Social Media Producer, NBL (Kayo Sports) | Melbourne | Casual
Australia - DocklandsHybrid
AI Summary
Produces and edits social media content for the NBL on Kayo Sports, filming games and training, building editorial storylines, and creating clips and series that drive fan engagement across platforms.
About this role
🏀 The NBL has never been bigger, and we want someone who can make its social feel that way.
Kayo Sports is looking for a Melbourne-based Social Media Producer to own the feed across the NBL 2026/27 season. You'll be cutting the storylines everyone's talking about, finding the moments between the moments, and turning game nights into content people actually stop scrolling for.
You know the difference between a good play and a clip that'll travel. You know the players, you know the storylines, and you know which moments fans will be talking about tomorrow.
This is a casual role based in Melbourne, paid at an hourly rate and running across the NBL 2026/27 regular season and finals. Shifts will most likely be:
This is a casual role based in Melbourne, paid at an hourly rate and running across the NBL 2026/27 regular season and finals. Shifts will most likely be:
- Wednesday, 3pm to 11pm
- Friday, 3pm to 11pm
- Saturday, 3pm to 11pm
Some flexibility will be needed around the fixture, finals, and big news moments.
Key Responsibilities
- Filming content with players at games and training, and knowing how to get the best out of them on camera
- Building editorial-led content around the players, rivalries, imports, and storylines driving the league
- Coming up with concepts fast and turning them into polished edits even faster
- Creating repeatable formats and series that fans come back for week after week
- Cutting the biggest and best moments
- Jumping on breaking news and moving quickly when the league makes headlines
- Working with the NBL, clubs, journalists, producers, and talent to create content no one else can get
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Genuine NBL knowledge. You follow the league closely, not just the highlights (essential)
- Strong relationships across the NBL, clubs, players, and media, or the ability to build them quickly
- Experience producing and filming content with athletes, on-ground and on the fly
- Fast, sharp video editing and design skills in Adobe Suite
- A knack for ideas, from one-off reactive content to formats with legs
- An instinct for pacing, hooks, and keeping people watching
- Strong editorial judgement and a clear sense of when to be first and when to be right
- A solid grasp of TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube and what works on each
- Comfort reading performance data and using it to get better
- Clean, confident writing
- A cool head on a big night and the drive to back yourself
Skills
Adobe SuiteContent ProductionCopywritingEditorial JudgmentFacebookFilming AthletesInstagramPerformance Data AnalysisTikTokVideo EditingX (Twitter)YouTube
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