NBA recruits a Broadcast Production Management

NBA is hiring a Broadcast Production Management

Position Summary

This role is responsible for managing the BAL’s broadcast agency who is handling all technical aspects of BAL broadcast production. This includes all aspects of the BAL game production and ensuring the broadcast agency can provide the highest quality production. A key aspect of the role is to coordinate the activities of broadcast agency production staff, freelance technicians responsible for the BAL broadcast, and liaise with technical staff at the NBA in Secaucus NJ including Broadcast Operations, Media Operations & Technology and IT. The successful candidate will have enough technical knowledge to liaise with the necessary groups and help troubleshoot problems and will also possess the managerial skills to manage all stakeholders and the agency. The role will involve extensive project management work in the first instance, migrating to operational management as the BAL broadcast infrastructure is establish.

Major Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall leadership and management of any 3rd party relationships as it relates to the game production/host broadcaster agreement of BAL
• Conduct technical surveys for upcoming events (travel to locations to determine technical requirements and obstacles), determine the feasibility of production requirements
• Provide direction and supervise third-party vendor on location
• Maintain accurate records and approve necessary work-flows as it relates to game production
• Responsible for the planning, compilation and distribution of pre-event paperwork, budgeting, supervision on-site, and post event reports
• Ensure appropriate timelines are met for technical and financial planning
• Supervise the installation, operation, teardown and manpower of the technical equipment and is technically responsible for the quality of each remote
• Required to participate in the planning and development for all BAL production including games, highlights, magazine shows and requirements of production operations, including but not limited to systems, workflow, staffing and facilities
• Deliver contractual rights to international broadcast partners
• Manage the procurement of suppliers
• Manage relationships with key rights holders and broadcast partners
• Attend events globally to oversee broadcast operations
• Support the rights sales process
• Budget Management
• This position will require travel with the BAL caravan, as well as night & weekend work

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Ideal candidate will possess strong knowledge of broadcast operating standards and systems, multi-platform production equipment, signal flow and distribution Has a foundational knowledge of project management
• Ability and willingness to work on deadline, multi-task and have a detail-oriented approach to work
• Ability and willingness to work both independently and as part of a team
• Verbal and written fluency in English required. French and/or Portuguese strongly preferred
• A minimum of 8 years of Broadcast production experience in the sports industry (ideally working on live sporting events)
• Experience managing staff and agency relationships
• Experience managing multiple broadcast partners and agencies
• Demonstratable experience of managing agency budgets
• A good understanding of technological developments in the TV industry

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Broadcasting, IT or related discipline