Assistant Coach, Football Creative Video & Social Content - Division of Intercollegiate Athletics

Division Intercollegiate Athletics

Job Summary

Design, produce and implement coordinated creative Videos & Graphics for the Football Program recruiting

Duties & Responsibilities

Recruiting – 60%

• Independently develop, create, produce and update all motivational videos pieces targeting coaches, recruits and current student athletes to help the efforts of recruiting student-athletes for U of I.
• Create graphics and innovative visuals used to recruit prospective student athletes.
• Engage with recruits to capture, create, and enhance images around the recruit’s interest for social media platform.
• Assist with the execution of photoshoots of prospective student athletes to enhance their official visit experience.
• Build and develop student workers that can assist with recruiting graphic and creative video.
• Collaborate with coaching staff on individual recruits’ interest.
• Manages creative development and deployment of digital, social, mobile and video content for communications and branding initiatives surrounding Illinois football. To catch the attention of recruits and families.
• Create visual resources engaged through social media for future student-athletes and families.
• Participate in recruitment goals for the football program.
• Collaborate as a part of the design team as well as partners across all sports and departments, with the goal of elevating and carrying the visual brand through to all forms of communication, including email, printed materials, packaging, and in-store displays.
• Develops creative content that enhances revenue streams though fan engagement and experience, brand awareness, advertising and public relations strategies to enhance the recruiting of student – athletes and families.
• Build and develop student workers that can assist with recruiting graphic and creative video.

Graphics Branding and Engagement - 20%

• Assist with media responsibilities for the design and production of brand objectives for the Football program, designed to create consistent and innovative solutions by providing conceptual sketches, inspiration gathering, typographic studies, layout design, illustration, logo design, and making revisions and refinements thru project completion.
• Facilitate engagement in a diverse range of brand marketing projects such as advertisements, catalogs, look books, packaging, digital content, corporate communications and brand identities.
• Assist in the direction of ideas and concepts with members of the football and DIA creative teams that strengthen and define the Illinois Football Brand.
• Help design and create external media assets for the football program social media account in conjunction with DIA

Football Video - 20%

• Responsible for all aspects of the production process from start to finish: Conceptualizing, coordinating, writing, shooting, and editing videos for Illinois Football.
• Collaborate with DIA External on Big Picture Videos for Football.
• Producing Facility, Practice, In Game Hi-lite Videos.
• Independently create a fully integrated self-scout report, compiling video clips obtained from practice sessions and in-game play along with written analysis obtained from offensive and defensive coordinators. There are approximately 80 reports prepared each week during the sport season.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Required: Bachelor's degree in sports administration or related field. Experience: Required: One or more years experience working in Power 5 football

Preferred Qualifications

Experience:
Preferred: Three or more years experience working in Power 5 football

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Maintain knowledge of and compliance with specific NCAA, Big Ten Conference, and institution rules as they related to this position is required.
• Demonstrate the ability to meet short deadlines, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and work in a team-oriented and fast-paced environment.

Appointment Information

This is a 100% full-time Academic Professional position, appointed on a 12-month basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after 5/16/2023. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Application Procedures & Deadline Information

Applications must be received by 6:00 pm (CST) on May 12, 2023. Apply for this position using the Apply Now button at the top or bottom of this posting. Applications not submitted through https://jobs.illinois.edu will not be considered. For further information about this specific position, please contact Krissy Doran at kdoran@illinois.edu. For questions regarding the application process, please contact 217-333-2137.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, COVID-19 vaccination requirement, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply and may request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (2008) to complete the application and/or interview process. Requests may be submitted through the reasonable accommodations portal, or by contacting the Accessibility & Accommodations Division of the Office for Access and Equity at 217-333-0885, or by emailing accessibility@illinois.edu.

Requisition ID: 1017611
Job Category: Education & Student Services
Apply at: https://jobs.illinois.edu