GSUTiger95,
Please inform of his job duties and responsibilities. Im not trying to be negative. Im only asking what did he do.
Are you serious, brother? Trust me. Just in case.
I. Scope of Responsibilities: The Sports Information Director provides a multi-media communication link between the school and its constituency that includes the general public, the media, the coaching staff, the alumni, the players, their family and friends, and the college community.
II. Essential Responsibilities: (These essential responsibilities are those the individual must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of reasonable accommodation.)
A. Duties:
1. Provide Sports Information:
a) Report scores of games and matches to the local newspapers and radio stations, through the publication of brochures and media guides, and through Website updates.
b) Provide consolidated sports information to Magazine, Institutional Update, and other internal publications.
c) Provide pre-game work; including the Game Day program, the Pre-game Notes, scheduling and confirming statisticians for each event.
d) Provide post-game duties, including finalizing stats, writing the game story, sending the game story to media outlets, updating the website and posting scores and stats on other websites (such as SWAC, NCAA, and DakStats).
e) Provide selected articles on individual players for release to hometown newspapers before, during, and after the season.
f) Produce weekly e-mail updates on a timely basis to students, staff, and alumni.
g) Nominate players for weekly and postseason awards at the conference and national associations.
h) Develop brochures as needed for the Awards, recruiting tools, and other projects as assigned.
i) Handle all athletic website management, including updating information and improving the site as needed.
j) Supervise the Internet broadcast of Lancer games, including the oversight of announcers, scheduling, arranging accommodations to away games, and care of equipment.
2. Travel: Able to travel with various sports teams during individual seasons, as the schedule requires and with the prior approval of the Athletics Director.
3. Sports Information Layout:
a) Incorporate new ideas and trends into advertising and layout.
b) Provide input on layout to include photo selections and proofreading assistance.
c) Oversee production and distribution of all sports advertising.
4. Develop Sponsorship:
a) Assist the Athletics Director with the development of corporate and individual sponsorship opportunities to generate revenue for media guides, tournaments, Awards, and season partnerships.
b) Sell ad space to sponsors and other interested parties.
c) Collect advertising money and deposit it in Business Office.
5. Recordkeeping:
a) Retain copies of all game match reports, records, and statistics.
b) Update all record books.
6. Professional Representation:
a) Represent Grace Schools in matters related to sports information.
b) Conduct himself/herself in a professional manner and in a manner indicative of the Grace Schools community lifestyle.
c) Handle all media requests and develop quality relationships with various media outlets.
7. Campus Advertising: Design and post sports advertising via posters and signs, programs and brochures across campus in accordance with school policy.
8. Photography:
a) Photograph sports events while in progress.
b) Photograph individual players for various programs and publications.
c) File and organize all athletic photography.
d) Train and hire additional staff photographers as needed.
B. Supervision: . May supervise a student employee including interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning and directing work, coaching, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
2. Must have a mindset of mentoring employees under supervision. Should be able to lead in a way that sets a good example, promotes teamwork, and encourages a positive, efficient work environment.
III. Performance Areas:
A. Job Effectiveness (Competence)
1. Knowledge: Demonstrates job knowledge, understands how his/her work relates to the department and organization. Possess knowledge of all tools, equipment and resources most useful to the position.
2. Organization: Plans and organizes work, demonstrates dependability and good attendance, makes effective decisions, effective problem solving/demonstrates good judgment, handles multiple tasks simultaneously.
3. Results: Achieves needed results, takes responsibility, and communicates adequately and effectively.
B. People Matter (Character)
1. Interpersonal Skills: Shows respect for others, actively builds trust, demonstrates honesty/fairness. Maintains appropriate levels of confidentiality. Gives credit to others, routinely expresses positive feedback and gratitude, understands others' perspectives, supports diversity and understands related Issues.
2. Teamwork/ Conflict Resolution: Actively applies teamwork principles, supports the goals of others. Keeps short accounts, seeks productive means for resolving conflicts, shows loyalty to those not present, and avoids backbiting and gossip.
C. Organizational Success (Service)
1. Customer & Organizational Orientation: Makes student needs a priority, treats students with respect, and displays mission-mindedness. Shows support and respect for the institution, management, policies and procedures, and the community lifestyle statement.
2. Continuous Learning: Actively develops job related knowledge & skills and increases knowledge about the organization, flexible/adaptable to change, demonstrates creativity/innovation in work.
D. Supervision
1. Leadership/Initiative: Achieves support of objectives, leads effectively during change initiatives, sets a good example in character, competence and service, encourages a positive, efficient work environment, assigns and directs work creating an efficient work environment.
2. Coaching: Counsels, evaluates staff, identifies areas for and supports employee development opportunities, provides training as needed, appropriately intervenes to address complaints and resolve conflicts.
3. Team-leading: Effectively leads in work and group achievement, empowers/enables employees, identifies and makes good use of diverse perspectives, skills and abilities. Understands diversity issues and creates supportive environment for diverse employees.
IV. Job Expectations:
A. General: Support the organization's mission, vision, and values by demonstrating a commitment to school management, school policies and procedures, and the community lifestyle statement.
B. Personal:
1. Consistently seek to deliver high-quality customer service.
2. Project a professional image through dress, appearance, manner, and speech.
3. Maintain highly ethical and trustworthy work and personal habits.
4. Generate sensible, realistic, practical solutions to problems.
5. Display initiative by being self-directed and results oriented.
C. Communication:
1. Use courtesy, tact, and good judgment when handling comments from students, staff, and the general public.
2. Communicate ideas clearly and respectfully with supervisors, co-workers, and customers in order to achieve desired results and to promote teamwork.
3. Maintain appropriate levels of confidentiality.
4. Demonstrate strong inter-personal skills and an ability to get along with others.
D. Organizational:
1. Plan, organize, schedule, and prioritize in an efficient and productive manner.
2. Handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
V. Job Requirements:
A. General: Individuals must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed or be able to explain and demonstrate that they can perform the essential responsibilities of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, in order to safely perform the essential responsibilities of the job.
B. Physical: Must be able to perform the following: talking, hearing, and seeing. Must have sufficient manual dexterity to be able to operate all office equipment including, but not limited to: computers, fax machines, copy machines, modems, and telephones.
C. Mental: Must be able to reason, analyze, prioritize, conceptualize, make judgments, and solve problems.
VI. Qualifications:
A. Minimum:
1. Excellent communication skills.
2. Bachelor's degree in sales, marketing, broadcasting, journalism, or communications.
3. Two years of experience in any of the above areas.
4. Ability to travel.
5. Proficient experience with MSOffice, Page Maker, Dream Weaver or Web Page software.
6. Must have excellent attention to detail.
7. Team-oriented attitude.
8. Christian faith and commitment.
B. Preferred:
1. Two years of successful experience in the sports information field.
