Project Employee, Social Content Publisher - Threads
About The Position
The Social Content Publisher is part of the NBA Social & Digital Content team, which identifies, creates, and publishes content for NBA social and digital platforms and domestic and international partners. The role publishes content across social platforms, supports content planning, reviews performance metrics, and monitors NBA team and player accounts and wider platform trends. It calls for expert social media knowledge, strong NBA and basketball editorial knowledge, and the ability to maintain the NBA’s social voice in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This is a temporary position with an expected duration of no more than 10 months.
Requirements
- Expert knowledge of social media platforms, including trends, publishing practices, and reviewing metrics, and an understanding of how fans consume NBA content on those platforms.
- Experience publishing to social media platforms for a sports brand or media organization.
- Strong knowledge of the NBA and passion for storylines involving its players, coaches, teams, statistics, standings, and history.
- Excellent understanding of basketball statistics and analytics, game rules, and basketball history.
- Strong editorial background in basketball and basketball culture, with experience creating basketball content.
- Strong understanding of the NBA’s social voice.
- Excellent organizational and project-management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple tasks, and maintain accuracy and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication skills and ability to execute feedback.
- Collaborative team-player approach.
- Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays based on the NBA calendar.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications or a related field is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Publish text, video, and still-image content to NBA social media platforms, including required copy, tags, and other publishing details.
- Cover games in real time and schedule content for future publication as needed.
- Assist with social media content planning, including broadcast tune-in promotions, content directing audiences to the NBA App and NBA.com, and live-event coverage.
- Review content metrics and apply platform feedback to optimize performance.
- Monitor NBA team and player social platforms for content to amplify on NBA channels.
- Monitor trends across social platforms.
Benefits
- Medical benefits, subject to eligibility.
- Short-term disability benefits, subject to eligibility.
- Mental health coaching or therapy, subject to eligibility.
- Sick time, subject to eligibility.
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