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 Clip Pro 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, , Facebook, You Tube, Instagram, X, Tik Tok, 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 environments8+ 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…