Technical Lead, Saudi Pro League

Job description

About the Role: IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and event management. It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for more than 250 federations, associations, events, and teams. The Technical Lead will be responsible for all aspects of the technical delivery of the outside broadcasts, producing relevant documentation and schematics, liaising with facilities companies, attending recces and managing the freelance technical producers.

Requirements

• Proven experience in the technical planning of live events
• Experience of being an onsite Technical Producer on a range of events using differing workflows
• Good understanding of TV technology and production techniques
• Arabic speaker
• Understanding of platform technologies
• Strong market knowledge and experience of working in the region
• Sound commercial skills with an ability to match editorial and commercial objectives
• Ability to deliver against challenging deadlines
• Facilitate and deliver change management
• Experience of managing key client relationships at a senior level
• An in
• depth knowledge of production market trends, both in sport and non
• sport

Skills

Benefits

• An understanding of broadcast technologies, including OB and remote workflows, UHD HDR, and delivery methods such as satellite and fibre