Producer

Job Description

Responsibilities:
• Coordinates with members of the production and technical staffs to create informative and entertaining combat sports programs
• Works with talent to develop creative show concepts and elements for use across ESPN platforms
• Organizes and evaluates the content for soccer news stories; determines the agendas and flow of assigned sports news stories
• Oversees a staff of subordinate Segment Producers, Associate Producers and Production Assistants who create and develop content.
• Adjust program content to accommodate breaking news situations; interprets breaking news and translates it into program content
• Operates within the context of defined sports news program concepts, objectives and outcomes
• Produces assigned soccer programs independently with regular guidance from the responsible Coordinating Producer.
• Work is reviewed by the responsible Coordinating Producer at regular intervals and milestones
• Participates in or develops concepts and content for assigned sports news stories to reach viewers and to increase ESPN's market penetration, ratings and viewership and engagement across all platforms
• Determines the content and focus of each assigned sports news program including the stories comprising the program; identifies and follows-up on emerging stories and breaking news
• Uses mastery of soccer knowledge and news judgment to determine the agenda, concepts and content of assigned programs
• Leads the assigned on-air staff to create and write creative and compelling content for assigned program; participates in or leads the development of most or all of the creative concepts of assigned programs
• Understand data metrics and how to best use that information to inform content creation.

Basic Qualifications:
• Detailed technical knowledge required, must have knowledge of what ''works'' on all platforms (TV, Digital, Social) and what is realistic to accomplish in time allotted for show production
• Has a good appreciation of popular culture, e.g., ''what's cool'' and assists with defining the tastes of ESPN's viewers
• Has good production skills related to sporting events
• Has a good understanding of ESPN's marketing and strategies
• Has an established knowledge of soccer, its leagues, and its history
• Is an experienced supervisor with good leadership skills
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Good writing and copy editing skills
• Knowledge of televisions production and video editing in digital and analog environments
• Specific knowledge of content production technique used in a digital control room

Preferred Qualifications:
• Fluency in Spanish, written and verbal, preferred.

Required Education
• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Preferred Education
• Bachelor's Degree in related field

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d55ye1-3-147-195-65-42 in your application.