Project Employee, Digital Content Publishing

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Jersey.

📋 Description

• Develop engaging narratives in text, curation, and storytelling formats to enhance video, image, and graphic content.

• Curate popular social, news, and media content related to the NBA.

• Create captivating news content.

• Construct, publish, and schedule vertical stories on the NBA App and NBA.com, focusing primarily on games and game-related topics.

• Compose copy for vertical stories, video titles and descriptions, articles, and highlighted sections across NBA digital platforms.

• Adhere to a combination of AP and NBA style guidelines.

• Collaborate with team members on various assignments and take the initiative on specific tasks as necessary.

• Generate fan-focused content alongside the Social & Digital Content Team across various digital channels.

• Utilize editorial insight and data to decide the timing, placement, and manner of content programming.

• Partner with the Content Creation team to enhance video-focused experiences on the NBA App for connected devices and mobile users.

• Segment, create, and distribute push notifications for NBA App users.

• Advocate for NBA League Pass and NBA ID initiatives.

• Research and propose innovative content ideas.

• Engage in content planning activities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience with another sports or media organization, preferably including collegiate digital and/or social platforms.

• Profound knowledge and enthusiasm for basketball and the NBA, encompassing players, coaches, and teams.

• Prior experience in journalism or a related discipline.

• Ability to work under pressure and apply editorial judgment effectively.

• Excellent writing skills for crafting headlines, push notifications, and text-based content.

• Previous experience using a Content Management System for publishing.

• Familiarity with WordPress is preferred.

• Experience with StoryTeller is preferred.

• Proficient in constructing and dispatching push notifications for the NBA App.

• Experience with Braze is preferred.

• Strong communication skills, particularly suited for remote collaboration.

• Knowledge of basketball analytics and the rules of the game.

• Willingness to collaborate on projects and provide creative content solutions.

• Understanding of digital and social media trends as well as content consumption behaviors.

• A bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or a related field is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical benefits.

• Short-term disability coverage.

• Access to mental health coaching/therapy.

• Sick leave.