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Content and Asset Trafficking

Remote Secaucus, NJ

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 2023-24 season featured a record 125 international players from 40 countries and territories. 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. 

 

Job Summary:

  • Responsible for sourcing, tracking, and delivering physical and digital assets to game production teams 
  • Suggests and maintains database of game related content for remote productions and applicable ancillary programming 
  • Works with Ad Sales, Ad Trafficking, Graphics, and Music teams to ensure delivery of sponsored and creative graphic elements to remote production teams along with applicable copy 
  • QC’s video, audio, and graphic elements to broadcast standards 
  • Creates high quality, sharable content in line with the NBA brand, current and historical storylines 
  • Communicates and manages delivery of available content to remote productions and Game Distribution Center 
  • Reports to Associate Vice President, Live Game Production


Major Responsibilities:

  • Develop content strategy aligned with short-term, long-term term and league targets in conjunction with NBA calendar, player/team milestones, current and historical storylines throughout the season
  • Ensures all video and audio clearances prior to content distribution
  • Works with Ad Sales and Traffic team to ensure maintenance, delivery, and quality of sponsored graphic elements in line with deadlines and production standards
  • Works with graphics team to ensure maintenance, delivery, and quality of graphic elements in line with deadlines and production standards
  • Works with Music Coordinator to help facilitate music requests for content and game production
  • Works with various internal departments to manage database of available content and oversee content updates as necessary 
  • Liaise directly with game production teams regarding new content crafted for their respective markets
  • Manage content distribution to live game productions, Game Distribution Center, and social media team
  • Edit and proofread content-related copy as needed 


Required Education/Professional Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree (preferred)
  • 5+ years of proven experience as a content manager
  • Experience strategically sourcing and managing content


Required Skills/Knowledge Attributes:

  • Excellent knowledge of current and historical NBA storylines and social media platforms
  • Excellent organization and time management skills
  • Demonstrated excellent communication, organization, and interpersonal skills 
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects
  • Ability to work non-standard hours during sport season as necessary 

 

Salary Range: $100,000 - $125,000 

The NBA does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or any other third parties. Any unsolicited resume sent to the NBA will be considered NBA property, and the NBA will not pay a fee should it hire the subject of any unsolicited resume.

The NBA considers applicants for all positions on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs, and without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, 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.

 

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 215 countries and territories in more than 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2021-22 season featured a record 121 international players from 40 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 2.1 billion likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms. Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.


Full-time

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