Project Employee, Digital Content Publishing - NBA App, NBA.com

National Basketball Association (NBA) • Secaucus, NJ

5d • Remote

About The Position

This temporary position is responsible for publishing and programming content across the NBA’s digital channels, including the NBA App on mobile and connected devices, NBA.com, newsletters, and push notifications. The role calls for a passionate and knowledgeable NBA fan with strong editorial judgment and an understanding of the digital content experiences basketball fans value.

The position creates and curates content in a range of formats, programs game-related stories and other content for NBA digital platforms, writes copy for stories and featured placements, and builds and segments push notifications. It works with the Social & Digital Content Team and Content Creation team to develop fan-focused experiences for different platforms, uses data and editorial judgment to make programming decisions, supports NBA League Pass and NBA ID campaigns, and contributes ideas and planning. This is a remote, temporary role with an expected duration not to exceed 10 months.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of and passion for basketball and the NBA, including players, coaches, teams, and important storylines.
• Previous journalism or related-field experience involving deadlines and editorial judgment.
• Strong writing skills for headlines, push notifications, and text-based content such as vertical stories and articles.
• Previous experience publishing within a content management system.
• Ability to build and send push notifications for the NBA App.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to communicate with the team, department members, and third-party partners on a nightly basis in a remote role.
• Knowledge of basketball analytics and the rules of the game.
• Understanding of digital and social media trends and how people consume content, and how those trends may apply to an NBA platform.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working for another sports or media brand, including collegiate digital or social channels.
• Experience with WordPress and StoryTeller.
• Experience working with Braze.
• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create storytelling in a variety of formats, using text, curation, and narrative to elevate video, image, and graphic content.
• Curate trending social, news, and media content around the NBA and produce compelling news content from it.
• Build, publish, and program vertical stories in the NBA App and NBA.com, primarily focused on games and game-related content sourced from videos, photos, text, and graphics.
• Write copy for vertical stories and titles and descriptions for videos, articles, and featured placements across NBA digital channels, following blended AP and NBA style guides.
• Communicate with team members across assignments, asking questions when needed, staying engaged, and taking the lead on assigned responsibilities.
• Work with the Social & Digital Content Team to create fan-centric content for digital platforms, including video stories, editorial articles, photos, graphics, and statistical content.
• Use editorial judgment, data, and knowledge of NBA fans to decide where, how, and when content should be programmed on the NBA App and NBA.com.
• Work with the Content Creation team to ensure video-centric NBA App connected-device and mobile experiences have appropriate content for their audiences.
• Segment, build, and publish push notifications for NBA App users.
• Support direct-to-consumer initiatives by promoting NBA League Pass and NBA ID campaigns throughout the season.
• Research and introduce new content ideas and participate in content planning.
• Work on requested projects and provide creative content solutions when called upon.

Benefits

• Medical benefits may be available to eligible employees and/or dependents.
• Short-term disability benefits may be available to eligible employees and/or dependents.
• Mental health coaching or therapy may be available to eligible employees and/or dependents.
• Sick time may be available to eligible employees and/or dependents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed