Graduate Assistant - Sports Information & Broadcasting

Tell the stories. Capture the moments. Create the experience. Howard Payne University Athletics is seeking a creative, energetic, and motivated graduate assistant to help lead the next chapter of Yellow Jacket Athletics through live sports broadcasting, multimedia production, and athletic communications. This is more than a graduate assistantship—it's an opportunity to produce live collegiate sporting events, build an impressive professional portfolio, and gain hands-on experience in nearly every aspect of an NCAA athletic department while making an immediate impact.

The Howard Payne Athletic office is accepting applications for a graduate assistant for 2026-27 that can be extended to a second year (one to two-year appointment). The graduate assistant will assist with sports information and/or broadcasting efforts for the University’s 14 intercollegiate varsity sports. Located in Brownwood, Texas, Howard Payne is a member of NCAA Division III and the American Southwest Conference.

Responsibilities:

- Manage statistics, records, and historical archives for assigned sports.

- Coordinate live statistics and scoring for home athletic events.

- 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 & ASC.

- Assist with team coverage through written content including game previews and recaps, as well as features highlighting team as a whole as well as individual student-athletes.

- Produce and direct live broadcasts for FloCollege, including setup, graphics, replay, audio, and stream quality.

- Recruit, train, and supervise student broadcast crews, camera operators, and on-air talent.

- Work closely with play-by-play and color commentators to ensure a professional broadcast presentation.

- Coordinate interviews with coaches and student-athletes for pregame, halftime, and postgame features.

- Create broadcast opens, feature packages, hype videos, and promotional content for use during live events.

- Capture and edit highlights for immediate use on social media and postgame recap videos.

- Produce long-form video features highlighting student-athletes, coaches, and departmental initiatives.

- 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.

- 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), and Sports Management (M.Ed.). http://www.hputx.edu/academics/graduate-studies/

- Proposed Start Dates: August 1, 2026.

Compensation:

On-campus housing is provided along with a 50% tuition waiver per semester, and monthly stipend each semester.

Application: Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, names of three references to ehansing@hputx.edu or abright@hputx.edu

Howard Payne University does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, gender (except where gender is a bonafide occupational qualification), age, veteran status, disability or genetic information. Howard Payne University is a non-profit Christian institution of higher learning and as such, reserves the right under federal law to discriminate in employment based on religion. A background investigation will be conducted on all individuals offered employment. Howard Payne University is a “Drug Free Workplace.” Applicants and employees may be required to take a drug and alcohol test at any time.