Project Employee, Data Entry & Management

This is a temporary position with an expected duration not to exceed (10) months.

Position Summary:
In this role on the NBA’s Content Strategy & Business Intelligence team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the NBA’s extensive social and digital content databases and processes. Reporting into the Sr. Director of Digital Data Strategy & Analytics, you will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and various stakeholders across the league to identify data opportunities that will support content reporting and analytics.

Major Responsibilities:

• Own social content tagging process that powers content dashboards shared company-wide, including executive leadership
• Monitor and update content taxonomy as needed to include new content franchises, players, and initiatives in tagging process
• Develop and maintain data tracking schedule to fill data gaps across platforms
• Monitor data and API connections in Fivetran and communicate errors and findings to database solutions team
• Maintain manual data entry and export/upload process for platforms with API gaps
• Collaborate on data management projects (e.g., data standardization projects, data mapping)
• Collaborate with content strategy team to determine data gaps and opportunities

Required Experience & Knowledge:

• Familiarity with NBA basketball, including knowledge of players, teams, plays, and storylines, required
• Intermediate experience working with Microsoft Excel
• Detail oriented data background and exemplary analytical skills
• Knowledge of social media and digital data a plus 
• Ability to work within demanding timeframes in a dynamic environment
• High attention to detail, design, and innovation
• Passion for data and eagerness to learn new analytics tools and languages

Educational Background Required:

• High School Diploma or higher