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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 214 countries and territories in 60 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2023-24 season featured a record 125 international players from 40 countries and territories. 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 more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness.
Position Summary
This position will provide digital content & production support for the NBA Content Production initiatives focused on the Brazilian audience. They will be responsible for the coordination, creation and distribution of original content in Portuguese for different audiences, in any NBA platform. The position also must collaborate with the team based in Mexico City for the Content Production in Spanish to be distributed in different markets in Latin America.
The ideal candidate has strong production experience and is comfortable managing all stages of the content creation process — from pre-production to final delivery — and overseeing content production companies and third-party vendors. The role requires close collaboration with multiple internal departments, including marketing, social media, partnerships, media, legal, other regions, and global.
Major Responsibilities
- Coordinate and oversee the execution of video content projects across digital, social, broadcast, and special event platforms.
- Search across NBA archive systems for game footage or global finished content to utilize locally
- Supervise all stages of production—pre-production, shoots, and post-production—ensuring that projects meet timelines and adhere to NBA quality standards.
- Coordinate production logistics, including location scouting, permits, contracts, and travel, in collaboration with vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Support both live and pre-recorded event coverage, which includes games, activations, interviews, and other events.
- Support translation, sub-titling, graphic modifications and re-voicing of existing content
- Fulfilling licensees’ requests for additional content
- Help to develop and test new content ideas
- Ensure that content is culturally relevant and aligns with strategic and brand guidelines.
- Ensure proper usage of NBA brand assets and maintain content standards across all platforms.
Required Skills/Knowledge
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in digital content production
- Digital publishing & social publishing experience for a brand or business
- Must be knowledgeable about the NBA, players & teams, and how content can be localized for respective markets
- Willingness to explore new ways to create & publish content to grow the NBA’s local audience.
- Proven experience managing production companies and third-party vendors.
- Deep understanding of production workflows, post-production, technical specs, and deliverables.
- Strong organizational, multitasking, and communication skills.
- Must have strong writing, communication skills, as well as the ability to execute editorial judgment
- Ability to work on a deadline and handle multiple tasks
- Flexibility in work schedule is required (i.e nights & weekends)
- Must be fluent in English. Advanced Spanish proficiency is a plus
- Must know existing social media platforms – from best practices in publishing content to understanding of relevant metrics
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- Work in the sports or media industry is a plus
Salary Range: BRL 150,000 - 160,000
Job Posting Title: Project
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About the NBA
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 rosters at the start of the 2021-22 season featured a record 121 international players from 40 countries. 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.