Property Broadcast Director - University of Washington

About the role

The Director of Broadcasting serves as the primary radio voice for University of Washington men’s basketball and supports Huskies athletics across multiple sports and media platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary play-by-play broadcaster for University of Washington men’s basketball, including live pregame, in-game, and postgame coverage.
• Conduct regular interviews with coaches, student-athletes, and other stakeholders for use across audio, digital, social, and emerging media platforms.
• Host and produce weekly men’s basketball shows, daily or weekly audio reports, feature programming, and other content as assigned.
• Develop and produce original features and storytelling content for men’s basketball pregame programming and other Huskies athletics initiatives.
• Provide voice-over and commercial production services for promotional content, sponsorship activations, ticket sales initiatives, and university marketing efforts.
• Write articles, blog posts, or other content for property or athletics publications and digital platforms as requested.
• Maintain a digital archive of radio broadcasts and other audio content.
• Coordinate and oversee game-day broadcast operations and on-site production crews.
• Support the integration of audio, television, digital, and social media efforts across Huskies Sports Properties and Washington Athletics.
• Assist with planning, scheduling, and pre-production logistics for broadcasts, coaches' shows, special programming, and other projects.
• Serve as the primary media contact for a designated Olympic sport program, as assigned by Washington Athletics.
• Collaborate with Washington Athletics to develop content that promotes ticket sales, fan engagement, and the University of Washington brand.
• Represent LEARFIELD, Huskies Sports Properties, and the Huskies Sports Network at banquets, public appearances, alumni events, and other university or community functions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with athletics leadership, coaches, media relations, marketing, development, alumni organizations, and other university stakeholders.
• Support sponsorship activation efforts through branded content, creative features, commercial production, and partner integrations.
• Aid the Huskies Sports Properties sales team with client meetings, sales calls, research, and the development of creative audio, video, digital, or print materials as requested.
• Participate in sales meetings or partner presentations when broadcaster involvement would support the opportunity.
• Coordinate the activities of broadcast personnel, production crews, and game-day staff as assigned.
• Assist property leadership and LEARFIELD Audio leadership with annual planning, budget forecasting, and operational initiatives.
• Manage assigned responsibilities within approved budget parameters.
• Support the planning, development, and implementation of other LEARFIELD broadcast initiatives as requested.
• Foster positive working relationships and effective collaboration across Huskies Sports Properties, Washington Athletics, broadcast partners, and LEARFIELD operating teams.
• Support internal training, development, and knowledge-sharing efforts related to broadcasting and content production.
• Ensure compliance with all LEARFIELD policies, university requirements, and applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of play-by-play broadcasting experience at the NCAA Division I level, excluding college radio, or comparable professional or nationally syndicated experience.
• Strong knowledge of basketball, sports broadcasting, media production, and storytelling techniques.
• Exceptional on-air presence and verbal communication skills.
• Strong writing, research, interviewing, and content-development skills.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to represent LEARFIELD and the University of Washington professionally in public-facing settings.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, extended hours, and travel as required by athletic schedules.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Broadcasting, Journalism, Sports Media, or a related field.
• Experience serving as a primary play-by-play voice for a collegiate or professional basketball program.
• Experience working within collegiate athletics, professional sports, media organizations, or multimedia rights environments.
• Knowledge of broadcast engineering, audio systems, and production workflows.
• Experience supporting sponsorship integrations, branded content initiatives, and partner activations.
• Familiarity with NCAA athletics and multimedia rights operations.