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This position is within a unionized bargaining unit and union membership will be required. Assignment end dates are tentative and subject to change.
Position Summary :
This position is part of the NBA Social & Digital Content team, which focuses on identifying, creating, distributing, and publishing compelling content across the NBA’s social and digital platforms and to its many domestic and international partners around the world. As demand for NBA content continues to grow, this role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, innovative, and highly collaborative environment, creating content that reaches fans globally.
The Vertical Video Editor for is responsible for producing and finishing high-quality social first short-form and real-time video content that brings NBA stories, players, teams, and moments to life. This individual will serve as a senior creative and technical resource within the team, applying advanced storytelling, editing, compositing, audio, and color-correction skills to deliver polished and elevated content across NBA vertical platforms.
The ideal candidate is an accomplished editor and visual storyteller with strong understanding of the NBA, basketball culture, and the evolving social and digital media landscape. This individual should have experience creating content for vertical video platforms, including TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts, Snapchat, and other emerging platforms.
Major Resonsibilities:
- Edit social-first short-form, vertical, and real-time video content that incorporates strong storytelling, pacing, music, and sound design.
- Provide real-time game and event coverage by editing content for the NBA’s nightly, weekly, and tentpole social and digital programming. This may include working days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Collaborate with producers, content creators, publishers, designers, and other editors to identify and produce the most compelling moments from NBA games, events, and league storylines.
- Finish and composite NBA programming using non-linear editing systems at a high level.
- Create content for vertical video platforms, including TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts, Stories, Snapchat and other current or emerging platforms.
- Manage multiple projects and competing deadlines while maintaining a consistently high level of creative and technical quality.
- Incorporate feedback from producers, senior leaders, league stakeholders, and platform partners efficiently and effectively.
- Stay current on editing techniques, industry and platform trends, social storytelling formats, emerging technologies, and changes in fan-content consumption. Assist with content publishing and additional Social & Digital Content team responsibilities, as needed.
Required Skills/Knowledge:
- Extensive professional experience editing social-first short-form content for a sports brand, media organization, production company, or entertainment brand.
- Advanced proficiency with professional non-linear editing systems, preferably Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Strong proficiency in compositing, audio mixing and sweetening, color correction, media management, quality control, and final content delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to produce highly polished video content involving narrative structure, character development, and a defined storyline.
- Strong understanding of creating content for vertical platforms
- Experience creating basketball or sports-related content.
- Strong knowledge of the NBA and passion for the storylines surrounding its players, coaches, teams, statistics, standings, and league history.
- Excellent understanding of basketball rules, terminology, statistics, analytics, and the history of the game.
- Strong understanding of the NBA’s social voice, visual identity, and audience.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously with a precise and detail-oriented approach.
- Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment while handling critical and time-sensitive assignments in a composed manner.
- Excellent organizational, project-management, and communication skills.
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with producers, editors, designers, content creators, publishers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ability to receive, interpret, and execute feedback while maintaining established creative and technical standards. Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays, based on the NBA calendar.
Education :
Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Film, Television, Media Production, or a related field preferred.
Salary Range:
$29.76/hr
Job Posting Title:
ProjectEmployees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in Union-sponsored employee benefit programs that include medical, dental, vision, disability, and group term life insurance, dependent care assistance, and a 401(k) retirement plan.
We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law.
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 more than 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2026-27 season featured 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries across six continents. The NBA's digital 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 2.5 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. The NBA's Tap to Watch provides seamless access to local, national and global live game telecasts via the NBA App, NBA.com, third-party digital platforms and NBA partner platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA's global social impact platform, drives change on issues facing fans and communities in the areas of health and wellness, civic engagement, social justice and inclusion, and sustainability.
_________________
This position is within a unionized bargaining unit and union membership will be required. Assignment end dates are tentative and subject to change.
Position Summary :
This position is part of the NBA Social & Digital Content team, which focuses on identifying, creating, distributing, and publishing compelling content across the NBA’s social and digital platforms and to its many domestic and international partners around the world. As demand for NBA content continues to grow, this role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, innovative, and highly collaborative environment, creating content that reaches fans globally.
The Vertical Video Editor for is responsible for producing and finishing high-quality social first short-form and real-time video content that brings NBA stories, players, teams, and moments to life. This individual will serve as a senior creative and technical resource within the team, applying advanced storytelling, editing, compositing, audio, and color-correction skills to deliver polished and elevated content across NBA vertical platforms.
The ideal candidate is an accomplished editor and visual storyteller with strong understanding of the NBA, basketball culture, and the evolving social and digital media landscape. This individual should have experience creating content for vertical video platforms, including TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts, Snapchat, and other emerging platforms.
Major Resonsibilities:
- Edit social-first short-form, vertical, and real-time video content that incorporates strong storytelling, pacing, music, and sound design.
- Provide real-time game and event coverage by editing content for the NBA’s nightly, weekly, and tentpole social and digital programming. This may include working days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Collaborate with producers, content creators, publishers, designers, and other editors to identify and produce the most compelling moments from NBA games, events, and league storylines.
- Finish and composite NBA programming using non-linear editing systems at a high level.
- Create content for vertical video platforms, including TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts, Stories, Snapchat and other current or emerging platforms.
- Manage multiple projects and competing deadlines while maintaining a consistently high level of creative and technical quality.
