Content Producer - International

Job Summary:

The Content Producer is responsible for the creative development, preparation, and production of a wide range of sports content—including segments, highlights, teases & bumps, features, live event integrations, studio content, and more—from concept to execution. This role plays a key part in driving ESPN’s market penetration, ratings, and viewership across multiple platforms and regions, with a particular focus on soccer coverage across domestic and international leagues, tournaments, and storylines.

Responsibilities:

• In coordination with senior production staff (Producers/CPs), identifies and develops compelling sports content that enhances storytelling and viewer engagement.

• Leads a team of production staff (CPs, APs, CAs, PAs) to conceive, plan, and execute content, including highlights, teases, bumps, segments, and live event integrations.

• Uses deep sports knowledge—especially in global and domestic soccer—to research, generate, select, and pitch content ideas.

• Oversees the editorial direction and production of soccer-related content, including match previews, post-game analysis, player features, and tournament coverage.

• Guides staff in topic selection, highlight development, writing, sound & shot selection, and graphic integration.

• Oversees editing to ensure pacing, storyline clarity, and proper use of language and localization where applicable.

• Requests necessary content components (graphics, animations, edit time) and adjusts content for breaking news or evolving storylines.

• Provides final review of content to ensure quality, accuracy, and alignment with ESPN standards.

• Oversees multi-lingual voiceovers for live and taped soccer content, ensuring cultural relevance and accuracy.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of progressively complex production experience with an emphasis on sports content.

• Solid ability to interpret sports stories and to create and assemble compelling content to support the concept of the story.

• Strong knowledge of real-time sports production processes and working knowledge of equipment and all relevant technologies used to carry out a broad range of assignments.

• Must have detailed knowledge of what “works” across multiple platforms and what is realistic to accomplish in the time allotted.

• Strong knowledge of International and US-based sports

• Solid understanding of a multi-cultural audience and its habits

• Good editorial judgement

• Good understanding of people supervision, the development of teams, and leadership skills

• Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills

• Good appreciation of popular culture, and understands the tastes of ESPN’s consumers

• Good understanding of ESPN’s market positioning and strategies

• Strong working knowledge of production workflows

• Availability to work nights/weekends/holidays as required 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fluency in Spanish (writing, reading, speaking)

 Required Education:

• High School Diploma

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's Degree