Technical Assistant

Why join DAZN?

Joining DAZN in Madrid means being part of a cutting-edge sports streaming company in a vibrant tech hub. You’ll work alongside passionate, talented professionals on innovative projects that reach millions of fans worldwide. 

The Role

This is a hands-on, operational role where you’ll be instrumental in supporting file-based workflows, managing media assets, and assisting in live and post-production environments. You’ll also be part of a team that delivers first-line technical support for virtual production tools and commentary operations across DAZN’s global output.

As an individual contributor, you’ll work closely with editors, clients, and production teams to ensure high-quality delivery of content. The role operates on a rotating shift pattern, including evenings and weekends, to support 24/7 live sports coverage.

Additionally, you will support production live tasks such as routing IP streams (acquisition and contribution), supporting gallery and studio shows and editing. This is a multi-skilled role that evolves to meet business needs and will require extensive knowledge of DAZN tooling (Virtual editing production and PCR/MCR)

This role will be based in Lisbon, Portugal. 

Please note, our Talent Acquisition team and some Hiring teams are based in the UK so parts of the recruitment process will be in English. Please also upload your resume in English, thanks!

Department

90-913 - Delivery - Production Operations

Employment Type

Freelance

Location

Portugal - Lisboa

Workplace type

Hybrid

What You'll Be Doing:

Monitor, maintain, and improve media workflows across live and post-production.

Provide first-line technical support for virtual production tools and commentary booths.

Set up and support edit production suites for live edits, voiceovers, and commentary.

Manage ingest, archiving, and delivery of digital media assets.

Oversee the team’s archive system, including both working storage and deep storage

Conduct quality control checks on digital media and broadcast deliverables.

Communicate effectively with clients, editors, and internal teams in high-pressure environments.

Collaborate with global teams and third-party vendors to support multi-region productions.

Contribute to continuous improvement of production and post-production operations

·       Ensure quality control of digital media encodes and broadcast deliverables

·       Ensure commentary levels and mixes are at the highest standard

·       Coordinate the commentators and complete tests and line-ups

·       Assess the quality of live audio commentary as well as transmissions for video and audio faults

·       Coordinate own job with the technical staff (MCR / PCR operators) in our facility in Lisbon

What You'll Bring:

Experience in a post-production or media services environment

Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, cloud-based MAM systems and media workflows.

Strong understanding of video file formats, codecs and digital asset management.

Media management expertise, including ingesting, archiving, and content delivery.

Familiarity with distribution tools like Aspera and Signiant

IP/SDI routing and monitoring in a PCR/MCR environment

An interest in live sports and/or prior experience supporting live events or galleries.

Experience or awareness of remote virtual production environments

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, medical insurance, daily meal allowance paid through a meal card, refer a friend scheme, learning and development resources, 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. 

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.