Senior Publicist- NFL

Job Description

ESPN has an immediate opportunity for an experienced, motivated, and innovative Senior Publicist, Corporate Communications, supporting the entire NFL portfolio, including Monday Night Football, NFL Draft, and more

Responsibilities:
• Serve as Corporate Communications primary or secondary contact for a variety of high-profile, priority ESPN properties including the Monday Night Football, NFL Draft, Super Bowl coverage, Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday NFL Countdown, NFL media rights management, NFL Live and more.
• Be a content creator for ESPNPR Social Media feeds and websites, including designing social cards and editing video. This includes creating regular new material for ESPN's internal employee website and ESPN Front Row, the company's outward-facing corporate blog, as well as ESPN PR social media platforms on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
• Develop and execute detailed external and internal communications campaigns
• Work weekdays and nights throughout the football season and during/around key NFL events
• Generate story ideas and multimedia assets to creatively engage a variety of audiences online and socially. This includes creating regular new material for ESPN's internal employee website and ESPN Front Row, the company's outward-facing corporate blog, as well as ESPN PR social media platforms on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
• Consult closely with on-air commentators -- on interviews, PR planning and issue management.
• Counsel key executives and internal stakeholders on interviews, issue management and general strategy.
• Identify and create story angles, pitch and place to a wide array of media outlets across industries, including sport-specific press, trades, entertainment, business, tech publications and more.
• Write and edit press releases and other PR documents
• Help set strategic direction on communications efforts
• Contribute to overall ESPN Communications department planning and direction
• Serve as key contact for national and local media as well as company spokesperson
• Job will be based in Bristol, CT

Basic Qualifications:
• A minimum of 2-3 years of public relations/media relations experience
• Demonstrated history of content creation on social media and websites; Proficiency in social media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• Self-motivated, able to thrive to in a fast-paced environment; Strategic and creative thinker
• Demonstrated ability of pitching and placing media stories that support ESPN priorities
• Has worked with high-profile personalities
• Excellent PR, communications and writing skills – writing skills a must!
• Self-sufficient writer who can quickly and clearly identify news value and communicate it in concise fashion in a variety of ways, i.e. traditional press materials, social media, executive emails and media pitches
• Results-oriented and experienced in media pitching across spectrum of media (TV, print, online, radio, magazines, trades)
• Demonstrated knowledge/understanding of sports, media and news value
• Knowledge of and familiarity with ESPN business, programming, commentators
• Experience in public speaking
• Ability to handle multiple tasks on deadline in fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of TV ratings and sports business landscape

Required Education
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience (related to communications or journalism preferred) or equivalent work experience

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0mjej-3-21-248-47-42 in your application.