Live Sports Game Coord. Producer, Prime Video Live Events

Description

We are looking for a dynamic, creative, and resourceful Coordinating Game Producer who is skilled in live sports production to join Prime Video ahead of our 2025 launch of the NBA. The Coord. 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
• Produce NBA and WNBA games
• Generates, researches, and pitches innovative ideas for integration in the NBA ecosystem
• Experience giving talent feedback
• Ability to steer editorial and creative direction of shows
• A self-starter who can establish protocols and work with many internal and external stakeholders in creating a production workflow and workflows that support dependent teams
• Ability to write documents and ability to write for television.
• Knowledge of technological innovations in the field is a plus
• Being comfortable receiving and giving editorial and production feedback
• A strong understanding of different production departments, including sales, graphics, edit, and tape
• Deep understanding of all Amazon sports content and how storytelling will be deployed across all relevant platforms


About the team
We are 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
- 12+ years of showrunning/producing experience
- Experience working with other departments such as casting, production, research, PR, business and legal affairs
- Experience overseeing all creative aspects of development production and post production
- Experience across several areas of unscripted production/development/commissioning.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working at a premium television network or a world-class production company
- Experience managing film and television development and production and ability to shepherd a project from idea to launch

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.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $165,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $273,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.