Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment creates bold, authentic, and unforgettable experiences that redefine sports, entertainment, and hospitality, The Brooklyn Way. As the parent company of marquee properties including the Brooklyn Nets, NY Liberty and Barclays Center, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment operates at the intersection of live entertainment, premium hospitality, and community engagement.
As it expands its existing portfolio, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment now includes BK Mag, Brooklyn Wine Club, and a hospitality business developing several location-based entertainment properties.
Whether on the court, on stage, or in the workplace, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment is driven by a pursuit of excellence—constantly evolving, innovating, and pushing boundaries to elevate its business and expand its fan base. The company is deeply committed to fostering a culture of belonging and inclusion, both internally and across its communities, ensuring that every interaction reflects its values of growth mindset, integrity, accountability and care.
We are guided by our core values:
- Integrity: Be intellectually honest at all times. Demonstrate the highest professional and ethical standards.
- Care: Care for everything and everyone around us. Practice empathy, respect, and inclusion to promote an environment of excellence and success.
- Growth Mindset: Develop ourselves and those around us. Experiment, learn, and improve from everything we do.
- Accountability: Deliver on our word, take responsibility for our actions, and work in the interest of our team.
SUMMARY
The Executive Producer, Game Presentation will lead the creative development, production, and execution of game-night experiences across the Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty, and Long Island Nets. Working closely with Marketing, this role will translate the strategy, audience priorities, and business objectives for each night into a cohesive live experience that builds fan affinity and creates homecourt advantage.
The Executive Producer will oversee each game-night show from concept through execution, partnering across Basketball Operations, Partnerships, Venue Operations, Creative, Content, Social, Fan Engagement, and external production partners. This role will lead the development of runs of show and scripts, in-bowl entertainment content, entertainment-team integration, and select external events, while overseeing the performance side of game presentation, including hosts, entertainment teams, mascots, game-night staff, and music staff.
The ideal candidate is an experienced live-event producer and people leader who combines strong creative judgment with operational discipline, collaborative instincts, and a deep understanding of how live experiences can build fan affinity, create homecourt advantage, and support business objectives.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Lead the end-to-end production of game-night shows for the Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty, and Long Island Nets.
- Translate each night’s strategy, objectives, audience priorities, and business goals into a cohesive live experience.
- Work with Marketing to establish the creative and production vision for pregame, in-game, halftime, timeout, quarter-break, postgame, and special-event programming.
- Oversee all show elements, including entertainment, music, lighting, pyrotechnics, fan interaction, promotions, contests, sponsored features, video content, live performers, and special presentations.
- Lead production meetings, rehearsals, game-night briefings, show calls, checklists, and live execution while maintaining high standards for quality, timing, safety, brand alignment, and operational readiness.
- Prepare for contingencies, including overtime, delays, injuries, technical issues, and postgame scenarios, and serve as a senior decision-maker and escalation point during live events.
- Lead the development and maintenance of game-night runs of show, scripts, cue sheets, show flows, templates, production standards, technical requirements, and operating procedures.
- Partner with Creative and Content to develop and integrate in-bowl entertainment content that advances the show strategy and brand narrative.
- Lead, develop, and manage the Game Presentation production team, including show callers, stage managers, game-night coordinators, and the performance side of Entertainment Teams.
- Oversee the integration of dance teams, hype teams, hosts, DJs, emcees, mascots, performers, and other entertainment talent into game-night programming, including scheduling, rehearsals, performance quality, and development.
- Manage budgets, resources, schedules, and competing priorities across multiple properties, and contribute to or lead production for select external events and large-scale fan experiences, including Nets Fest and Brooklyn Dribble.
- Lead post-game and after-action reviews, using fan feedback, audience engagement, executional quality, and other available insights to identify improvements and convert observations into action plans for future games.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING
- 7–10+ years of experience producing live entertainment, sports, television, concerts, theater, or large-scale events; live basketball production experience is a plus.
- At least five years of management or supervisory experience in live-event production, including budget management.
- Demonstrated experience leading live shows from concept and scripting through rehearsal and real-time execution.
- Proven ability to develop runs of show, scripts, cue sheets, show flows, production plans, and contingency plans.
- Strong understanding of in-venue production technology, including video boards, LED systems, lighting, audio, replay, and show-control systems.
- Excellent communication, writing, interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, deadlines, and events simultaneously.
- Ability to remain calm, decisive, and solutions-oriented in high-pressure live environments.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment.
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, entertainment management, sports management, theater, television production, or a related field preferred.
- Willingness to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and extensive event-day hours across all sports properties.
WHO YOU ARE
- An experienced live-event producer who combines strong creative judgment with operational discipline.
- A collaborative leader who builds trust across Marketing, Basketball Operations, Partnerships, Venue Operations, Creative, Content, Social, Fan Engagement, and external partners.
- A clear and confident communicator who can make timely decisions, solve problems in real time, and remain calm in high-pressure environments.
- A people leader who develops talent, sets clear expectations, and fosters a culture of preparation, accountability, creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Focused on the customer and fan experience, with a commitment to creating bold, authentic, and unforgettable experiences the Brooklyn Way.
- Focused on continuous improvement and comfortable using fan insights, surveys, social listening, attendance data, and other available information to strengthen future shows.
- A thoughtful steward of company resources and the brand who takes ownership of outcomes.
- Committed to Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment’s values of Integrity, Care, Growth Mindset, and Accountability.
COMPENSATION
$150,000 - $200,000 base salary
Full-time employees are eligible for a robust slate of total rewards, including:
- Bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage; HSA and FSA eligibility
- 401k Employer Match at 4%
- Competitive PTO policy & Company Holidays
- Parental leave policy eligible after 6 months of service
- Access to events at Barclays Center, subject to ticket availability
- Free lunch onsite Monday - Thursday; onsite barista bar
- And more!
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Works primarily in an office environment in Industry City, Brooklyn. You may be expected to attend games and other events on evenings, weekends, holidays, and extensive event-day hours.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion/creed, gender, gender identity, transgender status, pregnancy and lactation accommodations, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage, immigration, or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, height and weight, arrest or conviction record, caregiver status, credit history, unemployment status, sexual and reproductive health decisions, salary history, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking, and sex offenses, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local laws.
