post-game protocol. • Assemble Hall of Fame materials for Ohio Christian and NCCAA honors.
Sports Information Duties:
• Design and upkeep the athletic website daily. • Maintain communication with local paper, surrounding news outlets, and student athlete hometown paper. • Select, nominate, vote for conference, NCCAA, and Athlete of the Week. • Record and report statistics for all 17 sports to the NCCAA. • Communicate with the University marketing department to promote OCU athletics. • Organize and execute media photo days for all teams. • Interview coaches and players following the conclusion of home events. • Contact coaches for post-game interview quotes and game information following the conclusion of away events. • Setup and teardown for every Home athletic event. • Manage and oversee all media-related items at every Home athletic event. • Communicate with NCCAA National Offices on a regular basis. • Provide coverage for all postseason events, including travel to select away contests for interviews, articles, pictures. • Maintain online streaming website through Stretch Internet. • Oversee color commentator schedule for live-streamed events. • Livestream radio links for away contested, synced to OCU website. • Livestream broadcast every Home athletic event. • Assist in scheduling and overseeing athletic student workers. • Assist with nominating Scholar Athletes and Scholar Teams. • Assist with organizing annual athletic banquet. • Assist in hosting of non-OCU athletic events, OCSAA, JuCo wrestling, etc. • Organize schedule with University photographer to attend five home events each month. • Manage each official OCU athletics social media site, Facebook, X, Instagram, and TikTok.
NCCAA Rules Compliance:
Be responsible for knowledge of and adherence to all NCCAA rules and regulations pertaining to but not limited to recruiting eligibility and general operation of the program.
Required Minimum Qualifications:
According to Ohio Christian University employment policy, all employees must possess a strong Christian commitment and adhere to the standards outlined in the OCU Community Lifestyle Statement.
LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER:
As a religious educational institution operating under the auspices of The Churches of Christ in Christian Union, Ohio Christian University is permitted and reserves the right to prefer employees on the basis of religion, 42 U.S.C. Sections 2000e-1 and 2000e-2.
The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed, it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.
Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an at-will basis unless otherwise contractually bound.
Ohio Christian University is an Equal Opportunity Employer
EOE Statement:
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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