GLIAC — Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Commissioner Kris Dunbar introduced Monday that Josh Pickler has been named the league’s Assistant Director of Video Operations and Communications.
Pickler replaces Linda Bouvet, who’s retiring following a distinguished profession in collegiate administration and communications.
Pickler joins the GLIAC from convention member Saginaw Valley State, the place he served as an intern within the athletic communications division from August 2021 till his commencement in May 2023.
“We are thrilled to welcome Josh to the convention workplace,” mentioned Dunbar. “His talent set and progressive method will complement our present workers and assist to raise our branding and communications efforts. We look ahead to the speedy influence Josh could have for our league and its members.”
“I’m actually excited for the chance to work with the GLIAC,” mentioned Pickler. “Working alongside the convention workplace for the previous two years has been a pleasure and I’m ecstatic to affix an exquisite staff.”
At Saginaw Valley, Pickler performed a key function in serving to bridge the hole through the 2022 fall and winter seasons following the departure of the communications division head, together with offering management as hosts of the GLIAC Men’s Soccer Tournament.
Pickler’s duties at SVSU additionally included coordinating and writing press releases, offering recaps of sporting occasions, signing of athletes, and onboarding of sponsors, creating new social media advertising methods and managing the dwell streaming of Cardinal athletic occasions.
Pickler has additionally labored seasonally at Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club in Arcadia, Mich. since 2020, most not too long ago serving because the Manager of Guest Services, for which he oversees division operations together with managing two areas with over 30 workers members and a each day income of $35,000.
A local of Corunna, Mich., Pickler earned his bachelor’s diploma in advertising from SVSU and is on monitor to obtain grasp’s diploma in sport administration in May 2024.
Pickler will start his function with the GLIAC on July 1.
https://www.gliac.org/general_news/2022-23/Pickler_Assistant_Director
