Athletic Recruiting Specialist II – Football

Department:

Location:

Belknap Campus

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID:

R107307

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and Three (3) years of experience with a collegiate or professional football program; experience may include work as a collegiate graduate assistant, full-time position coach, and/or NFL scouting experience.

Position Description:

The Athletic Recruiting Specialist II (Recruiting Coordinator) is responsible for identifying and developing strategies to recruit prospective student-athletes to the University of Louisville, with the goal of achieving academic and athletic success on the football field and in the classroom.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop & create the Louisville Football brand in collaboration with the vision of the Head Football Coach, Football staff, and External Affairs staff. Maintain a consistent commitment to growing the Louisville Football brand.

• Manage a team of multiple full-time content creators and student workers. Produce and delegate recruiting content amongst the creative team. Oversee creative interns and continue to invest in student help in the creative department.

• Conceptualize and implement strategic creative media recruiting plans for prospective student-athletes; plan, develop, and execute the creation of the strategy.

• Coordinate official and unofficial visit photoshoot sets in collaboration with the creative staff and recruiting staff.

• Manage all Louisville Football social media channels across platforms. Create, develop & manage the content used for social media platforms.

• Serve as the liaison between the football staff and creative staff.  Collaborate with others in the athletic department on publishing content for Louisville Football (Football staff, Communications, Marketing, Creative Development)

• Provide social media branding education and analytics for recruiting in regard to NIL.

• Generate and provide content for current student-athletes using Opendorse.

• Develop a plan to ensure cohesiveness and timeliness in content production.  Develop a plan for all creative staff on game day, official visits, and unofficial visits.

• Manage all Louisville Football Social Media Accounts

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Working experience in a collegiate, Division I FBS football program.

• Working knowledge of XOS or other related digital coaching software, Hudl, and Twitter.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

• Effective administrative and organizational skills and the ability to prioritize time-sensitive tasks and projects according to deadlines.

• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258.