Communications Assistantship

Duke

Athletics

Duke Athletics is committed to cultivating and promoting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. Our collective success within and beyond the competitive arena depends on each community member being and feeling welcomed, respected, and valued. Through continuous education, reflection, humility, and accountability, we strive to develop leaders who embody these ideals.

Read more about Duke Athletics’ Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging by visiting this website: https://goduke.com/sports/2022/12/9/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-belonging.aspx

Title: Communications Assistantship

Position Summary:

The individual filling this position will be a member of the Athletics Department's communications staff and report to the Director of Communications.

Essential Functions:

· Serve as the primary and/or secondary media contact for multiple programs (women’s volleyball, men’s tennis, women’s lacrosse)

· Produce media guides, game notes, news releases and feature stories

· Generate feature content, video and other unique coverage for GoDuke.com, the official website of Duke Athletics

· Respond to media requests

· Staff home and selected away events

· Supervise statistical crews and other event support personnel

· Participate in the assigned sports’ creative working group

· Compile statistics, researching historical records for Duke Department of Athletics publications and assisting the communications staff with additional duties.

Minimum Requirements:

· Experience in a collegiate or professional media relations environment

· Outstanding written and oral communications skills

· Demonstrated organizational skills

· Working knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Microsoft Word, The Automated Scorebook and NCAA Live Stats.

Anticipated Start Date is January 2, 2025.

How to Apply:

Interested Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and list of three references online at careers.duke.edu

For more information on Duke University Athletics please visit GoDuke.com.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Work requires analytical, communication and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a Bachelor's degree program.

Experience

No experience required beyond bachelor's degree.

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.