Associate Producer, Social

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox Sports

FOX Sports, the industry leader in live events, is the umbrella entity representing Fox Corporation’s wide array of multi-platform US-based sports assets. Built with brands capable of reaching more than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, FOX Sports includes the sports television arm of the FOX Network; FS1, FS2, FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Deportes, as well as a joint-venture business in the Big Ten Network and digital properties including and the FOX Sports App. FOX Sports has delivered the most watched television program, NFL’s America’s Game of the Week on FOX, for fourteen consecutive years.

JOB DESCRIPTION

FOX Sports is looking to add an Associate Producer to bolster our social team. From perfecting the voice of our accounts to creating and executing daily social strategies, the Associate Producer will help to define FOX Sports’ social coverage across multiple sports. You will be responsible for the production of social content, including designing graphics, video editing, and ideation of each week’s content. This is a chance to be in the trenches of content creation each and every day! Other responsibilities could include, but are not limited to, graphic design, story development, talent prep, and video shooting/directing. Additionally, you will utilize data to help advise programming priorities, plan content, and report successes. Summed up, the Associate Producer will play an integral part in the digital platform of multiple digital sports properties.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the production of NFLonFOX social and digital content, as well as other priority sports where needed, including, but not limited to, graphic production, editing, story development, talent prep, and video shooting/directing
• Create original live content and/or VOD, optimizing the best moments from across sports, including highlights and analysis, for digital platforms in real-time
• Design and distribute social graphics, images, and video in and around live events, for sport-specific coverage, and with talent specific to that sport
• Utilize data to report successes and help create and execute weekly content plans
• Coordinate content – whether show, brand, talent, original video, etc. – across each screen – whether TV, web, app, livestream, social, etc.
• Assist the sports social lead in building and maintaining relationships across a variety of groups, including sales, marketing, programming, digital, linear, studio, and other show teams

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• 4+ years of experience in digital/social content creation or production
• Knowledge of what works on digital, and experience working with social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok-owned and operated platforms
• Effectively communicate with talent, athletes, team managers, event staff, outside producers, and all other persons involved with productions
• Skilled in copywriting, social ideation, and content creation
• Highly skilled in Photoshop and Premiere
• Ability to create and ideate digital content with tight deadlines
• Critical thinking around newsworthiness, need for source checking, and identification of risks in sharing certain information
• Extensive knowledge of storylines, trends, stats, and players of the NFL and any other sports that FOX broadcasts
• Ability to work nights and weekends, whenever sports are on the air
  

NICE TO HAVE BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER

• Bachelor’s degree
• After Effects and comfort level with content creation using AI