Herald hired as associate director of creative media for football recruiting

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Ethan Hughes
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Billy Napier has hired Jordan Herald as the associate director of creative media for football recruiting.

Herald worked for the Gators during the 2020 and 2021 seasons before spending a brief period of time at Ohio State as an assistant director of creative design/head photographer prior to Napier’s offer.

He will work with the rest of UF’s creative staff to produce graphics and photos for recruiting and social media purposes.

He previously worked for the Charlotte Hornets as a graphic designer from 2019-20 and for West Virginia as the director of creative design in 2019.

Herald, a Steubenville, Ohio, native, earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and health from Miami University in 2019. During his time as a student, he served as a graphic design/social media assistant for the RedHawks.

Ethan Hughes
Ethan Hughes
Ethan was born in Gainesville and has lived in the Starke, Florida, area his entire life. He played basketball for five years and knew he wanted to be a sportswriter when he was in middle school. He’s attended countless Gators athletic events since his early childhood, with baseball being his favorite sport to attend. He’s a proud 2019 graduate of the University of Florida and a 2017 graduate of Santa Fe College. He interned with the University Athletic Association’s communications department for 1 ½ years as a student and also wrote for InsideTheGators.com for two years before joining Gator Country in 2021. He is a long-suffering fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars. You can follow him on Twitter @ethanhughes97.