Men's Athletics Director jobs in Portland, ME

• Leads athletics communications team by coordinating, operating and/or supervising staff on statistical tracking programming and livestream broadcasts at home events
• Serve as primary media contact and liaison with local and national media for athletics related requests. Coordinate the recognition, nomination and promotion of national, regional and conference award candidates for both athletic and academically-based awards
• Oversee and manage athletics web presence (gomonks.com) and social media platforms
• Develop, coordinate and promote webcasting to highlight department initiatives and programs, which includes promoting current platforms and developing new strategies to continue to increase followers on both the webcasts and within social media
• Ensure a consistent image and appropriate brand identity usage as it relates to institutional guidelines and marketing materials
• Oversee the design, editing, production and distribution of promotional and marketing materials to include but not limited to, press releases, score reporting, social media graphics, promotional banners, and other related information and materials
• Supervise the management and storage of archival and historical data, photos and other materials through our online file sharing in Google Drive
• Develop and implement a marketing strategy to strengthen regional and/or national presence with the goal of enhancing and developing recruitment, retention and revenue generation
• Supervise and mentor graduate assistant position for athletics communications & event management
• Ensures appropriate staffing and training of student workforce for athletics communications, event management and other departmental events
• Organize annual selection of Hall of Fame inductees and organization of event
• Coordinates organizational efforts for Senior Student-Athlete Banquet

Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience, a proven team player with at least 3 years of experience within a college athletics communications office.

Supervision and Scheduling Demands: Will meet on a regular basis with the AVP/CARO. Evening, nighttime, and weekend hours are expected.

Equipment: Familiarity with social media platforms, computers including Google platform and Microsoft Office, scoreboards, sound/PA systems, stat-tracking software and webcasting.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Computer competence in word processing, power point, database management, website development, familiarity with StatCrew software, web site software and electronic mail
• Proven leadership and managerial skills
• Proven training, coaching and mentoring abilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organization skills and interpersonal skills
• Ability to interact with people of all ages and backgrounds
• Tolerates work related stress effectively and maintains self-control/professionalism

About Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

Applicants must be willing to support the mission and core values of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.

Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Joseph's College is Maine's only Catholic college. We offer to our 2000 on-campus and online students a unique mix of undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree programs with a strong liberal arts foundation. Our beautiful 474-acre Sebago Lake campus in Standish, Maine is located 30 minutes northwest of Portland, ME, and 2 hours North of Boston, MA. Fielding 21 intercollegiate varsity teams, the College also boasts a competitive Division III athletics program.

Additionally, the College provides certificates and undergraduate and advanced degrees for thousands more working adults who reside throughout the United States and in more than 20 other countries through an online learning program. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

Saint Joseph's is nationally recognized for its successful integration of community service in its classroom learning and its sustainability performance. In 2015, the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions on campus and within local, regional, and global communities.

In 2022, the College earned STARS Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in recognition of its campus-wide sustainability achievements. This program is the most widely recognized in the world for reporting comprehensive information related to a college’s sustainability accomplishments.

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine embraces justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion as important cornerstones for academic excellence, student success, institutional and community resilience, and as vital expressions of our Catholic identity, Mercy Charism, and Core Values. We commit ourselves to nurturing highly competent and deeply compassionate leaders ready to serve in a vulnerable world.

Recognizing the dignity of all persons, we seek to address instances of injustice both within and outside our College community from a stance of informed advocacy. In this way we fulfill our core value of community, which calls on us to demonstrate a spirit of connectedness with one another through expressions of hospitality, courtesy, inclusivity, and collaboration. Saint Joseph's College is the community that grows community, preparing whole people to a whole world. Learn more here.

Review of applications will begin immediately. Please complete our online application by clicking on Apply Now. Include your resume and cover letter, and read and sign the Pre-Employment Statement. Offers are contingent upon successfully passing a background check.

Saint Joseph’s College is an EEO employer and applications from members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. We consider all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person’s race (including traits associated with race, including hair texture, Afro hairstyles, and protective hairstyles), color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, genetic information, military status, sex or gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disabilities, familial status, protected whistleblower activity, previous assertion of workers’ compensation claim, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Specific questions may be emailed to: sjcemployment@sjcme.edu or call 207-893-7757.

Mission Statement

Saint Joseph's College of Maine, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and animated by the vision of Catherine McAuley, is a Catholic college in the liberal arts tradition distinguished by its welcoming community. We foster an on-going dialogue between faith and reason so as to prepare our learners to live meaningful lives that improve the world around them.

Vision Statement

In fulfillment of its mission, Saint Joseph's College of Maine will be a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative community that forms individuals who practice humility, justice, and compassion, as Jesus did, in solidarity with the marginalized.