Job Description

WORK OPTION:4 days/week in the New York, NY office. 

The NBA is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace.  To safeguard our employees and their families, our visitors, and the broader community from COVID-19, and in consideration of recommendations from health authorities and the NBA’s own advisors, any individual working onsite in our New York and New Jersey offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The NBA will discuss accommodations for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. This is a temporary position with an expected duration not to exceed (10) months.

Group Summary:
At the WNBA, we’re passionate about growing and celebrating the game of basketball. Through the intensity of the game and the amazing athletic skill of our players, we deliver excitement to hundreds of millions of fans around the world. As a global sports and media business, the WNBA is so much more. While Basketball Operations runs the league’s on-court activities, other departments manage relationships with television and digital media partners, develop marketing partnerships with some of the world’s most recognizable companies, oversee the licensing of WNBA merchandise, and handle a wide range of responsibilities that drive the WNBA’s success.

Job Summary:
As a Project Employee supporting the WNBA Public Relations team, you will play a critical role in executing day-to-day public relations activities and assisting senior team members with various PR tasks. You’ll contribute to the development of key messaging, media outreach, and workback timelines. while also handling administrative and executional tasks that help keep our multi-workstream launches on track. This position is ideal for someone who is eager to learn and grow in the PR and communications field, with a passion for sports and media.

Major Responsibilities:

• Responsible for working with executive office, marketing, PR, and additional cross functional teams to drive multi-channel communication roll -out strategies and timelines
• Write internal and external executive communications and manage Office of the Commissioner communications plan
• Translation of an annual social and digital content calendar (as determined by marketing team) into key communication moments, working to integrate moments with the WNBA PR’s strategy to amplify with earned and organic press
• Lead Social Responsibility communications strategy and messaging, pulling together a calendar of key social responsibility and community communication for WNBA teams and league staff
• Draft timelines and generate buy in for cross-functional communications plans for multi-department and multi-vehicle announcements. 
• Collaboration with marketing (social, CRM, and digital teams), partnership, licensing, PR, etc. for team and league announcements. Examples could include: All Star Ticket On-Sale Date or new partnership announcements.
• Understand team bandwidth and workback timelines for assets to identify communication plan.
• Determine annual content and marketing award strategy and manage submission process.
• Serve as the point person between marketing and PR for streaming press conferences on digital platforms.
• Work with Marketing Content team to manage the league’s LinkedIn channel messaging and strategy.

Required Education/Professional Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public Relations, marketing, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience managing and advising use of social and digital communication vehicles for corporate messaging (Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn).
• More than 5 years of experience in communications, marketing, and project management.

Required Skills/Knowledge Attributes:

• Strong project management and leadership capabilities. 
• Ability to direct large group calls and decisions.
• Understanding of digital landscape and  social-etiquette in today’s fast paced environment.
• Creative thinker who comes up with solutions outside of the box and can lead messaging vehicle strategy in today’s digital era.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive, self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• A genuine interest in sports, media, and communications.

Salary Range:$3,076.92 - $3,346.15/Biweekly 

Job Posting Title: Project 

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