Production Assistant, ESPN NEXT
Candidate-se agora mesmo! Candidatar-se depois Job ID 10126037 Local Bristol, Coneticute, Estados Unidos Empresa ESPN Data da publicação 11/07/2025Descrição do cargo:
ESPN NEXT is the entry point for aspiring storytellers at ESPN, overseeing the hiring, development, assignment, and promotion of Production Assistants and Content Associates. With a focus on career growth, internal culture, and platform fluency, NEXT serves as both a launchpad for emerging talent and a content driver across ESPN platforms. Signature initiatives like the NEXT Accelerator identify and elevate top-performing employees through individualized coaching, mentorship, and hands-on opportunities, helping shape the future of ESPN and The Walt Disney Company.
As part of ESPN NEXT, you’ll join a dynamic team of early-career professionals producing must-see content across ESPN’s shows, live events, digital/social, and audio platforms. Sports don’t sleep, and neither does the adrenaline of live production. Whether you’re cutting highlights at dawn, gearing up for primetime, capturing the game-winner on a holiday, or identifying moments that will go viral on social, you’ll be right in the middle of the action! If you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same, this is your chance to be part of the team that brings sports storytelling to life 24/7.
This posting is for future ESPN NEXT cohorts.
What is ESPN NEXT?
- Full-time Production Assistant role built for someone starting a career in sports media and content creation.
- Begin your career at ESPN as a Production Assistant with eligibility for promotion to Content Associate. Promotion eligibility 4 times per year – promotions based on performance.
- Produce content for countless ESPN live events, shows, and platforms.
- Opportunity to enhance career through development courses.
- Paired with a mentor to get you acclimated to ESPN.
Responsibilities could include: *(prior to any functions listed below, in-depth training is provided)
- Support production and content creation for domestic and global properties for all sports.
- Consistently share creative and innovative ideas to contribute to ESPN’s multi-platform storytelling.
- Edit video & audio elements and research content for a variety of shows/networks.
- Run audio board loading playlists, log commercials, sales and promos for multi-platform broadcasts.
- Coordinate graphics for assigned studio telecasts and/or remote live events.
- Produce variety of elements: highlights, teases, opens, and montages for shows, live events and digital platforms.
- Assist with live events by gathering video and sponsorship elements for broadcasts.
Qualifications: (required)
- Will work nights, mornings, weekends, and holidays
- Conversational knowledge of multiple sports, especially sports heavily covered by ESPN (i.e. NBA/WNBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, College Football and Basketball).
- Enthusiasm and passion for sports.
- Ability to comfortably prepare and contribute ideas.
- Must possess professional communication and organization skills.
- React quickly and positively while staying composed under tight deadlines in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
- Self-starting attitude and team-oriented work ethic.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience within a live sports, news, or entertainment environment.
- Experience with video editing software (i.e. Adobe Premiere, Final Cut etc.).
- Awareness of ESPN content (i.e. platforms, shows, events, etc.).
- Awareness of media trends (i.e. social, digital, linear, etc.).
- Leadership experience in a professional role, organization, or extra-curricular endeavor.
Required Education (required)
- High School Diploma or equivalent
Preferred Education
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
Additional Information: Will work nights, mornings, weekends, and holidays
#ESPNMedia
Sobre ESPN:
Trabalhar na ESPN é algo único, pois estamos sempre encontrando novas formas de interagir com os torcedores, de todas as maneiras e em todos os locais nos quais eles interagem com os esportes. Todos os dias, concretizamos realizações inéditas, sempre em uma cultura dinâmica na qual superamos desafios e a nós mesmos. Quando temos acesso à última tecnologia, a ideias revolucionárias e talentos de padrão internacional, cada dia é extraordinário.
Sobre The Walt Disney Company:
A The Walt Disney Company, juntamente com suas subsidiárias e afiliadas, é uma líder diversificada em entretenimento familiar e mídia internacional que inclui três segmentos principais de negócios: Disney Entertainment, ESPN e Disney Experiences. Desde seus primeiros passos como um estúdio de desenho animado na década de 1920 até se tornar o atual nome de destaque na indústria do entretenimento, a Disney orgulhosamente dá continuidade a seu legado de criação de histórias e experiências de padrão internacional para toda a família. As histórias, personagens e experiências da Disney tocam consumidores e visitantes de todas as partes do mundo. Com operações em mais de 40 países, nossos funcionários e colaboradores trabalham juntos para criar experiências de entretenimento adoradas por todos.
Esta vaga é oferecida junto à ESPN Productions, Inc, que é parte de um segmento de negócios que chamamos de ESPN.
ESPN Productions, Inc é um empregador de oportunidades iguais. Os candidatos serão selecionados para emprego independente de raça, religião, cor, sexo, orientação sexual, gênero, identidade de gênero, expressão de gênero, nacionalidade, ancestralidade, idade, estado civil, status militar ou de veterano, quadro clínico, informações genéticas ou deficiência, ou qualquer outro motivo proibido por lei federal, estadual ou local. A Disney defende um ambiente de negócios em que ideias e decisões de todas as pessoas nos ajudam a crescer, inovar, criar as melhores histórias e ser relevantes em um mundo em constante evolução.