- Incorporate feedback from producers, senior leaders, league stakeholders, and platform partners efficiently and effectively.
- Stay current on editing techniques, industry and platform trends, social storytelling formats, emerging technologies, and changes in fan-content consumption. Assist with content publishing and additional Social & Digital Content team responsibilities, as needed.
Required Skills/Knowledge:
- Extensive professional experience editing social-first short-form content for a sports brand, media organization, production company, or entertainment brand.
- Advanced proficiency with professional non-linear editing systems, preferably Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Strong proficiency in compositing, audio mixing and sweetening, color correction, media management, quality control, and final content delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to produce highly polished video content involving narrative structure, character development, and a defined storyline.
- Strong understanding of creating content for vertical platforms
- Experience creating basketball or sports-related content.
- Strong knowledge of the NBA and passion for the storylines surrounding its players, coaches, teams, statistics, standings, and league history.
- Excellent understanding of basketball rules, terminology, statistics, analytics, and the history of the game.
- Strong understanding of the NBA’s social voice, visual identity, and audience.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously with a precise and detail-oriented approach.
- Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment while handling critical and time-sensitive assignments in a composed manner.
- Excellent organizational, project-management, and communication skills.
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with producers, editors, designers, content creators, publishers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ability to receive, interpret, and execute feedback while maintaining established creative and technical standards. Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays, based on the NBA calendar.
Education :
Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Film, Television, Media Production, or a related field preferred.
Salary Range:
$29.76/hr
Job Posting Title:
ProjectEmployees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in Union-sponsored employee benefit programs that include medical, dental, vision, disability, and group term life insurance, dependent care assistance, and a 401(k) retirement plan.
We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law.
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 more than 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2026-27 season featured 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries across six continents. The NBA's digital 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 2.5 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. The NBA's Tap to Watch provides seamless access to local, national and global live game telecasts via the NBA App, NBA.com, third-party digital platforms and NBA partner platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA's global social impact platform, drives change on issues facing fans and communities in the areas of health and wellness, civic engagement, social justice and inclusion, and sustainability.
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The qualifications that appear most often in content editor jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications, or a related field
- Proficiency with a content management system such as WordPress or a similar platform
- Working knowledge of AP Style or a comparable editorial style guide
- Experience editing for SEO, including keyword integration and on-page optimization
- Ability to manage multiple editorial projects against concurrent deadlines
- Familiarity with editorial workflow or project management tools used by content teams
Tips for Your Content Editor Job Search
Tailor your resume for each niche
Content editor job listings vary sharply by industry. A resume that leads with SEO metrics and organic traffic wins in digital media, while a healthcare or fintech listing wants evidence of accuracy reviews, compliance awareness, and subject-matter collaboration. Reorder your bullets to match each posting.
Build a portfolio with edited samples
Hiring managers want before-and-after examples, not just published clips. Show a raw draft alongside your edited version to demonstrate your line-editing judgment, structural decisions, and voice consistency. Even two or three strong pairs outperform a long list of solo bylines.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists content editor openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target listings that name your tools
Postings that call out specific platforms, such as a content management system, editorial workflow tool, or style guide standard, signal an established team. If you know those tools, name them in your resume in the same language the listing uses. Exact-match phrasing clears applicant tracking filters faster.
Prepare a style-guide walk-through answer
Almost every content editor interview includes a question about your approach to enforcing or building a house style. Have a concrete example ready: the guide you worked from, a recurring error pattern you caught, and how you communicated corrections to writers without creating friction.
Follow up with a brief editing observation
After your interview, send a short thank-you note that includes one specific, positive observation about the company's content, such as a structural choice you noticed or a consistent voice element. It demonstrates the attentiveness the role requires and makes your follow-up functional, not formulaic.
Content Editor Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most content editors?
The companies hiring the most content editors right now include Wolters Kluwer, Tesla, and Swiftest, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is consistent across digital media, healthcare content, and technology companies with active content marketing functions.
How many content editor jobs are remote?
About 64% of content editor openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, making it one of the more location-flexible editorial roles available. Remote options are most common in digital publishing, content marketing, and SEO-focused teams, where all collaboration happens through shared documents and async editorial workflows rather than in-person production.
How do you become a content editor?
Start by building a writing and editing foundation, typically through a degree in English, journalism, or communications, or through sustained freelance work that sharpens your editorial instincts. Develop proficiency with a content management system and a major style guide. Compile a portfolio of edited samples, not just published pieces, then apply to junior editorial or content coordinator roles that offer editing responsibility alongside production work.
Can you get hired as a content editor without much experience?
Yes, entry-level content editor roles exist, but they require proof of editing judgment even without a long employment history. Volunteer to edit for a campus publication, nonprofit newsletter, or open-source documentation project to generate before-and-after samples. Demonstrating familiarity with a style guide and a content management system, combined with a clean portfolio, compensates for a short resume in many hiring decisions.
What does the content editor interview process look like?
Most content editor interviews include an initial recruiter or hiring manager screen focused on your editorial background and tool experience, followed by a skills assessment, which is usually a timed editing exercise on a sample draft. Finalists typically meet the content or editorial team and field questions about style-guide decisions, feedback delivery, and how you manage competing deadlines. Some teams add a short take-home assignment.
Where can I find and apply to content editor jobs?
You can find and apply to content editor jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and specialization, then apply directly to each one that fits. No detours, no intermediaries, just a direct path from the listing to your application.
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