The Howard Payne Athletic Communications office is accepting applications for a graduate assistant for the 2025-26 and may be extended to a second year (one to two-year appointment). The graduate assistant will assist with media and public relations efforts for the University’s 12 intercollegiate varsity sports. Located in Brownwood, Texas, Howard Payne is a member of NCAA Division III and the American Southwest Conference.

Responsibilities: - Serve as primary media contact for assigned sports. - Organize and record game statistics at athletic events and provide timely reporting of results to media outlets. - Produce weekly game notes, generate game programs and media guides, write game recaps, submit player-award nominations and handle other day-to-day duties as assigned. - Manage media area for assigned sports at home events. - Generate multimedia content for HPUsports.com and post in timely manner. - Assist in the management of student and game staff workers. - Adhere to all NCAA and American Southwest Conference rules and regulations.

Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, physical education, kinesiology, sport management or related fields. - Strong writing, editing, and communication skills. - Computer skills InDesign, Photoshop, SIDEARM (CMS), NCAA Live Stats, and Statcrew/Presto software. - Availability to work evenings and weekends. - Admission to a Howard Payne graduate program. HPU offers graduate programs in Sport and Wellness Leadership (M.Ed.), Business Administration (MBA), http://www.hputx.edu/academics/graduate-studies/ - Proposed Start Dates: July 1, 2025 or August 1, 2025.

Game Operations and Marketing Graduate Assistant

The Howard Payne sports information office is accepting applications for a graduate assistant for 2025-26 and may be extended to a second year (one to two-year appointment). The graduate assistant will assist with game operations, marketing, and special project efforts for the University’s 12 intercollegiate varsity sports. Located in Brownwood, Texas, Howard Payne is a member of NCAA Division III and the American Southwest Conference.

Responsibilities: - Serve as primary marketing contact for the Howard Payne Athletics Jackets Century sponsorship program. - Organize, promote, and manage special events at Howard Payne home games as assigned by the athletic administrative staff. - Assist in the management of student and game staff workers. - Adhere to all NCAA and American Southwest Conference rules and regulations. - Other duties as assigned within the HPU game administration, sports information, and athletic department.

Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in marketing, management, communications, public relations, or a related field. - Strong organization and communication skills. - Availability to work evenings and weekends. - Admission to a Howard Payne graduate program. HPU offers graduate programs in Sport and Wellness Leadership (M.Ed.), Business Administration (MBA), http://www.hputx.edu/academics/graduate-studies/ - Proposed Start Dates: July 1, 2025 or August 1, 2025.

Compensation: On-campus housing is provided (even through summer sessions). 50% tuition waiver per semester, and stipend each semester.

Application: Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, and names of three references to achoate@hputx.edu or:
Abram Choate
Assistant Director of Athletics
Howard Payne University
1000 Fisk Street
Brownwood, Texas 76801

If you have any additional questions, please call (325) 649-8111 or (325) 647-1172

About Howard Payne University

Founded in 1889, Howard Payne University is a Christ-centered academic community dedicated to excellence by developing and equipping the whole person for intellectual inquiry, personal and professional integrity, and service to God and humanity. Howard Payne University athletics fields 12 sports (volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, football, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's tennis, women's tennis, baseball, softball) and competes in the highly competitive American Southwest Conference.Located in Brownwood, Texas, HPU offers a full array of undergraduate programs and a limited number of graduate programs in a traditional residential academic community. The university also offers selected undergraduate and graduate course work by electronic means and at extended learning centers in El Paso, Texas, and New Braunfels, Texas. HPU maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio, which contributes to the university’s reputation of being “a place where everybody is somebody.”

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