Associate Director of Broadcast Services

Job Function: Through the management of the NCAA and ESPN multi-media agreement, provide awareness and maximize exposure to the 40 NCAA championships, WBIT and NIT events distributed on ESPN platforms. Oversee the NCAA host school productions and coordination with ESPN. Serve as a broadcast liaison both on-site and remotely for select NCAA championships. Promote NCAA championships and student-athletes as a whole through marketing, sales activations, storytelling, and programming.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage and lead the NCAA production obligations for NCAA Championships that are produced for distribution on ESPN platforms by NCAA membership hosts on an annual basis (more than two hundred live events). This will require communication with each school and/or conference on the broadcast minimum standards and coordination of transmission paths and other needs such as graphics and animations packages with ESPN.
• Manage the NCAA production company who will produce select final round sites for DII and DIII Women’s Volleyball, DII and DIII Women’s Basketball and DII and DIII Men’s Basketball.
• Serve as liaison between broadcast partner and championships staff, hosts, and sport committees for select NCAA championship events throughout the year including the NIT and WBIT. Conduct pre-championship site visits and serve as on-site liaison during the championships. Facilitate discussions pertaining to championship operations, event timing, special access requests, and any television issues and/or strategic discussion.
• Create and archive reporting records of production costs and budget allocations for all NCAA membership produced broadcasts in effort to evaluate and confirm an annual budget for NCAA obligated productions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Education Required: Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 5 years of experience required, preferably with production company or broadcast network.
• Excellent communication skills with all levels of the organization (internally and externally).
• Outstanding project management skills, with a focus on detail orientation.
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions and regions.
• Highly organized and ability to multitask efficiently, even in high-pressure environments.
• Establish and meet high standards for service and reliability.
• Establish team processes and workflows.
• Strong team leadership and conflict resolution abilities.
• Strong project management skills.
• Estimated Travel Required: <20%
• This position will be based out of the national office in Indianapolis, Indiana. Current work environment is hybrid; 3 days in the office and 2 days are remote.

Key Competencies

• Effective Communication: Can exchange ideas, thoughts, opinions, knowledge, and data so that the message is understood with clarity and purpose.
• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for mistakes. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Stakeholder Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external stakeholders, gets first-hand stakeholder information and uses it for improvements in products and services, acts with stakeholders in mind, establishes and maintains effective relationships with stakeholders and gains their trust and respect through honesty, integrity, authenticity, and inclusivity.
• Self-Management: Takes responsibility of one’s behavior, work, priorities, and time management accordingly.
• Critical Thinking: Ability to examine issues and ideas and to identify good and bad reasoning in a variety of fields with differing assumptions, contents, and methods.

Core Values

• LEADERSHIP| We actively listen and continually strive to provide vital solutions, counsel and advocacy for student-athletes and intercollegiate athletics.
• INCLUSION| We seek and incorporate different perspectives and experiences to drive innovation and impact.
• COMMUNICATION| We commit to an environment of openness to build trust and make timely decisions.
• COLLABORATION| We work together, based on mutual respect, to lead and serve our stakeholders.
• ACCOUNTABILITY| We take ownership for our actions and results to add value every day.