The NFL Digital Media Team is seeking an individual passionate about professional sports to assist with Digital Ad Insertion for live football games. The Digital Ad Insertion Operator (DAI) is responsible for monitoring a live game and events feed from start to finish and inserting ad cues during commercial breaks. Candidates will be working in a live video distribution environment, and punctuality is of the essence.  

The role incudes opportunities to both insert breaks and to monitor performance of ad delivery using a variety of visual and data reporting sources.  The team’s focus is on continuous improvement in their ability to understand and measure the overall effectiveness of the ad delivery system, through evolving tools, processes and capabilities.  

Responsibilities

• Monitor Live Game and program Video for commercial breaks and compare source video feed to digital distribution. 
• Perform as either a primary operator or as a backup. 
• Monitor listen-only lines for commercial break instructions. 
• Follow Ad Break program guides, calculate break durations and break insertion points. 
• Report any issues to supervisor. 
• As directed, monitor and generate ad delivery performance metrics and provide immediate notification of any delivery anomalies detected.  
• Perform application and system testing of ad delivery as directed.  

Required Qualifications

• Must have high school diploma; GED or equivalency (Some college, no degree required)  
• Proven experience working with computers in an office environment. 
• Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Windows Applications (Word, Excel, PP, Outlook) in PC or MAC  
• Working knowledge of email, slack and web browsers in PC or MAC  
• Proficiency with a variety of mobile (iOS, Android) and Connected TV Devices (FireTV/AppleTV/Roku/AppleTV) as used in a testing or development environment. 
• Must be extremely organized and detail-oriented with the ability to follow through on multi-step instructions. 
• General availability for Sunday and other peak event Game Days during the NFL Football season – refer to nfl.com/schedule for specific dates.  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors, or Associate degree preferred. 
• Prior experience working for the NFL. 
• Previous experience working in live TV/broadcast environments (production, stage, etc.) is preferred. 
• Availability on non-Game Days a consideration. 
• Availability for occasional in-office work is a consideration. 

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics

• Must possess a strong work ethic, positive workplace approach and work well with others. 
• Passionate sports-fan, knowledgeable about football (preferred not required). 
• Punctuality is must for this position. 

Terms / Expected Hours of Work

• This is a remote position

• Up to 7 months of employment based on business needs 

• Part-time - Must be available for 4 hour (min) to 8 hour (max) shifts on NFL Gamedays (Monday, Thursday, Sunday) and holidays where schedule applies (Thanksgiving, etc.) 

Salary / Pay Range

This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.