Live Sports Game Producer, Prime Video Live Events Job at Amazon in Culver City

Live Sports Game Producer, Prime Video Live Events

Job ID: 2881813 | Amazon.com Services LLC

We are looking for a dynamic, creative, and resourceful Game Producer who is skilled in live sports production to join Prime Video ahead of our 2025 launch of the NBA. The Game Producer will work on the Prime Video production team focusing primarily on basketball game production. This person will be expected to fill many roles: produce national-level quality basketball games, develop and steer talent, and shape the way our live sports broadcasts are integrated into the Prime Video ecosystem. This role will collaborate with many internal teams including but not limited to Technical Operations, Production Management, Sales, Marketing, Technology Products, Public Relations, and Business Affairs as well as external partners. This is a position that will be expected to help shape the identity of Prime Video’s live sports offering. While this candidate’s earliest responsibilities will be production of NBA games, the candidate will also contribute to production of Prime Video’s growing portfolio, including WNBA, NWSL, NFL, NASCAR, and NHL.

We are looking for a candidate with great flexibility, an ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in a startup environment. A successful candidate is comfortable diving deep across multiple areas, possessing exceptional stakeholder and project management skills, and committed to fostering a positive working environment all while being comfortable working autonomously, often times with minimal resources. As a small team, we all wear many hats. As such, we expect this candidate to greatly contribute to roles outside of their production duties like improving processes, evaluating vendors, and administrative support.

Key job responsibilities

1. Produce NBA and WNBA games
2. Generates, researches, and pitches innovative ideas for integration in the NBA ecosystem
3. Experience giving talent feedback
4. Ability to steer editorial and creative direction of shows
5. A self-starter who can establish protocols and work with many internal and external stakeholders in creating a production workflow that supports dependent teams
6. Ability to write documents and write for television
7. Knowledge of technological innovations in the field is a plus
8. Being comfortable receiving and giving editorial and production feedback
9. A strong understanding of different production departments, including sales, graphics, edit, and tape
10. Deep understanding of all Amazon sports content and how storytelling will be deployed across all relevant platforms

About the team

We are a small team that is growing as we enter pre-production for the launch of the NBA in October 2025. Our team oversees all production of game broadcasts and shoulder programming.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 12+ years of creative executive experience
• Experience overseeing all creative aspects of development production and post production
• Experience working with other departments such as casting, production, research, PR, business and legal affairs
• 7+ years of experience as a sports television game producer

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of the US media landscape
• Experience developing content that is award nominated, or from a broadcast network or streaming platform
• Existing relationships with NBA and/or WNBA league and team contacts and existing relationships with production crews across the country

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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