Media Management Operations

WORK OPTION: The NBA currently provides eligible employees the option of working remotely one day per week

Position Summary:
The Director of Media Management Operations is responsible for leading the end-to-end processes involved in acquiring, managing, and distributing digital media assets. This role focuses on supporting file-based workflows from remote production trucks (EVS systems) and overseeing content delivery through a partner-facing Media Asset Management (MAM) system.

This position ensures seamless coordination across live production, post-production, and archival workflows, maintaining the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and compliance. The Director plays a critical role in enabling timely and accurate media delivery across both internal teams and external partners.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in broadcast and post-production workflows, EVS file transfer protocols, and MAM systems. They should also demonstrate strong operational leadership, cross-functional collaboration skills, and a proven track record of managing complex media infrastructures in high-pressure, live production environments.

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage media operations workflows for acquisition, ingest, quality control, asset tagging, and distribution into the partner MAM system.
• Oversee file-based media transfers from remote production trucks (EVS systems), ensuring timely and accurate delivery for highlight production.
• Collaborate with truck engineers to ensure connectivity and successful delivery of all melt content.
• Maintain and optimize workflows for the partner distribution portal, ensuring secure, efficient, and user-friendly access to media content.
• Work closely with engineering, IT, and production teams to troubleshoot and enhance media workflows and system integrations.
• Develop and enforce media management policies, including naming conventions, metadata standards, and partner portal access procedures.
• Monitor system performance and usage analytics to drive continuous improvement and scalability.
• Manage vendor relationships related to the MAM platform, EVS systems, and cloud-based distribution tools.
• Ensure compliance with rights management, content security, and data retention policies.
• Design, implement, and optimize EVS tools (IPDirector, XTAccess, XFile3) to streamline post-production workflows for melts and highlight content.
• Support seamless integration between EVS systems and third-party platforms (e.g., Avid, Adobe Premiere, cloud storage solutions).
• Stay current with industry trends in sports media technology and recommend innovative solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 8–10+ years of experience in media operations, including at least 3 years in a leadership role within sports broadcasting.
• Deep familiarity with NBA production workflows and broadcast standards.
• Expert-level knowledge of EVS media systems (IPDirector, XTAccess, XFile3, etc.).
• Strong understanding of file-based workflows, codecs, metadata standards, and MAM systems.
• Experience with cloud-based media workflows (e.g., AWS, Azure, or hybrid environments).
• Advanced experience with transfer accelerator software (e.g., Signiant, Aspera).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure in fast-paced, live production environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with AI/ML tools for automated metadata tagging and content discovery.
• Knowledge of NBA content rights, licensing, and distribution models.

Salary Range: $140,000 - $155,000

Job Posting Title: Director

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About the NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in 60 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2024-25 season featured a record-tying 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness.