Anthony Martini joined the NJIT Media Relations and Digital Strategy staff in August 2024 after serving as the Communications Graduate Assistant at Eastern Kentucky University for two seasons.
Martini was the primary communications contact for the cross country, track and field, and tennis programs. He launched and oversaw the EKU Sports TikTok account, gaining 2,256 followers. Martini created, captured, and published photo and video content for 16 different EKU teams.
During his time at EKU, Martini was extremely successful in engaging Colonels’ fans on social and digital media. He increased cross country and track and field Instagram followers by 278% and X followers by 47%. While working with the EKU tennis programs his first season, the team’s X account ranked No. 1 in raw follower growth for Division I in October 2022 and No. 3 in percentage follower growth for Division I in December 2022.
Prior to arriving in Richmond, Martini was a Communications Intern with Temple Athletics for five months, where he was the primary communications contact for men’s golf, cheer, and dance. Martini managed the men’s golf social media accounts where he increased Instagram followers by 13% and X followers by 10%.
Martini served as a Social Media Marketing Intern with the DuBois Dream where he managed all the social media accounts. He led the fastest-growing social media presence in the Premier Basketball League, where he increased TikTok followers by 787% and TikTok engagement by 639% in nine months.
He worked in several other roles in Temple Athletics and was a Game Day Marketing Assistant for Penn Athletics.
Martini graduated from Temple University in May 2022, with a bachelor’s degree in sport and recreation management with a sport and recreation promotion concentration and a general business studies minor.
He completed his masters from EKU in May 2024 with a degree in sports administration.
updated August 2024
