Project Employee, Events - Venue Operations

About the role

This is a temporary position with an expected duration not to exceed 10 months. The Venue Operations Project Employee will be involved in our busiest time of year and help support the operations of live events and venue operations. The role will contribute to event operations, venue logistics, vendor management, and event documentation. The optimal candidate should have strong attention to detail and effective communication skills. Previous experience or exposure to venue operations preferred. This role will develop relationships with both internal and external business stakeholders, key vendors, and NBA venues to assist with executing venue operations for the highest value media-driven NBA Events such as NBA All-Star, NBA Finals, and NBA Global Games; and support of affiliate league events for the WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and USA Basketball. The optimal candidate will be a fast-paced high-impact executor with experience in events, venues, or operations.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in 60 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2024-25 season featured a record-tying 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA’s