NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State's Assistant Director of Marketing Josh Remington has been promoted to Director of Marketing and Fan Experience, Assistant Athletics Director Zach Schroeder announced Tuesday.
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"We are pleased to have Josh take on these new responsibilities with the marketing team," Schroeder said. "He is a bright and driven individual who has become ingrained in the Bloomington-Normal community."
Remington first joined Illinois State Athletics in May 2015 as a Marketing Graduate Assistant before being promoted to Assistant Director of Marketing in November 2015. Remington led all marketing initiatives for women's basketball and Red Alert, the official student section of Illinois State Athletics. He also assisted with marketing efforts for soccer, gymnastics and Weibring Golf Club. Other duties included serving as the Athletics representative on the Campus Visitors Committee at Illinois State, as well as coordinating distribution of schedule cards to the community and surrounding townships.
A 2017 recipient of the McLean County Chamber of Commerce and Pantagraph Twenty Under Forty award, Remington will now oversee marketing and promotions efforts for Redbird Football, email marketing for the department, Red Alert and all student-geared marketing and more.
"I am incredibly excited to move into this new role and continue enhancing the Redbird brand among our student-athletes, fans and beyond," Remington said. "This community has been good to me, and I look forward to continued engagement as Director of Marketing. I would like to thank Executive Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs Dwight Merilatt, and Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing Zach Schroeder for this opportunity."Â
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