Assistant Athletics/Sports Information Director

Posted: 18-Jul-26   Location: Braintree, Massachusetts   Type: Full Time

About the role

Thayer Academy seeks an Assistant Athletics/Sports Information Director to lead the school’s athletics storytelling, digital presence, and information systems while also serving as an assistant within the Athletic Department. This position reports to the Director of Athletics.

Responsibilities

• Assistant Athletic Director
  • Assist with game day operations and oversight of athletic contests.
  • Provide administrative support in the athletic department and work closely with coaches, athletic administrators, and training staff to ensure a professional game day experience across all athletic facilities, including the South Athletic Campus.
• Social Media and Digital Communications
  • Set strategic direction for athletic social media accounts while coordinating with coaches and student leaders on varsity team accounts to ensure appropriate content and adherence to brand guidelines.
  • Assist with live gameday coverage, score updates, highlights, and postgame recaps for varsity contests and key away or playoff games.
  • Create gameday graphics, schedules, and short-form video content; track media coverage and engagement; and circulate media clips related to Thayer student-athletes, alumni athletes, and teams to relevant stakeholders.
• Website, Digital Content, Communications and Database Management
  • Help maintain the Thayer Athletics website and MySchoolApp athletics structure, including annual updates to team descriptions and photos, coach bios, team and individual awards, and alumni in college sports.
  • Write game recaps and captions for contests, and contribute to feature stories and the weekly athletics newsletter.
  • Create additional content in partnership with the Directors of Athletics, Admissions, and Marketing & Communications.
  • Establish and maintain standards for collecting, organizing, and archiving records, rosters, statistics, awards, and historical data, ensuring accurate, consistent data entry across all programs.
  • Assist with tracking season-by-season results, all-time records, and individual milestones across varsity, JV, and Middle School sports, and help maintain calendars and schedule planning.
• Film, Video, Photography
  • Oversee HUDL film management and coordinate video livestream operations.
  • Help maintain and update monitors in the Sawyer Athletic Center and Cahall.
  • Oversee photography for team photos, including senior night, coordinating with third-party photographers as needed.
  • Assist with planning athletics media days, including scheduling and logistics, and help recruit and support student photographers and videographers.
• Game Day Experience, School Spirit, and Program Feedback
  • Staff athletic events as needed, including playoff games and tournament appearances.
  • Assist with game day experience initiatives to elevate the student fan experience at home contests, and support school spirit efforts in collaboration with student leaders and administration.
  • Help develop and distribute end-of-season surveys to gather feedback from coaches and student-athletes, and support the use of captain and coach feedback to evaluate and improve programming.
• Advancement and Hall of Fame
  • Serve as athletics liaison to the Advancement Office, and partner with the Athletic Director and Senior Associate Athletic Director to manage Hall of Fame nominations, committee meetings, induction materials, awards, and event logistics.
• Additional Responsibilities
  • Coach one season of a sport.
  • Athletic department administrative responsibilities.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, media, design, sports information, or a related field.
• Preferred two years of social media/communications experience in a professional setting, ideally with an athletics program, school, or sports organization.
• Photography and videography skills preferred, with proficiency in Canva, Adobe Creative Suite or comparable platforms.
• Working knowledge of athletics and sports programs, familiarity with HUDL or comparable film/video platforms preferred.
• Strong written communication skills, including experience with game recaps, captions, and feature content.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage detailed data systems and maintain accuracy across multiple programs.
• Ability to build healthy working relationships and collaborate with coaches, colleagues, and campus partners.
• Self-starter with strong motivation and work ethic, able to work independently and as part of a team; eagerness to learn new skills and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, and school vacations as needed during athletic seasons.

Pay

$67,000 - $70,000

About Thayer Academy

Thayer Academy's mission is “to inspire a diverse community of students to moral, intellectual, aesthetic, and physical excellence so that each may rise to honorable achievement and contribute to the common good.” In its hiring practices, Thayer Academy seeks candidates who come from a broad range of backgrounds and can contribute to a diverse community, who love working with young people, who thrive when engaged in multiple arenas of school life, and who welcome professional growth.

Located next to Braintree's historic district and just up the hill from the MBTA’s final Red Line stop is the historic 34-acre campus of Thayer Academy. Since 1877, our coeducational day school for grades 5-12 has been a dynamic learning environment in which each student is affirmed, supported, and challenged to grow and meaningfully achieve as young scholars, athletes, artists and leaders. Thayer continues to be a place where tradition and innovation meet, and where students form lifelong relationships with one another and with inspiring teachers who care deeply about their students' personal growth and academic success.

Thayer is rooted in the intentionally holistic education of our students, who are viewed as whole individuals with affinities and talents in many areas. Unique to Thayer, because of deliberately coordinated scheduling, it is possible to be both a varsity athlete and sing on stage in the school musical—students here are not forced to choose one path or another. There is a supportive and collaborative camaraderie that pervades our halls and campus—one where students view their classmates as partners, encouraging one another to discover their hidden talents and develop them into lifelong strengths.

When you work at Thayer Academy, you join a warm community of students, parents, and colleagues who value not only academic achievement but also a supportive environment in which continual growth and learning is encouraged and supported through a robust array of professional development opportunities.