Freelance Production Assistant - NBC Sports

NBCUniversal•Stamford, CT

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a part-time project / limited term position with an estimated duration of up to 6 - 12 months, unless otherwise amended or terminated as deliverables within this project are completed. As the Production Assistant, you are responsible for assisting production personnel in all phases of sports production for NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

Requirements

Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent work experience
1-2 years' minimum of professional production experience
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 18 years or older
Required On-Site: This position is required to be performed full-time from an NBCUniversal-designated worksite.

Nice To Haves

Proven high level of NFL knowledge
Sound knowledge and interest in sports television production
Proficiency in Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
Exceptional oral and written communication skills
Possess a high level of initiative
Team player

Responsibilities

Organize weekly edit projects for producers and editors
Gather video and photo assets to use in packages and other elements
Reach out to PR teams, NFL agents, and third parties for asset collection
Pitch game 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
Restore and manage offline media and retrieve archived assets from MAM
Archive and catalogue footage
Create screeners to send out to the production team and other parties
Create and log melts for SNF game and distribute to various networks
Clip off production elements that aired during games each week
Assist with the production of Sunday Night Football’s Carrie Underwood Open each week
Key liaison to the lead producers of SNF
Responsible for relaying and disseminating information on a weekly basis to the production staff of SNF
Ability to dissect the intricacies of football using graphics and telestration
Run the edit for sports Emmy submissions throughout the year – clipping off Emmy segments from games to create ‘selects’ cutdowns