VP, Sports Production

The ESPN Sport Production - Vice President Sports Production is responsible for the creative development and production oversight of assigned sports categories. They are accountable for the content quality, talent development, budget performance and market share of an assigned sports categories. They will also be responsible for some studio oversight at various times throughout the year associated with their assigned sport categories. This Vice President will be responsible for senior oversight of Diamond Sports (College Softball; College Baseball; Girls Little League Softball; Boys Little League Baseball) and College Olympic Sports (Field Hockey; Men’s & Women’s Soccer; Wrestling).

The Vice President will be responsible for leading various teams in each area including talent, production, operations, and content creators. They will be responsible for managing their staff, logistical planning, and oversight. This role will involve driving the content strategy for assigned properties, maintaining proficiencies on the latest production trends and technologies, and collaborating with internal stakeholders to expand audience reach and revenue opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Manage an expansive team of talent, production, and technical personnel by providing leadership, guidance, and support to ensure the successful execution of content on sport categories as assigned. 
• Oversee the overall production content strategy, including resources and budgets across all events, for sport categories as assigned. 
• Coordinate with Coordinating Producer and management team to align on content, resources and budget strategy for sport categories as assigned. 
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing and Programming to maximize revenue potential. 
• Makes or reviews the decisions of subordinates regarding the full scope of creative, content, production and cost / benefit decisions sport categories as assigned. 
• Collaborates with SVP and Coordinating Producers to set the talent strategy and assignments for sport categories as assigned. 
• Collaborates with SVP & Coordinating Producers on the overall production content strategy, including talent assignments, Production resources, and budgets for sport categories as assigned. 
• Creates and enhances relationships with important information sources and related third parties, e.g., talent, league and conference officials, athletes.
• Creates and enhances relationships with the executives of ESPN functions that are “matrixed” to support the production of sports news programs and programming, e.g., Operations; Creative Studios; Programming Integration.
• Travels regularly for live event productions to support the production team and maximize relationships with the conferences, NCAA, teams, etc.
• Plays an integral role as a leader in department and supports company priorities through their leadership on departmental needs. 

Qualifications:

• Has significant expertise to create and produce compelling remote sports productions; is able to generate and execute remote sports production concepts, from inception to execution.
• Has excellent mastery of the remote sports production processes and the ability to produce high-level sports events. 
• Has excellent currency regarding technological advances relative to remote sports productions and a deep understanding of the various production modalities utilized by ESPN.
• Demonstrated ability to manage large teams and complex projects, with experience in staffing, budgetary planning, and logistical oversight.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with a results-oriented mindset, capable of identifying opportunities for growth and driving initiatives to achieve business objectives.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the management and execution of live event productions.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively complex-related studio and remote studio on location production experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Has a good understanding of ESPN’s market positioning and strategies.
• Has a high-level knowledge of college sports and college sports history.
• Has extensive knowledge of both Men’s & Women’s College Soccer & Field Hockey.
• Has extensive knowledge of College Softball and College Baseball. 
• Has extensive knowledge of Boys and Girls Little League.

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent.

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