Associate Producer

NBE NBA Entertainment; Secaucus (NJ); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Dependent care assistance

Job summary

The NBA is seeking an experienced content producer to create game highlights from concept to final edit, including b-rolls, telestration, and use of graphics for studio shows. You will tell NBA game stories through video elements and shot-sheet scripts under tight deadlines.

Candidates should have 3+ years in sports TV production, be proficient with non-linear Adobe editing systems, and understand NBA storylines.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of studio or sports news experience with emphasis on sports programming.
• Ability to interpret game storylines to create and assemble compelling highlights.
• Proficiency with non-linear Adobe edit systems and sports production processes.
• High knowledge of sports production, specifically NBA.
• Deep knowledge of NBA storylines, current and historical.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to communicate quickly and efficiently.
• Willingness to work evenings.

Responsibilities

• Ideate and produce daily highlight packages from conception to delivery.
• Tell the story of assigned game through video elements and shot sheet script.
• Produce telestration or specialty elements as requested.
• Generate daily ideas reflecting NBA storylines.

Skills

Storytelling

Adobe editing

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Job description

WORK OPTION

The NBA currently provides eligible employees the option of working remotely one day per week.

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This position is within a unionized bargaining unit and union membership will be required.

Assignment end dates are tentative and subject to change.

Position Summary

Responsible for producing game highlights from concept, rough cut edit, cue sheet creation to completion. Content producers will be responsible for conceptualizing and recommending production elements in efforts to enhance storytelling and overall content production. This will include producing game highlights from concept through final edit, b-rolls, telestration, and use of graphics, animations throughout studio shows.

Major Responsibilities

• Ideate and produce daily highlight packages daily from conception to delivery
• Ability to tell the story of assigned game through video elements and shot sheet script
• Produce telestration or specialty elements as requested
• Generates daily ideas reflecting of NBA and game-specific storylines

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of studio, sports news or related experience with an emphasis on sports programming
• Ability to interpret game storylines to create and assemble compelling highlights
• Proficiency with non-linear Adobe edit systems and sports production processes to create compelling highlights as assigned by supervisors
• High level of knowledge of sports production, specifically NBA
• Deep knowledge of NBA storylines, current and historical
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Ability to communicate quickly and efficiently
• Willingness to work evenings

Salary Range: $31.65/hourly

Benefits

Project Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in Union-sponsored employee benefit programs that include medical, dental, vision, disability, and group term life insurance, dependent care assistance, and a 401(k) retirement plan.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law. The NBA is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace.

To safeguard our employees and their families, our visitors, and the broader community from COVID-19, and in consideration of recommendations from health authorities and the NBA’s own advisors, any individual working onsite in our New York and New Jersey offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The NBA will discuss accommodations for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance.

About the NBA

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in 60 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2024-25 season featured a record-tying 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness. At the NBA, we're passionate about growing and celebrating the game of basketball. Through the intensity of the game and the amazing athletic skill of our players, we deliver excitement to hundreds of millions of fans around the world. As a global sports and media business, the NBA is so much more. While Basketball Operations runs the league's on-court activities, other departments manage relationships with television and digital media partners, develop marketing partnerships with some of the world's most recognizable companies, oversee the licensing of NBA merchandise, and handle a wide range of responsibilities that drive the NBA's success. Off the court, we're also deeply committed to social responsibility. NBA Cares leads the league's involvement in addressing important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.