Assistant Athletic Director - Marketing & Creative Services

Gonzaga University, United States

Updated: about 2 months ago
Location: Spokane, WASHINGTON
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Who We Are
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Position Title Assistant Athletic Director - Marketing & Creative Services
Posting Number S2204P
Department Athletics External Operations
Work Schedule
Employment Status Regular
Temporary or Fixed-Term Assignment End Date
Hours per Week 40
Months per Year 12
Job Purpose
In collaboration with the Senior Associate Athletic Director – External Operations, this position manages the daily operations and functions of the departments’ Marketing and Creative Services areas. This position provides leadership on matters related to the functional areas of responsibility to meet the needs of the department. Position ensures alignment with department’s strategic business plan and guides vision and strategy for the area in order to achieve Athletic Department objectives and to move Gonzaga University’s mission forward.
Anticipated/Budgeted Salary (Annualized 12 months, 40 hours/week) 72030
Minimum Salary (Annualized 12 months, 40 hours/week) 72030
Salary Midpoint (Annualized 12 months, 40 hours/week) 84741
Maximum Salary (Annualized 12 months, 40 hours/week) 97452


Essential Functions


Essential Function Category Title Marketing
% of time for section 35
Function Details
  • Oversee the marketing efforts of the Athletic Department, positively promoting its student-athletes, coaches, programs, and the department as a whole through multiple mediums including print, digital, social media, live events and game-day atmosphere.
  • Create game day atmosphere to encourage fan attendance, including but not limited to promotional materials, in-game promotions and entertainment, sponsorship fulfillment, scripting, honors and recognitions.
  • Assist with gozags.com website, including the marketing and promotional portions of the website.
  • Collaborate on the marketing of revenue generating items such as ticket sales, development solicitations, licensed products, sponsorship activations and other opportunities for the Athletic Department.
  • Collaborate with the Assistant Director of Marketing to maximize the use of student interns at all Gonzaga athletic contests and events.
  • Oversee the spirit programs (Band, Cheer, and Mascot) including scheduling of appearances at games, University events, and outside events.
  • Serve as a liaison to the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership related to student engagement and attendance at Athletic events.
Essential Function Category Title Creative Services
% of time for section 30
Function Details
  • Oversee all phases of the production of creative video including conceptualization, scripting, planning, lighting, photographing, sound recording, editing, and graphics creation, authoring, and producing.
  • Oversee creative design concepts that effectively communicate and elevate the Gonzaga Athletics brand. Maintain visual identity and brand continuity in both print and digital environments. Content created and executed will include, but not be limited to still graphics, motion graphics, print materials, and large format graphics using the Adobe software creative suite.
  • Oversee social media, including strategy and implementation on all Athletic Department social media sites.
Essential Function Category Title Supervision
% of time for section 25
Function Details
Team and Operational Effectiveness:
  • Meet regularly, at least bi-monthly, with all direct reports.
  • Manage performance on an ongoing basis throughout the year.
  • Ensure effective performance management for indirect reports.
  • Create and ensure opportunities for team development through multiple mechanisms and support recognition efforts that build morale.
  • Steward all resources, including budget, effectively and appropriately.
  • Meet operational targets, develop innovate solutions, and continuously improve department and operational efforts.
  • Support and contribute to hiring efforts that meet departmental operational and mission needs.


Develop and Support Inclusive Environments:
  • Ensure all staff are effectively on-boarded to their role.
  • Actively build relationships and demonstrate a bias for collaboration.
  • Address and resolve conflicts.
  • Communicate regularly with all team members through multiple mechanisms.
Essential Function Category Title NCAA Compliance
% of time for section 5
Function Details
  • Employees of Gonzaga University’s Athletic Department must comply with all NCAA rules and regulations and acknowledge this compliance as part of an evaluation process.


Other Functions


Other Functions
  • Assist other members of the Athletic department during peak periods and with special workload projects.
  • Incumbent may represent the department on University-wide committees or projects as assigned and approved by the supervisor.


