Freelance Production Assistant - NBC Sports

This is a part-time project / limited term position with an estimated duration for designated sport season unless otherwise amended.The Production Assistant is responsible for assisting production personnel in all phases of sports production for one of NBC Sports’ properties (NBA, NFL, College Football or Premier League)Responsibilities:Organize weekly edit projects for producers and editors in AvidGather video and photo assets to use in packages and other elementsPotential Graphics and / or Highlight Production Assistant for Live studio production in StamfordReach out to PR teams and third parties for asset collectionPitch game or studio ideas in weekly meetings with the assigned production teamHelp create select sequences for producers to use when editing teases – assisting with shot selection and securing footageArchive and catalogue footage including restore offline media and retrieve archived assets from MAMCreate screeners to send out to the production team and other partiesCreate and log melts for games and distribute to various networksClip off production elements that aired during games each weekKey liaison to the lead producersResponsible for relaying and disseminating information on a weekly basis to the production staffsAbility to dissect the intricacies of football using graphics and telestration (Piero)Run the edit for sports Emmy submissions throughout the year – clipping off Emmy segments from games to create ‘selects’ cutdowns