Sports Production Assistant

This is a Freelance Job

This is a part-time project / limited term position with an estimated duration for designated sport season unless otherwise amended.

The Production Assistant is responsible for assisting production personnel in all phases of sports production for one of NBC Sports’ properties (NBA, NFL, College Football or Premier League)

Responsibilities:
• Organize weekly edit projects for producers and editors in Avid
• Gather video and photo assets to use in packages and other elements
• Potential Graphics and / or Highlight Production Assistant for Live studio production in Stamford
• Reach out to PR teams and third parties for asset collection
• Pitch game or studio ideas in weekly meetings with the assigned production team
• Help create select sequences for producers to use when editing teases – assisting with shot selection and securing footage
• Archive and catalogue footage including restore offline media and retrieve archived assets from MAM
• Create screeners to send out to the production team and other parties
• Create and log melts for games and distribute to various networks
• Clip off production elements that aired during games each week
• Key liaison to the lead producers
• Responsible for relaying and disseminating information on a weekly basis to the production staffs
• Ability to dissect the intricacies of football using graphics and telestration (Piero)
• Run the edit for sports Emmy submissions throughout the year – clipping off Emmy segments from games to create ‘˜selects’ cutdowns

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum one year of professional production experience
• Interest in sports television production

Desired Characteristics
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
• Possess a high level of initiative
• Posses a high level of sports knowledge
• Team player

Eligibility Requirements:
• Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
• Must be willing to work in Stamford, CT
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Must be willing to work holidays, weekends and early morning / late night hours as needed
• Ability to get to Stamford during off hours when public transportation is not available
• Must be 18 years or older

Required On-Site: This position is required to be performed full-time from an NBCUniversal-designated worksite - Stamford, CT.

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