Project Employee, Digital Content Publishing - NBA App, NBA.com
National Basketball Association•Secaucus, NJ
•Remote
About The Position
This position publishes and programs content across the NBA’s digital channels, including the NBA App on mobile and connected devices, NBA.com, newsletters, and push notifications. The role creates and curates fan-focused content, especially around games, using editorial judgment and an understanding of basketball fans’ digital content preferences. It also supports NBA League Pass and NBA ID campaigns and contributes to content planning. The position is temporary, with an expected duration not to exceed 10 months, and is offered as remote work.
Requirements
- Deep knowledge of and passion for basketball and the NBA, including players, coaches, teams, and important storylines.
- Previous journalism or related-field experience where working to deadlines and exercising editorial judgment were important.
- Strong written skills for headline writing, 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.
- Willingness to work on projects when asked and provide creative content solutions.
- Understanding of digital and social media trends and how content consumption patterns could 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 multiple formats using text, curation, and narrative to support video, image, and graphic content.
- Curate trending social, news, and media content around the NBA and develop 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, using 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, ask questions when needed, stay engaged, and take the lead on assigned responsibilities.
- Work with the Social & Digital Content Team to create fan-centric content for digital platforms, including vertical 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 suitable content for each platform’s consumers.
- 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 content ideas and participate in content planning.
Benefits
- Medical benefits may be available to eligible project employees and/or eligible dependents.
- Short-term disability benefits may be available to eligible project employees and/or eligible dependents.
- Mental health coaching or therapy may be available to eligible project employees and/or eligible dependents.
- Sick time may be available to eligible project employees and/or eligible dependents.
