Sports Information Manager at The Lovett School

The Lovett School, an independent K-12 day school in Atlanta, GA, seeks a dynamic, socially, and organizationally gifted sports communications professional to oversee communications, marketing, and promotional efforts for The Lovett School athletics. This full-time position sets the strategy and brand for The Lovett School’s athletics teams in support of our approach to amateur athletics and our commitment to athletics as part of our school’s community. This role works closely with The Lovett School’s Director of Athletics. The schedule is based on the athletic program’s schedule. Collaboration hours and flex hours will be established, with required nights and weekend coverage needed.

Reports to: Senior Director of Communications, with a dotted line to the Director of Athletics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee communication strategy for Lovett Athletics that is consistent with the school’s brand, mission, and values.
• Keep relevant statistics for all varsity programs; manage and edit all box scores on Lovett.org/Athletics and The Lovett School’s website. 
• Write game recaps for athletics programs for the school website. 
• Manage athletics social media channels; post game recaps/highlights in a timely fashion on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
• Shoot photo and video (separate from live streaming) at home games, some away games, and practices throughout each season.
• Assist with live streaming of home athletics games as needed. Responsibilities include actual filming/live streaming of games; maintaining video and livestream equipment; recruiting and managing student videographers; managing NFHS and Hudl platforms; uploading and sharing video to YouTube, Vimeo, school website, and other platforms as needed; and coordinating with outside vendors as needed.
• Take and/or coordinate team photos, and organize to maintain historic team photo archives. Take and/or manage individual photo sessions. 
• Attend major competitions (ex. state tournaments) and post live updates.
• Write and create content for digital and print communications including but not limited to season reviews, team/athlete/coach profiles for website news and alumni magazine. 
• Recruit and coordinate students and/or team managers to assist in photo/video, write-ups, and statistics.
• Coordinate and promote student athlete-college signings.
• Explore, evaluate, and implement new sports information platforms and technologies at the request of the Director of Athletics or Senior Director of Communications.
• Could be asked to be an assistant athletic coach on one our interscholastic teams as needed for one athletic season 
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics. 

Skills and Qualifications:

• Commitment to education and to athletics as an important aspect of the education and development of young people; strong appreciation for the values of The Lovett School and its approach to education and athletics.
• Excellent organizational skills. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Experience with photography and videography. 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; strong interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Office Suite, Adobe design suite, film and audio editing; expertise in graphic design, web design and social media. 
• Experience exporting, compiling and analyzing communication data and reports, assessing communication data and using it to inform strategy. 
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and juggle multiple priorities. 
• Ability and willingness to work late afternoons, evenings, and weekends; occasional travel will be required.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years of relevant work experience
• Able to lift more than 50 pounds without assistance.

Preferred: 

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, or sports management
• Two or more (2+) years of relevant experience in sports information, athletics, education, communication, media, social media, or website development.

Physical Demands:

NOTE: The Lovett School employment process includes a post-offer drug (hair) test and background check. See the employment application for more information.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands from wrist to finger, and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; and reach with hands. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.