Job Description
*PLEASE NOTE: This is a project / limited term position with an estimated duration of 1 month during Games Time, unless otherwise amended or terminated as deliverables within this project are completed.* Role Purpose:Production assistants during the Olympic Games fall into three general roles: Production, Digital, and Research. This posting covers all three. The Production Assistant will work with the relevant teams to help deliver live and same day delay event coverage during the Olympic Games. Responsibilities: Production Assistant – General Production & Research * Assist production personnel in all phases of Olympic sports production in both live control room and edit environments.* Report to the show producer/associate producer and execute tasks needed to finalize and deliver shows for broadcast.* Assist producers and editors in locating and organizing footage and music.* Contribute to edit sessions to help create show elements, including b-roll, highlights, and graphics.* Proactively develop and communicate ideas to improve broadcasts. Production Assistant – Graphics * Research and build a variety of on-air graphic elements.* Work with Chyron operator to deliver graphics in a live control room and to a post-production environment.* Assist production personnel in all phases of Olympic sports production * Report to the show producer/associate producer and execute tasks needed to finalize and deliver shows for broadcast.* Proactively develop and communicate ideas to improve broadcasts. Production Assistant – Digital * Assist in the production of 300 plus daily video highlights from every Olympic sport and event to be published across all our NBC sports platforms and partners* Find, clip, and organize material for editors, from both live and archival Olympic events. * Cut simple highlight sequences as assigned. Assist and source music from NBC’s Frequency music database. * Create lower thirds and other simple graphics. Assist with export and digital publishing of finished videos. Production Assistant – Research * Must be able to research and identify notable athletes and key storylines throughout broadcastsBasic
