Project Employee, Social Content Planning

Secaucus, NJ (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive NBA social content planning and publishing support for the content team, coordinating calendars, ideas, and cross-functional communication.

  • Own content calendar coordination and publishing support for NBA social channels.
  • Must-have: deep NBA knowledge and proven basketball content creation experience.
  • Standout: ability to generate fresh, trend-informed ideas to grow engagement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assisting with content planning for the NBA social platforms, which includes:
  • Managing a content calendar
  • Developing content ideas around the NBA's top storylines and working with the Content Creation team to create content
  • Suggesting copy for video, graphics, and social posts
  • Distributing communication about content plans to publishing team
  • Keeping track of and distributing meeting notes around content plans
  • Staying on top of social trends to help inform the NBA's content creation for social platforms and bringing new ideas to the table for the NBA to further engage current fans and reach new audiences
  • Assisting with publishing to NBA social platforms, when needed

Requirements

  • Strong knowledge about the NBA, and is passionate about the storylines surroundings its players, coaches, teams, statistics, standings, and history of the league
  • Excellent understanding of basketball stats and analytics, the rules of the game and the history of the game
  • Experience creating basketball content
  • Strong understanding of the NBA's social voice
  • Willingness to work a flexible schedule as this position may include working days, nights, weekends, and holidays based on the NBA calendar
  • Ability to work on deadline and handle multiple tasks at once with a precise and detail-oriented approach
  • Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment while handling critical tasks in a composed and timely manner
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills
  • Great communication skills and ability execute feedback given
  • Must be a team player who can work collaboratively
  • Bachelor's Degree in Communications or related field preferred

    Benefits

    • Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical; short-term disability; mental health coaching/therapy; and sick time.
    • Eligibility Note : Not all positions are eligible for these benefits; eligibility may vary by role.
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    The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 215 countries and territories in more than 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass.The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with 2.1 billion likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms. Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.

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