Football Research & Content Associate

National Football League; Inglewood (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

National Football League seeks an Associate, Research (External Agency Staff) in Inglewood, CA to develop, analyze, and distribute football research supporting NFL Media Group. The role emphasizes editorial consistency, accuracy, and statistical context across platforms.

The candidate should have strong football history knowledge, research/writing skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines. This is an in-office role with travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional experience with statistics or covering and analyzing sports events and news.
• Strong foundation of knowledge of current and historical football statistics, news, events and milestones.
• Must be technologically savvy, with strong command of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Strong familiarity with digital and social media platforms.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines and adapt quickly to breaking news and changing priorities.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development of editorial content, ensuring ideas are properly executed into graphics, segments, features, and other content for live studio shows.
• Contributes to daily content distribution plan that pushes targeted research materials to content creators throughout the Media Group.
• Develops original storylines, notes, nuggets and boards that provide statistical context around events, news stories and topical issues.
• Identify and anticipate league and team trends, applying relevant statistics to create compelling content.
• Ensures factual accuracy of all research content.
• Works closely with coordinating producers, producers, editors, writers, talent, and digital teams.
• Make significant contributions to Weekly Research Notes, breaking news coverage, and numerous research-related projects supporting the Media Group.
• Collaborate with the Research team on best practices regarding both dedicated show research and general research support.
• Assists in training for new seasonal research staff.
• Recommend improvements to research methods, tools, and standards.
• React quickly to breaking news and adhere to strict deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.

Skills

Football stats

Research skills

Office software

Digital media

Time management

Writing & communication

Analytical thinking

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Job description

National Football League seeks an Associate, Research (External Agency Staff) in Inglewood, CA to develop, analyze, and distribute football research supporting NFL Media Group. The role emphasizes editorial consistency, accuracy, and statistical context across platforms.

The candidate should have strong football history knowledge, research/writing skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines. This is an in-office role with travel up to 10%.