Highlight Factory Lead

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Position Summary:
The Highlights Factory Lead will be a key member of the NBA’s Social & Digital, Highlights Factory team, serving as the primary night-shift leader and go-to point of contact for all game-night content deliveries.

This is a nightly, in-office responsibility based in Secaucus, NJ — not eligible for remote work — requiring on-site presence during live game coverage. This role requires deep expertise across social, digital, and linear content production, and fluency across the full production toolset — EVS, Adobe, and WSC (including WSC Automation) — to lead a large team of editors and producers through live, high-volume, deadline-driven nightly production, including deciding which platforms specific content is distributed to across social, digital, and linear channels.

The ideal candidate is a decisive, experienced editorial leader who thrives in a fast-paced live environment and can troubleshoot production issues in real time across every game-night deliverable.

Major Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary point of contact and decision-maker for all game-night content, overseeing production, quality control, and real-time delivery across social, digital, and linear platforms, while maintaining brand and editorial consistency throughout.
• Lead a large team of editors and producers within the night-shift Highlights Factory crew.
• Identify and prioritize the night's key storylines (player milestones, standout performances, big moments) to ensure the team's content reflects what matters most each night.
• Coordinate across Content Creation, Automation, and EVS teams to ensure consistent, non-duplicative production, escalating technical or workflow issues to the appropriate partners as needed.
• Support Global Partnerships projects and other cross-functional priority initiatives as needed.
• Work directly with external stakeholders and media partners (e.g., NBC, ESPN, Amazon) on nightly content delivery, quality expectations, and workflow coordination.
• Flex staffing coverage across specializations and leagues (NBA/WNBA) based on nightly game schedules and season timing.
• Support automation rollout efforts (e.g., WSC-driven production automation) by providing on-the-ground feedback from nightly operations.

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Deeply knowledgeable and passionate about the NBA, WNBA, and G League and their players, coaches, and teams
• Strong working knowledge of EVS, Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects), and WSC (including WSC ClipPro and WSC Automation)
• Proven leadership experience managing a team in a live, deadline-driven production environment
• Strong understanding of linear broadcast delivery alongside social and digital platform requirements (NBA App, NBA.com, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, X, TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit)
• Ability to make fast, sound editorial and operational decisions under pressure during live games
• Excellent communication skills to coordinate across multiple teams and tools in real time
• Must be able to work nights, weekends, and holidays on-site in Secaucus, NJ during live game coverage — this is an in-office, not remote-eligible, role
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple concurrent deliverables

Experience Needed:

• 8+ years of experience in a leadership role within sports, networks, or live game-night production environments
• 8+ years of experience in video editing, content delivery, and social media production
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and EVS systems
• Experience working with or overseeing automated production workflows (e.g., WSC) a plus
• Strong understanding of linear and social media platform requirements and what performs well on each
• Portfolio of video work and/or examples of team leadership is ideal

Educational Background Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Media Production, Communications, Digital Media, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Salary Range:

$160,000 - $185,000

Job Posting Title:

Employees currently are eligible to receive an annual discretionary performance bonus, awarded at the sole discretion of the Company and subject to any terms and conditions set by the Company. Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company-sponsored employee benefit programs: medical; dental; vision; life/AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; fertility and family-forming assistance; wellbeing allowance; educational assistance; mental health coaching/therapy; tax advantaged accounts such as HSA and healthcare/dependent care FSAs; a 401(k) retirement plan; and time off benefits that include vacation, sick time, and personal days.

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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 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 2024-25 season featured a record-tying 125 international players from a record-tying 43 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 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.