Producer, Various Verticals, Wave Originals Job at Wave Sports & Entertainment i

Producer, Various Verticals, Wave Originals Title : Producer, Various Verticals (Football, Basketball, Comedy and Pop Culture), Wave Originals

Reporting to : EVP, Original Content

Supervisory role : No

Classification : Full-time, Temp

Location : Hybrid in Santa Monica, CA or New York, NY

Compensation : $3,400 - $4,200 / biweekly

Company Summary : Wave Sports & Entertainment (Wave) is the leader in sports storytelling for the next generation reaching more than 130 million highly engaged followers globally.

Role Summary : Wave is seeking a Producer to join the Wave Originals content team in either Football, Basketball, Comedy and Pop Culture. Overseeing the weekly development, pre-production, production execution, on-set management of talent and crew, post-production, and delivery of full episodes, shorts, and custom branded content for Wave Originals.

Responsibilities :

Leading research for timely news segments through outreach to contributors and ensuring clearance approvals.

Leading the research on pre-show packets for potential guests to aid in the development of the rundown.

Brainstorming, ideating, pitching, and developing concepts, talent opportunities, and show beats on a weekly basis for the show.

Communicating, collaborating, and ensuring approvals on concepts and show rundowns with all stakeholders prior to greenlighting and shooting.

Collaborating with the sales team to manage, track, and produce ad reads, drafting editorial and promotional copy for each show to ensure seamless integration within episodes.

Creation of the Show Rundown week over week.

Creating and managing the production schedule.

Supporting the booking, rescheduling, and coordination of talent and guests for weekly shows.

Managing the show's slate.

Supporting and leading pre-production planning meetings with talent, crew, and stakeholders as needed.

Production :

Managing in-studio production, the set, crew, and vendors on shoot days.

Executing the show concepts while ensuring quality and consistency in tone, branding, messaging, and content goals for each episode and throughout the season.

Virtually managing production on shoot days via Riverside when the shoot is fully remote.

Manage recording logistics, including supporting the setup and technical settings of recording software.

Directing and managing on-screen talent.

Communicating schedule changes to stakeholders and rescheduling all talent, crew, and necessary partners for alternate shoot days.

Problem-solving and refining systems as needed to ensure that productions are executed on time and within budget.

Producing show extensions, including but not limited to episodes filmed on location for events, additional content, and branded content, with travel as needed.

Ensuring all files are uploaded and confirming with the post team that they have the files after each episode's taping.

Leading post-taping production, social, and post-production debrief meetings.

Providing story and edit notes on up to three rounds of cuts before locking the final episode.

Ideating and selecting images and assets for cutdowns of supplemental content derived from hero episodes.

Ensuring that show assets are sourced and procured, including submitting tickets for graphics and thumbnails.

Overseeing the programming and publishing of cutdowns and full episodes for YouTube and podcast channels daily.

Creating compelling HED / DEK titles for YouTube and audio platforms, and drafting timecodes for YouTube Shorts.

Ensuring quality control of all episodes and content prior to publishing, and verifying that all brand content assets are correct.

Ability to package for upload if needed.

Qualifications

Deep knowledge and passion in at least one of these verticals : Football, Basketball, Comedy and Pop Culture

Minimum 3 years experience producing weekly podcasts or talk shows for notable network

Experience producing high profile athlete and media talent

Detailed understanding of YouTube and audio podcast platforms best practices

A highly creative storyteller. Able to write, produce, manage and execute projects from start to finish in a fast-paced newsroom environment.

Proactive, with the ability to anticipate obstacles and problem solve under pressure.

Strong experience organizing production workflows, assets and talent schedules.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Strong understanding of digital media trends and how audiences consume content across platforms with a focus on YouTube and social first content.

Strong experience working cross functionally with external teams and stakeholders to communicate and negotiate project needs and move initiatives forward.

Experienced in executing content for sales initiatives, custom branded content, on location shoots, and event activations.

Highly skilled in managing multiple projects and priorities.

Strong physical production knowledge is a plus.

At Wave Sports & Entertainment, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, victims of any “qualifying act of violence”, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace.

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