Live Director

Why join DAZN:

Live and breathe sport? Transmission experience in live sports broadcasting? Ready to ‘grand slam’ your way into a brand new role with one of the fastest growing sports broadcasters in the world?

We’re a dynamic, evolving ‘live’ environment where no two days are the same. We thrive on the excitement of transmitting seamless sporting events to our subscribers around the world. We are proud of our vibrant Leeds team at the helm of the broadcast arm of the business. So, if you’re also a bit of a chameleon who enjoys adapting to changing business needs, cultures, conditions and work responsibilities, then this could be the role for you!

The role:
 

As our Live Director your responsibilities will include broadcasting various live sports events to our unique OTT product. Our OTT channels transmit globally to our various territories and you’ll take ownership for managing these communications as well as communications between our global production facilities.

Due to our live sports schedule, this is a shift based role so working hours are very flexible including nights, weekends, national and public holidays. 

Department

73-128 - Delivery - Transmission

Employment Type

Permanent - Full Time

Location

UK - Leeds

Workplace type

Onsite

What You'll Be Doing:

• Executing scheduled live events to ensure exact content is broadcast at the correct time
• Monitoring and quality control of all signals in and out of transmission
• Loading, preparation and transmission of playout schedules
• Ensuring all scheduled media is available for playout each day and communication with the relevant channels if anything is missing/incorrect (e.g. graphics or production)
• Providing support of all Transmission services and equipment
• Pre-empting all possible faults and a resolution plan ready to minimise ‘on-air’ impact

What You'll Bring:

• Solid experience working in transmission
• Experience working in a live sports environment
• Operational and technical experience with broadcast automation systems

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. 

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. 

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.