Intern for Video Production & ThunderVision
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Job Description
About the Company
This internship opportunity is with the Oklahoma City Thunder, a professional basketball team in the NBA. The position is within the ThunderVision department, which is responsible for producing and broadcasting the team’s in-arena entertainment and content.
Job Description
This is a paid internship for students pursuing degrees in broadcasting, video production, marketing, motion graphics, or related fields. The intern will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment, working with a variety of video production tools and techniques.
Responsibilities include:
• Organizing and maintaining digital archives.
• Logging camera shots from in-arena shows.
• Cutting proof-of-plays from game recordings.
• Creating melts from game videographer footage.
• Editing pre-designed templates to build high-quality content.
• Assisting in assembling backdrops and lighting equipment for video shoots.
• Learning accurate camera techniques using various DSLR and broadcast cameras.
• Elevating editing skills by learning detailed color correction, strategic shot selection, and pacing.
• Shadowing ThunderVision personnel during select home games.
• Performing other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
• Presently enrolled at an accredited college or university and approved by your school to receive internship credit.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Students pursuing a degree in broadcasting, video production, marketing, motion graphics, or related fields.
• Some experience with Sony, Canon, and Panasonic cameras.
• Avid, Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator experience.
• Knowledge of control room equipment such as Ross XPression, Click FX, Evertz DreamCatcher.
Internship Details:
• Paid, in-person internship reporting to the Manager, ThunderVision.
• Work schedule of 20-29 hours during office hours, with potential for late-night video shoots and Thunder/Blue game night opportunities.
• Primary work location is the Thunder corporate office located at the Paycom Center in downtown Oklahoma City.
• Physical requirements include lifting and carrying up to approximately 30 pounds and working in-arena, in the presence of loud music and crowd noise and flashing or strobe lighting.
Benefits:
• Hands-on experience in a professional setting.
• Supplemental activities such as resume reviews, personal and professional development workshops, and events designed to enhance your internship experience.
• Paid downtown parking.
• Tickets to a home game during the season.
