Production Assistant

This is a part-time project / limited term position with an estimated duration of up to 6 - 12 months, unless otherwise amended or terminated as deliverables within this project are completed.

As a Production Assistant, you are responsible for assisting production personnel in all phases of sports production for Amazon’s Thursday Night Football.

Responsibilities:

• Organize weekly edit projects for producers and editors
• Gather video and photo assets to use in packages and other elements
• Reach out to PR teams, NFL agents, and third parties for asset collection
• Pitch game ideas in weekly meetings with the assigned production team
• Help create select sequences for producers to use when editing teases – assisting with shot selection and securing footage
• Restore and manage offline media and retrieve archived assets from MAM
• Archive and catalogue footage
• Create screeners to send out to the production team and other parties
• Create and log melts for TNF games and distribute to various networks
• Clip off production elements that aired during games each week
• Proficiency in Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
• Key liaison to the lead producers of TNF
• Responsible for relaying and disseminating information on a weekly basis to the production staffs of TNF
• Ability to dissect the intricacies of football using graphics and telestration
• Run the edit for sports Emmy submissions throughout the year – clipping off Emmy segments from games to create ‘selects’ cutdowns

Requirements

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent work experience
• 1-2 years' minimum of professional production experience

Desired Characteristics:

• Proven high level of NFL knowledge
• Sound knowledge and interest in sports television production
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Possess a high level of initiative
• Must be a team player

Eligibility Requirements:

• Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
• Must be willing to work in Stamford, CT
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Must be 18 years or older

Required On-Site: This position is required to be performed full-time from an NBCUniversal-designated worksite.