Remote Freelance Live Director

Summary

The job is for a Freelance Live Director at DAZN who will execute scheduled live events, monitor signals, load playout schedules, ensure media availability, provide support, and pre-empt faults. The candidate should have transmission experience, live sports environment experience, and broadcast automation system experience.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

• Execute scheduled live events to ensure exact content is broadcast at the correct time
• Monitor and quality control all signals in and out of transmission
• Load, prepare and transmit playout schedules
• Ensure 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)
• Provide support of all Transmission services and equipment
• Pre-empt all possible faults and a resolution plan ready to minimise ‘on-air’ impact

Preferred Qualifications

A genuine passion for sport!