University Competencies


University Work Values
Promoting Excellence in Academic Endeavors and Professional Practice
• Fostering intellectual depth, competence, reflection, and creativity in pursuing exemplary, rather than satisfactory, outcomes
Sharing Responsibility for Mission Identity and Leadership
• Making a personal commitment to learn about Gonzaga’s mission, discovering ways to contribute individually and collaboratively to our distinctive learning and research community
Affirming a Commitment to Human Dignity
• Engaging one another with profound respect, professionalism, and cura personalis while supporting one another’s continued learning, development, and maximizing of potential
Advancing a Culture of Inclusiveness
• Developing cultural fluencies and global awarenesses, and practicing habits that enable us to value, recruit, and support community members from historically underrepresented backgrounds
Caring for Our Common Home and Integral Ecology
• Growing ecological awareness of and respect for the interconnectedness of human and non-human life, and the need to develop and practice habits that are mutually beneficial to all life
Cultivating Individual and Community Accountability
• Demonstrating mutual commitment to our shared project by holding ourselves and others responsible for actions, expecting appropriate behavior, and aligning activities with ethical and professional standards


Qualifications/Knowledge Required/Years Experience Required


Degree Required Bachelor's Degree
Certifications and/or Licensures required
NA
Knowledge Required Expert in field
Years Experience Required 5-7.99 years
Minimum Qualifications
  • Five (5) years progressively responsible experience in marketing & promotions or other related field.
  • At least one (1) year of demonstrated supervisory experience.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a diverse university, community and athletic department environment cultivating and maintaining positive working relationships.
  • Ability to be detail oriented in a high stress, fast–paced environment.
  • Energetic and motivated self-starter with strong organizational skills and the ability to work within a competitive and collaborative environment and meet critical project deadlines.
  • Ability to solve problems, make decisions, multi-task and prioritize ongoing and new projects successfully.
  • Excellent administrative, organizational, time management, computer application, communication and personnel management skills/
  • Ability to work evening and weekend hours, as needed, for various Athletic functions and events.
Desired Qualifications
  • Master’s Degree
  • Experience working in an athletic setting.
  • Full-time experience in intercollegiate athletics administration.
  • Full-time experience with direct marketing & promotions responsibility of D-I football and/or basketball.
Physical / Environmental Qualifications
  • Weekend and evening work is required.
  • Work is discharged in an office environment as well as an event environment.
  • Remain in stationary position 50% of the time.
  • Wrist and hand movement related to computer work.
  • Stand, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch, walk, carry, reach, sit and other movements.
  • Ability to be mobile campus/community wide for appropriate business needs.


Posting Detail Information


Open Date 01/19/2024
Close Date
Open Until Filled Yes
Application Review Begins On 01/24/2024
Special Instructions to Applicants
EEO Statement
Gonzaga University is a Jesuit, Catholic, humanistic institution, and is therefore interested in candidates who will contribute to its distinctive mission. Gonzaga University is a committed EEO/AA employer and diversity candidates are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their disability status and/or protected veteran status. Applicants with disabilities needing reasonable accommodations to complete the application or hiring process should contact Human Resources (509) 313-5996.
Clery Statement
Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics
The safety of all members of the campus community is of vital concern to Gonzaga University. Information regarding crime prevention advice, the law enforcement authority of Campus Security, policies concerning the reporting of any crimes which occurred on the campus (and other specified locations), other security and safety-related policies, as well as the crime statistics for the most recent 3-year period may be found in the Campus Safety and Security Guide and Annual Fire Safety Report. The Gonzaga-In-Florence Safety & Security Guide is also available.
A copy of the report can be found online at www.Gonzaga.edu/Clery . A paper copy of the Campus Safety & Security Guide and Annual Fire Safety Report or the Gonzaga-In-Florence Safety & Security Guide may be obtained by contacting the Student Development Office on main campus, College Hall 120. The Florence Guide may also be obtained on the Florence campus in room 105.

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