Social Sports Creator & Host, NBC Bay Area

NBCUniversal•San Jose, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

NBC Bay Area is seeking a social-first Sports Creator & Host to bring Bay Area sports to life across various platforms including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, television, streaming, and podcasting. The role focuses on the intersection of sports, culture, and Bay Area fandom, requiring genuine sports credibility, a strong personality, and the ability to create compelling content from conception to completion. This is not a traditional sportscaster or influencer role.

Requirements

Genuine knowledge and following of sports, with an understanding of Bay Area teams and fan culture.
Demonstrated experience shooting, writing, editing, and appearing in short-form video content on platforms like Instagram Reels, TikTok, or YouTube Shorts.
Strong writing, communication, and editorial judgment.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays, based on the sports calendar and breaking news.
Comfortable reporting, shooting, writing, and editing independently.
Ability to operate effectively both with a production team and on your own.
Engaging, curious, and comfortable being yourself on camera.
Ability to move naturally between different formats: phone, podcast microphone, and television studio.
Ability to deliver analysis in an entertaining manner while maintaining accuracy, fairness, and NBC editorial standards.
Ability to provide value to sponsors through content integration that maintains audience trust and does not sound like an advertisement.

Nice To Haves

Experience in social media, sports media, journalism, podcasting, YouTube, entertainment, comedy, or another creator-driven field.
Experience with live reporting or live digital/video production.
Personality-driven video storytelling on sports, culture, and entertainment.
Spanish bilingual skills.
A large social following is not required, but sports knowledge, personality, creativity, storytelling ability, and audience connection are valued.

Responsibilities

Pitch, report, shoot, write, and edit social-first content about Bay Area teams, athletes, fans, events, and sports culture.
Cover breaking sports news, major games, practices, press conferences, fan events, and other assigned stories.
Go live from the field for digital, streaming, and television coverage as needed.
Host a weekly NBC Bay Area sports show and contribute to longer-form interviews, podcasts, and streaming programming.
Conduct interviews with athletes, coaches, executives, fans, and other personalities.
Collaborate closely with the sports team, assignment desk, producers, reporters, digital editors, photographers, and the broader newsroom.
Work with marketing, sales, and creative teams to develop sponsored content and integrations that maintain audience trust.
Engage directly with Bay Area sports fans and help build community around NBC Bay Area sports.
Act as a brand ambassador for NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48, participating in advertiser events, brand activations, and community appearances.