Freelance Production Assistant - NBC Sports

Job Description

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 the Production Assistant, you are responsible for assisting production personnel in all phases of sports production for NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

• 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 SNF game and distribute to various networks
• Clip off production elements that aired during games each week
• Assist with the production of Sunday Night Football’s Carrie Underwood Open each week
• Key liaison to the lead producers of SNF
• Responsible for relaying and disseminating information on a weekly basis to the production staff of SNF
• 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

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s 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
• Proficiency in Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Possess a high level of initiative
• Team player

• Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through  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

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in‑person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision.

NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].