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.

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