Assistant Sports Information Director, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit

[ScottyDan]

From the university that gave you **** Vitale ....


Job Description:

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(1) Primary media contact for select sports

(2) Travel with teams, keeping statistics and scorebook.

(3) Writing and publishing of media guides, programs, game notes, and press releases.

(4) Conduct press conferences and act as liaison to media for select sports.

(5) Administer and manager website: Detroittitans.com.

(6) Oversee Sports Information student-intern program.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree required, preferably in communications, journalism or a related field.

EXPERIENCE: Past experience as a full-time assistant or intern in college sports information. Extensive writing experience and recording of sports statistics at the intercollegiate level.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS: Must have valid Michigan driver's License

TECHNICAL SKILLS: Working knowledge of website administration, The Automated Scorebook, Pagemaker, and Photoshop. Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.

OTHER: Must be able to travel extensively (25%-50%)

WORK SCHEDULE: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. plus evenings, holidays and weekends.


SALARY: $28,000

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment screenings on all final candidates.

 

[slappy4428]

who left?

 

[ScottyDan]

No idea, Slappy. I just saw the posting this morning and thought a youngan might be interested.

 

[slappy4428]

They'd also enjoy working for Mark Engel; working with Perry Watson, not so much

 

[IBIS]

$28,000 -

 

[Gutter]

$28,000 -

Not sure what is so shocking about that price. Seems about the average going rate for an assistant SID at a mid-major school that doesn't have a DI or I-AA football program.

 

[wickedwritah]

You're also trying to live in a big city on $28k.

Unless they're putting you up on campus for free, good luck.

 

[Chi City 81]

Only in Detroit ...

 

[Gutter]

You're also trying to live in a big city on $28k.

Unless they're putting you up on campus for free, good luck.

Very true. From what I know, other asst. SIDs at the mid-major level who don't work in major cities typically make 4-5K less than that.

These are pretty much good entry-level jobs for former SID interns or graduate students.

 

[wickedwritah]

Ouch. Remind me never to get in SID-dom.

With all your responsibilities, there's no time to freelance and pad that income.

 

[Speedway]

I am actually surprised at how high this job's salary is considering what Asst. SID's make around the country. The wages are incredibly low, but the demand always high for these jobs.

 

[SCEditor]

I flirted with the idea of going into sports information, until I talked to the SID at a Division II school near a paper I worked at. He told me he was making $21K a year as the SID. At the time, I figured if I wanted to be paid peanuts, I might as well stay where I'm at now.

 

[shotglass]

The best deal for a medium- to small-college SID is to get into a tenure deal. In fact, I know one SID who was actually afforded professor status after 15 years.

Even so, you will not get rich. If you could, I'd probably be doing that job in my hometown today.

 

[KJIM]

You're also trying to live in a big city on $28k.

Unless they're putting you up on campus for free, good luck.

I made less than that when I started in Detroit. Ah, a dive apartment in Dearborn. My room was 9x9.

 

[micropolitan guy]

If you stay at an SID or similar job for a long time and have college-age kids, it can be a good deal. I have a friend who works in the athletic fund-raising department at my alma mater and her daughter will receive free tuition there for the next four years, which amounts to roughly $130K.

That said, unless you've taken a vow of poverty (which no good Jesuit would recommend), I'd hate to be living anywhere near the University of Detroit, or trying to raise a family on 28K.

 

[slappy4428]

Or you could do something else.. the SID Mark Engel is also the golf coach... For the amount of work that needs to be done with an athletic program the size of U-D, 28k is right...

 

[ScottyDan]

Something is really twisted when the words "28k" and "right" are used in the same sentence. Sure, I understand the economics. But it should be freaking illegal to pay college grads that kind of wage. Until you get out of journalism, sports information, etc., you don't realize just how bad these kinds of wages are, especially for somewhere like Detroit.

 

[Dan Rydell]

WORK SCHEDULE: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. plus evenings, holidays and weekends.


Where do I sign, sir?

 

[slappy4428]

Something is really twisted when the words "28k" and "right" are used in the same sentence. Sure, I understand the economics. But it should be freaking illegal to pay college grads that kind of wage. Until you get out of journalism, sports information, etc., you don't realize just how bad these kinds of wages are, especially for somewhere like Detroit.

Sorry scotty. But I didn't make 28K until my second newspaper and sixth year in the business -- and four of those six were spent in more or less suburban Detroit. Granted, it was several years ago, but dont say 28K is wrong for a "college grad"
Yes, those wages are low. But if you're in this business, you aren't in it for the cash.
You don't like the wages, go be a ****ing CPA...

 

[Editude]

Besides the long hours, your stuff is rewritten, challenged, scoffed at and ignored much of the time. And the cross country coach wonders where the pub is. But if the alma mater ponies up some change ...