Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with a mission to inspire and connect people through basketball. They are seeking a Project Employee to assist with content planning for the NBA's social platforms, managing a content calendar, developing ideas, and engaging with current fans while reaching new audiences.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- 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
- Bachelor's Degree in Communications or related field preferred
Benefits
- Medical
- Short-term disability
- Mental health coaching/therapy
- Sick time
Company Overview
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. It was founded in 1946, and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.nba.com.