Media Manager

NY 411; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Hockey League (NHL) is seeking a full-time Media Manager for NHL Productions in New York, NY. You will oversee Ice Chest, the league's video distribution platform, and support media management across shoots and projects.

The role requires organizing assets, managing post-production workflows, and delivering content on time for league and broadcast partners. Start date is August 24, 2026, with a hybrid schedule of one remote day and four in-office days.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as content coordinator managing others.
• Extensive sports league content experience.
• Knowledge of NHL, teams and broadcast partners.
• Proven footage and media requests tracking.
• Strong post-production workflow knowledge.
• Experience with Adobe Premiere Pro & Media Encoder.
• Video metadata knowledge (frame rates, audio, codecs).
• Experience with external broadcasters.
• Adobe Creative Suite experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Ice Chest, NHL’s internal video distribution platform via Imagen.
• Primary contact for content delivery and discovery on Ice Chest.
• Manage ingest, organization and archival of media assets for NHL Productions.
• Improve organization, metadata and accessibility within Ice Chest.
• Collaborate with IT to enhance Ice Chest functionality (search, tagging, UX).
• Coordinate media management across active and completed projects.
• Track status of media workflows and meet archival deadlines.
• Maintain tracking documents and logs for footage and assets.
• Troubleshoot basic Ice Chest and media workflow issues.
• Educate internal teams on file management and archival procedures.

Skills

Content coordination

Sports media experience

Stakeholder communication

Post-production knowledge

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Ice Chest

Imagen

Adobe Premiere Pro

Media Encoder

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

This is a Full Time position in the field of Live Broadcast / Sports / TV News / Technical Operations , located in New York, NY .

ABOUT THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Founded in 1917, the National Hockey League (NHL®) is the premier professional ice hockey league in the world and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.With more than 1500 employees across the US and Canada, the NHL is a global sports and entertainment organization committed to building healthy and vibrant communities using the sport of hockey. At the NHL, we are looking for dynamic, energetic and impactful individuals who are committed to doing the same by sharing in our philosophy that Hockey is for Everyone.

WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOUSUMMARY

This is a full time Media Manager position for NHL Productions. We are looking for an organized and detail-oriented media operations specialist to oversee Ice Chest, the NHL’s video distribution platform, and support media management across NHL Productions shoots and projects. This role is central to coordinating assets, managing post-production workflows, and ensuring the smooth delivery of content across the league and broadcast partners. Start date is anticipated for August 24th, 2026.This position would work a hybrid schedule which consists of one work from home day and four days in-office as of September 2025. The ideal candidate will have flexibility in working hours based on production demands and timelines.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee and provide technical support for Ice Chest, the NHL’s internal video distribution platform through Imagen.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for content delivery & discovery as well as account generation on Ice Chest.
• Manage the ingest, organization, and archival process of media assets for NHL Productions.
• Identify opportunities to improve organization, metadata, and accessibility within Ice Chest to better serve internal teams and external partners.
• Collaborate with IT and stakeholders to propose and implement enhancements that expand Ice Chest’s functionality, including searchability, tagging, and user experience.
• Coordinate with staff to ensure proper media management across all active and completed projects.
• Track the status of ongoing media workflows and enforce deadlines to ensure all content is archived accurately and on time.
• Maintain up-to-date tracking documents and logs for footage, project assets, and archive submissions
• Troubleshoot basic technical issues related to Ice Chest & media workflows and elevate when necessary.
• Support and educate internal teams on best practices for file management, naming conventions, and archival procedures.

Experience

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ year’s experience as a content coordinator with experience managing others.
• Candidate must have extensive experience working in content for a professional sports league.
• Extension knowledge of the National Hockey League, it’s teams and broadcast partners.
• Proven record organizing and tracking footage & media requests for internal and external stakeholders.
• Thorough understanding of post-production and all that is required for timely execution of projects.
• Experience with Adobe Premiere Pro & Media Encoder.
• Knowledge of video metadata including frame rates, audio, & codecs.
• Experience communicating with external stakeholders, preferably sports broadcasters.
• PreferredKnowledge of footage licensing rules and procedures a plus.
• Experience with the entirety of the Adobe Creative Suite a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Attention to detail; superior organizational and technical skills.
• Must be very flexible with working hours, as day and night hours, weekdays and weekends are required as well as being on call for last minute production requirements. Workday can extend as production demands change, so schedule flexibility is a key component to the position.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• AccountabilityAdaptabilityCommunicationCritical ThinkingInclusionProfessionalismTeamwork & Collaboration