Emory University Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant
Emory University
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Posted: 06-Jan-25
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Type: Graduate
Categories:
Graduate Assistantships
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
Emory University, a member of the University Athletic Association and sponsor of 19 Division III sports, is seeking applications for a graduate assistant position for the 2025-26 academic year in the area of Athletic Communications and Sports Information. The graduate assistant will report directly to the Director of Communications and Sports Information.
This graduate assistant position is a two-year opportunity averaging 20 hours per week, including a tuition waiver to Georgia State University and a $12,000 annual stipend. There are opportunities for professional development and additional hourly wages.
Duties include but are not limited to:
Serve as the main contact for sports to be determined by the Director of Communications and Sports Information
Assisting with the video efforts of the Athletic Communications Department, including streaming of home athletic events, interviews with student-athletes and coaches and other video initiatives
Assist with the updating of the Emory Athletics website
Assist with the content creation of the Athletic Department’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and additional social media accounts
Keeping statistics at various home events
Write press releases detailing accomplishments of student-athletes, coaches and teams
Arrange and attend photo sessions
Help maintain the photo archives of the Athletic Communications Department
Help direct the work flow of a 10-12 member student staff
Other duties assigned by the Director of Communications and Sports Information or Assistant Director for Athletic Communications
Job Requirements:
Must be accepted into Georgia State University's Sports Administration Master's program
Enthusiastic and Dependable
Can take direction and follow through on tasks
Strong writing ability and good verbal communication skills
Weekend work and at times, odd hours
Preference will be given to applicants who possess some experience with Adobe Creative Suite, NCAA Genius stat packages and working knowledge of social media platforms.
To apply for this position, please apply here and select Athletic Communications. For additional questions about this position, please email Phil Engel at pengel2@emory.edu.
Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community.
Founded in 1836, Emory University, a top-ranked private institution recognized internationally for its outstanding liberal arts colleges, graduate and professional schools, and one of the world's leading health care systems, is located on a beautiful campus in Atlanta, Georgia. As a leading research university, and one of only 65 universities in the Association of American Universities (AAU), Emory’s passion, purpose, and resolve help sustain and improve global communities through individual actions and collective impact. Emory maintains an uncommon balance for an institution of its standing: its scholars and experts generate $689.1 million in research funding annually while also maintaining a traditional emphasis on teaching. The university is enriched by collaboration among its schools, centers, and partners as well as by the legacy and energy of Atlanta. Emory’s community continues to imagine and realize the university...’s mission: to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. At the heart of Emory's impact is a distinct purpose: to think beyond oneself. Emory is a community of impact, where the greater good is balanced with individual interest.
The excellence and dedication of Emory’s faculty are why students from around the world come to Emory, where they embark on a rigorous and inclusive educational journey that transforms them into tomorrow’s leaders. Emory’s leadership in academia is broad and deep, ranging from medical breakthroughs and innovative drug therapies born in its labs to breaking new ground in the humanities and social sciences. At Emory students discover a culture of open and civil discourse, develop the confidence to confront difficult questions, work closely with academic experts, and connect with a set of peers as diverse as the world around them. Behind Emory’s fundamental commitment to providing a rigorous liberal arts education within one of the nation’s top research universities is a belief in the ardent pursuit of knowledge and its transformative power. In the classroom, in the lab, at a patient’s bedside, or helping a remote community half a world away, Emory is about impact.
Emory Campus Life (ECL), a community recognized internationally for advancing education into action and delivering world-class programs and services, promotes a healthy and sustainable environment where students live what they learn and learn what they live for self and society. ECL catalyzes a distinctive, caring, inquiry-driven, ethically engaged, polycultural, and socially just community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, families, and visitors who imagine and lead positive transformation in the world.
ECL’s mission is to cultivate a welcoming and dynamic community committed to developing skills necessary for lifelong success and positive transformation in the world. With the belief that human development involves ensuring that all community members have the support and motivation to manage their challenges and opportunities, ECL’s duty is to provide a high standard of care for students, community members, colleagues, and themselves. This is achieved by leading with integrity and transparency, and by engaging the Emory community, embracing differences, acting generously and humbly, and pursuing only excellence. This endless pursuit gives all Emory community members the ability to embrace their passions and unleash their potential!
Emory University is a member of NCAA Division III and the University Athletic Association (UAA) (www.uaasports.info). The University Athletic Association is the premier conference in Division III when it comes to both academic and athletic excellence. The Conference is comprised of Top 40 National Research Universities, thus seeking excellence in athletics while maintaining a perspective which holds the student-athlete and the academic mission of the institutions as the center of focus.
With an impressive history of achievement, the intercollegiate athletics program is the epitome of excellence in Division III. Emory is just one of 10 schools in the nation to place in the top 10 in the NACDA Directors' Cup for best all-around athletics program (9th in 2021-22) and among the top 25 annual of best national universities (21st). Emory University has a broad-based intercollegiate athletic program with over 400 student-athletes comprising the school's 19 varsity sports. The athletics program at Emory University has a strong tradition of success having won a total of 31 Division III national championships and since 1987 through the end of the 2021-22 academic year, Emory has captured 212 UAA team championships. A further testament to the academic excellence demonstrated by Emory student athletes is the fact that the university has been awarded 122 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships over the school's history, with 105 awarded since 2000 second only to Stanford for the highest total by any NCAA member.