The Department of Athletics Communications within WVU Athletics facilitates media coverage for all 18 Mountaineer varsity sports. Athletics Communications is responsible for publicizing and promoting teams and student-athletes through press releases, game notes, media guides, press conferences, social media, posters, schedule cards and interaction with individual members of the media.
General
Responsibilities
- Serve as primary contact for assigned sports
- Coordinate and monitor media interviews
- Produce media guides and game programs
- Maintain statistics and archives
- Create content including video graphics
- Write press releases and feature stories
- Maintain the athletics website (WVUsports.com)
- Monitor and Maintain social media channels for assigned sports
- Travel with assigned teams
- Provide information to the Big 12 and NCAA
- Assist with all football and basketball games and other sports as needed
Related Occupations
- College athletics communications
- Professional sports public and media relations offices
- Sports public relations, media relations
- Social media, graphic design
- Digital media and video production
- Sports marketing
Graphics
Responsibilities
- Develop ideas and produce designs for various visual materials for promotional and marketing purposes for all sports and various areas in the athletic department, such as multi-page publications, brochures, posters, flyers, web pages, social media graphics, motion graphics.
- Create materials integrated across a variety of media including print, photography, video, web and multimedia.
- Work with department public relations specialist to most effectively promote teams, athletes and coaches via design projects.
Related Occupations
- College athletics communications
- Sports graphic designer, multimedia designer or creative services director
- Professional sports organization or non-sports-related businesses