Content Operations Coordinator - Freelance Job at Sinclair Broadcast Group in Lo

The Freelance Content Operations Coordinator plays a role in supporting Tennis Channel’s Direct to Consumer (DTC) business by operationalizing all live and on-demand content. This role is highly executional and real-time focused, ensuring that live tennis events, studio programming, and supporting content are accurately published, merchandised, and monitored. This position sits at the intersection of live sports operations, content management systems, and distribution partnerships. Coordinators are responsible for the day-to-day CMS execution. This assignment is expected to last approximately 8–10 weeks, with the potential for extension. This is a freelance position and supports live sports programming and requires availability during evenings, weekends, and holidays based on tennis schedules and business needs. While our offices are based in Santa Monica, CA, we are open to considering remote candidates. In this role, you will: Support Live CMS and Platform Operations Execute live CMS operations for Tennis Channel content across internal systems and Amazon’s platform, including publishing, updating, and merchandising live events. Manage the ingestion, scheduling, and organization of live tennis matches, studio shows, and related assets. Ensure all metadata, artwork, availability windows, and entitlement rules are accurate and aligned with Amazon requirements. Support Live Events and Real-Time Issue Resolutions Monitor live events in real time and make immediate updates or corrections as needed to ensure uninterrupted viewing. Troubleshoot and escalate live issues such as incorrect feeds, metadata errors, scheduling conflicts, or publishing failures. Serve as an operational point of contact during live tennis windows, coordinating closely with programming, engineering, broadcast operations, and partner teams. Coordinate Schedules and Programming Track schedule changes driven by live tennis conditions including match overruns, delays, weather, or tournament changes. Coordinate updates with internal stakeholders to ensure all platforms reflect the most current programming information. Quality Control and Compliance Perform QC checks before and during live events to confirm content accuracy, availability, and compliance, Maintain programming databases, logs, and documentation related to live events and distribution. Ensure all content adheres to contractual rights, distribution windows, and territorial restrictions. Qualifications: Experience working with content management systems, social accounts or similar digital content platforms Knowledge of digital video, editing, and encoding formats is a plus as job could entail some basic editing Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously Experience using software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, project management platforms, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft OneDrive, and Excel a plus Tennis Channel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. About PickleballTV Pickleballtv (PBTV) is the 24-hour television home of America’s fastest growing sport. With coverage of tournaments throughout the year, the network offers 1,000 plus hours of live matches from the game’s top professionals and biggest stars. PBTV also provides viewers with first-class instruction, exclusive lifestyle programming and studio news content and more. About Tennis Channel Tennis Channel is the media home to two twenty-four-hour television networks, a subscription streaming service, online magazine and podcasts dedicated to the sport and its unique lifestyle. The tennis-media hub is home to every aspect of the wide-ranging, worldwide tennis community. Tennis Channel is carried nationwide by every one of the top ten pay-TV service providers. About Sinclair Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 178 television stations in 81 markets affiliated with all major broadcast networks; owns Tennis Channel, the premium destination for tennis enthusiasts; multicast networks CHARGE, Comet, ROAR and The Nest. Sinclair’s AMP Media produces a growing portfolio of digital content and original podcasts. Additional information about Sinclair can be found at www.sbgi.net . About the Team The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let’s talk. The base salary compensation range for this role is $26.10 - $29.00 hourly. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates’ relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. #tennis

In Summary: The Freelance Content Operations Coordinator plays a role in supporting Tennis Channel’s Direct to Consumer (DTC) business by operationalizing all live and on-demand content . This is a freelance position and supports live sports programming and requires availability during evenings, weekends, and holidays based on tennis schedules and business needs .

En Español: El Coordinador de Operaciones de Contenido Freelance desempeña un papel en el apoyo a las operaciones deportivas en vivo, los sistemas de gestión de contenidos y asociaciones de distribución. Los coordinadores son responsables del día a día de la ejecución de CMS (DTC) mediante la operación de todo contenido en directo y bajo demanda. Esta función es altamente ejecutiva y se enfoca en tiempo real, asegurando que los eventos de tenis en directo, programación de estudio y contenido de soporte sean publicados con precisión, comercializados y monitoreados. Apoyar eventos en vivo y resoluciones de problemas en tiempo real Monitorear los acontecimientos en vivo en tiempo Real y realizar actualizaciones o correcciones inmediatas según sea necesario para garantizar una visualización ininterrumpida. Resolver y escalar problemas en vivo como feeds incorrectos, errores de metadatos, conflictos de programación o fallos de publicación. Servir como un punto de contacto operativo durante las ventanas de tenis en directo, coordinando estrechamente con la programación, ingeniería, operaciones de transmisión y equipos asociados. Coordinar Horarios y Programación Seguir cambios del cronograma impulsados por condiciones de tenista en vivo incluyendo sobrepases de partidos, retrasos, distribución territorial o cambios en el torneo. Coordinar las actualizas con partes interesadas para asegurar que todas las plataformas reflejen la información más actual. Control de calidad y cumplimiento Realizar controles QC antes y durante los eventos en directo a la exactitud, disponibilidad y mantenimiento de restricciones de contenidos, mantener registros y documentos relacionados con eventos programadores, documentación y contratos de distribución de todos los derechos y torneos en vivo, asegurarse de que los contenidos se respetan. El conocimiento de los formatos de vídeo digital, edición y codificación es una ventaja ya que el trabajo podría implicar algunas editaciones básicas orientadas al detalle con excelentes habilidades organizativas Capacidad para trabajar de forma independiente y administrar múltiples proyectos simultáneamente Experiencia usando software como Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, plataformas de gestión de proyectos, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft OneDrive y Excel a plus Tennis Channel se enorgullece de ser empleador de igualdad de oportunidades y un lugar de trabajo libre de drogas. Tennis Channel es el hogar de los medios para dos cadenas de televisión las veinticuatro horas, un servicio de transmisión por suscripción, revista en línea y podcasts dedicados al deporte y su estilo de vida único. El centro de tenis-media alberga todos los aspectos de la amplia comunidad mundial del tenis. Tenis Channel se lleva a cabo en todo el país por cada uno de los diez principales proveedores de servicios de TV paga. La compensación final para este papel se determinará por varios factores como un candidato experiencia laboral relevante, habilidades, certificaciones y ubicación geográfica. #tennis