Description

Associate Producer, Live Sports

Prime Video is looking for creative and resourceful producer to join our growing team as a Associate Producer focusing on Sports. This job requires a self-starter who is capable of working with day-to-day guidance as well as working autonomously on projects. Reporting to a Coordinating Producer/Head of Talent, this role will wear many different day-to-day production hats: researching and pitching story ideas for on-air segments, video and graphics production, helping to create and manage a footage library, liaising with social and marketing teams, supporting other shows and producers on an ad-hoc basis, and various other tasks. Additionally, there will be team, workflow, and administrative support to aid in growing our small team and developing processes to make work easier and more efficient.

The ideal candidate is somebody that is a problem solver with a curiosity about sports production and the sports media landscape, who is looking to embrace new challenges and help be a foundational piece to the Prime Video live production team. You must be able to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and be excited by the opportunity to roll up your sleeves to build something new.

Responsibilities

• A self-starter who can help to establish production workflows across the board specifically in regards to creative and operational planning

• Working with production and technical operations teams to help establish a media library and create best standard and practices

• Pitching and executing creative concepts for our sports portfolio, often for multiple shows at once

• Pitch ideas that innovate on live sports television, reflecting a path into the OTT era

• Seek out gaps in planning, filling needs as they come to ensure a successful launch

• Facilitate communication and ideas with external production partners and crew

• Work with internal and external stakeholders for securing and cataloging media

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working in live sports production

• Experience assessing industry talent and trends

• Experience coordinating shoots for broadcast, cable or digital media outlets

• Willingness to travel when needed to support on-air live sporting events

• Understanding and interest in NBA, NHL, NWSL and NFL

• Excellent organization skills

• Curiosity and willingness to work with new technologies

• Experience working with non-production departments such as marketing, PR, and legal

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of creative executive experience

• 5+ years of content creation or copy editing, including online publishing experience

• Experience overseeing all creative aspects of development production and post production

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, advertising or business

• Knowledge of Adobe Creative software, primarily Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop/Indesign at an advanced level

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $100,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $183,900/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.