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About the Role

This role supports the NBA and its affiliated leagues by designing high-impact visual communications, crafting compelling narratives, and assisting with media relations. The position plays a key role in social media content creation, internal messaging, and game-night operations, ensuring the seamless flow of information to media and stakeholders. This role requires a dynamic professional with strong design skills and a deep understanding of storytelling in sports.

Responsibilities

Serve as a secondary designer for social media graphics, media guides, information packets, newsletters, and additional resources across the NBA and affiliated leagues.
Design and develop communication templates to enhance internal messaging and promote key league events across all five leagues.
Act as a backup manager for the Communications team's social media accounts, ensuring consistent and strategic messaging.
Contribute to the NBA Storyline Creation Team by conceptualizing and developing engaging narratives around teams, players, rivalries, and league milestones.
Leverage data and analytics to identify and validate compelling storylines that resonate with fans and media.
Explore innovative storytelling mediums such as virtual reality, social media and podcasts to enhance fan engagement.
Serve as the On-Duty Communications Representative as needed during the NBA season, including preseason and postseason games.
Act as the primary liaison between requesting media members and the NBA Replay Center for any pool report requests.
Monitor live games, promptly report any issues to relevant departments, and facilitate Pool Reporter interviews with the Crew Chief.
Record, transcribe, and verify the accuracy of pool reports before distributing them internally and to the media, teams, and the NBA Official website.
Provide communications and media relations support at major events across all five leagues, including: NBA All-Star, NBA Draft, NBA Summer League, NBA G-League Showcase.
Assist with media coordination, press materials, and real-time event communications to ensure smooth operations and maximize coverage.

Requirements

Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks/projects and meet deadlines
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with all levels within the organization and other high level outside contacts
Detail-oriented, organized, flexible, accurate
Self-starter
Demonstrated computer proficiency required, especially with InDesign or something comparable
Strong oral and written communication skills
Creative thinker
Minimum 2-3 years direct experience in sports public relations
Bachelor's Degree at minimum, communications or public relations emphasis preferable
Fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for onsite work in New York and New Jersey offices (accommodations discussed for medical or religious reasons)

Skills

Graphic Design
Social Media Graphics
Media Guides
Information Packets
Newsletters
Communication Templates
Social Media Management
Storytelling
Data Analysis
Virtual Reality
Podcasts
Media Relations
InDesign

Location

Remote

Work Type

Remote

Experience Level

2-3 years direct experience in sports public relations

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree
Communications emphasis preferable
Public Relations emphasis preferable

Salary/Compensations

$65,000 - $75,000 Bi-Weekly ($2,500-$2,884.62)

Benefits

Medical
Short-term disability
Mental health coaching/therapy
Sick time

About the Company

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.
At the NBA, we're passionate about growing and celebrating the game of basketball.
Through the intensity of the game and the amazing athletic skill of our players, we deliver excitement to hundreds of millions of fans around the world.
As a global sports and media business, the NBA is so much more.
While Basketball Operations runs the league's on-court activities, other departments manage relationships with television and digital media partners, develop marketing partnerships with some of the world's most recognizable companies, oversee the licensing of NBA merchandise, and handle a wide range of responsibilities that drive the NBA's success.
Off the court, we're also deeply committed to social responsibility.
NBA Cares leads the league's involvement in addressing important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.

Equal Opportunity

We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law.