Project Employee, Social and Digital Content - Content Planning

WORK OPTION: Remote

 

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Position Summary: This position is part of the NBA Social & Digital Content team which focuses on identifying, creating, distributing and publishing content to the NBA's social and digital platforms and its many domestic and international partners throughout the world. As the demand for content on the NBA's social platforms continues to grow, this is your opportunity to grow with us in a fast-paced, innovative and collaborative environment, reaching social followers around the world. This is a project employee position. The ideal candidate has excellent organizational and project management skills and knows the latest social and digital platform trends. Additionally, they understand how to speak and write about the game of basketball, the NBA's players and teams and statistics and history around the game while maintaining the brand's voice. Lastly, this candidate has their finger on the pulse of the NBA and spends their free time immersing themselves in podcasts, message boards or consuming short and long form content about the NBA.

 

Major Responsibility:

• Assisting with content planning for the NBA social platforms, which includes:

• Managing a content calendar

• Developing content ideas around the NBA's top storylines and working with the Content Creation team to create content

• Suggesting copy for video, graphics, and social posts

• Distributing communication about content plans to publishing team

• Keeping track of and distributing meeting notes around content plans

• Staying on top of social trends to help inform the NBA's content creation for social platforms and bringing new ideas to the table for the NBA to further engage current fans and reach new audiences

• Assisting with publishing to NBA social platforms, when needed

 

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge about the NBA, and is passionate about the storylines surroundings its players, coaches, teams, statistics, standings, and history of the league

• Excellent understanding of basketball stats and analytics, the rules of the game and the history of the game

• Experience creating basketball content

• Strong understanding of the NBA's social voice

• Willingness to work a flexible schedule as this position may include working days, nights, weekends, and holidays based on the NBA calendar

• Ability to work on deadline and handle multiple tasks at once with a precise and detail-oriented approach

• Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment while handling critical tasks in a composed and timely manner

• Excellent organizational and project management skills

• Great communication skills and ability execute feedback given

• Must be a team player who can work collaboratively

 

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Communications or related field preferred

 

Salary Range: $2,307.69/biweekly 

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