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Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
Job Description
WCAU/NBC10, NBCUniversal Local’s television station in Philadelphia, is looking for a Multiplatform Sports MMJ / Producer who can truly do it all - report, shoot, write, edit, produce, and create content across broadcast, digital, and social platforms.
This is a hybrid role, split between field reporting and in-house producing, ideal for a journalist who sees sports as more than highlights - someone who can tell compelling stories about the people, issues, and culture shaping sports in a major market.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced newsroom, embraces multi-platform storytelling, and brings a strong understanding of the Philadelphia sports landscape.
This is a Thursday-Monday schedule, requiring flexibility for nights, weekends, holidays, and major sporting events.
Primary Responsibilities
- Generate and pitch original sports story ideas; research, schedule, and conduct interviews
- Report, write, shoot, and edit sports stories for broadcast, digital, and social platforms
- Produce sports content, including sportscasts, segments, and shows, under tight deadlines
- Cover live sporting events and breaking sports news with urgency and accuracy
- Deliver live reports and storytelling that is compelling, engaging, and authentic
- Create consistent digital and social content to expand reach and audience engagement
- Actively use social media as a reporting tool and platform to promote stories
- Build and maintain relationships with athletes, teams, and key community sources
- Follow ongoing stories and develop enterprise content beyond day-of coverage
- Work collaboratively across newsroom teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Ensure all content complies with NBCUniversal standards, editorial guidelines, and journalistic ethics
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in sports reporting, MMJ work, and/or news/sports production
- Proven ability to write, shoot, edit, and produce content independently
- Experience producing sportscasts or newsroom content under deadline pressure preferred
- Strong knowledge of sports, with the ability to cover both breaking news and enterprise stories
- Must be willing to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Must be willing to work at the NBC10 Philadelphia station
- Must be 18 years or older and have unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S.
- Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
- Willingness to join AFTRA as this position may be covered by the AFTRA collective bargaining agreement
Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].
