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Coordinating Match Director, Studios

IMG

Stamford, CT 12-12-2024
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  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description
Who We Are:

At IMG, our Studios business use content and technology to power the world's passion for sport, working with global clients including The Premier League, The R&A, DP World Tour, Euroleague Basketball and Major League Soccer. We've built Europe's best-connected broadcast centre at Stockley Park, London, distributing 35,000 hours of content globally and creating some of the world's best sporting coverage. Our facilities include four broadcast studios, fifty edit suites and a multitude of radio, podcast, dubbing and VFX facilities, with specialisms in remote production and carbon reduction thanks to our Green to Screen initiative. Whether it's live coverage, archive, highlights, social media, branded content or feature films, we give the audience a front row seat to the best sport in the world.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title

Coordinating Match Director

Department

MLS Production Department (IMG Studios)

Main Purpose of Job

To set the direction and tone for how MLS matches are directed for a global audience on Apple TV's MLS Season Pass. To help set a standard of MLS match production which will ensure it is of the highest calibre and consistent for informed worldwide audiences, whilst also ensuring IMG is providing quality and value to football clients and partners. To lead the visual direction, improvement and feedback for all MLS match directing to achieve creative, departmental, and business objectives for both the short and long-term – whilst always ensuring client focus.

Reports To

SVP, Director of Content

Direct Reports

Freelance pool

Indirect Reports

N/A

Hours of Work

40 hours per week

Contract Type / Length

Permanent/Staff

Location

USA

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities: Role may include but not prohibited to the following.
• Build and implement IMG's style guide on how to ensure MLS matches are directed at the highest standard, whilst ensuring the aspects of the league that make it unique are always at the forefront of game coverage.
• Direct MLS matches regularly.
• Provide detailed direction for match directors, and clear instruction on how they implement the style guide.
• Work with quality control teams to provide clear feedback to directors on areas of improvement to ensure they operate at the standard expected.
• Oversight across both English and Spanish match production teams, to ensure consistency of coverage and that all teams are set up to succeed.
• Run regular feedback and check-in sessions with directors – either individually or collectively – to ensure all are supported by the management team.
• Introduce new ideas and outside thinking to the match crews, ensuring they are kept up to date with global football production trends and opportunities.
• Work with the Production Management team to roster match staff with the standard of the product in mind.
• Set weekly meetings with key match teams that enable improvement to be made incrementally across the season.
• Work with the Coordinating Match Producer to ensure consistency of standards and quality between the studio and remote teams, to ensure coverage of MLS forms one picture for the audience.
• Work with on-air talent to ensure they are provided with a high level of support editorially.
• Understand industry trends and best practice in directing both soccer programmes and broader sports content, to ensure MLS programming is at the forefront of sports broadcast entertainment.
• To form an integral part of Senior Production team within the MLS Production Department – in particular the VP, Director of Content, Coordinating Studio Director, Senior Production Manager, and colleagues across English and Spanish match and studio production.
• To work closely with the Production Management team to ensure strong financial, business and personnel management on each project – always staying within budget.
• Ensuring match directors are regularly appraised and training needs are facilitated to respond to changes in editorial and technical workflows.
• Responsible for new production innovation/enhancement development and improvements.
• Ensure that IMG attracts, recruits and retains the best talent to deliver world class football content.
• Ensure that IMG is at the forefront of diversity & inclusion at all times.
• Ensure that IMG is at the forefront of sustainability at all times.

You may also be required to carry out any other duties which are within the scope and purpose of the job.

Unusual Challenges or Circumstances e.g., shift(s)/ unsocial hours/ travel etc
• Required to respond to the needs and feedback of MLS
• Responding to feedback from the Director of Content and other members of Senior Management.
• Weekend Work and long shifts

Key Results Areas
• Matches directed to the highest standard
• Organization, planning and time management.
• Effectively lead the team to create original ideas and produce compelling content
• Demonstrable creativity and capability of constantly rejuvenating match coverage

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge and Experience

Mandatory
• Previous experience as a Senior Director with a minimum of 7 years' experience of outside broadcasts in soccer.
• Previous experience of dealing with and managing high profile clients/talent, third parties, key stakeholders and leading broadcasters
• Experience of managing people.
• Strong and extensive knowledge of soccer/football globally.
• Proven experience of communicating with large production teams of various levels
• Previous experience of leading and motivating production teams to achieve departmental, business and creative objectives.
• Proven history of performance/appraisal management with the ability to offer training solutions
• Relevant and up-to-date production technical (including digital production) workflow analysis
• Understanding of employment law, contract and copyright, conditions of service, equal opportunities, corporate social responsibility, ethical position on doing business and health and safety at work

Desirable
• Previous experience setting up and working on international television events

Skills and Abilities

Mandatory
• Clear & concise communication skills.
• Calm unflappable manner during live broadcast.
• Excellent presentation and communications skills with the ability to build good working relationships. with third parties, event promoters and main TV clients.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to engage with and persuade key stakeholders to achieve creative objectives.
• Ability to recognise potential and facilitate training and development.

Desirable
• N/A

Aptitudes

Mandatory
• Passion for soccer/football.
• Creatively minded.
• Team-focussed.
• Able to take on personal feedback with a view to always improving.
• Strong management and organisational skills with the ability to lead, motivate and delegate.
• Proven problem-solving skills.
• Excellent administrative, organisational and communication skills - accurate imparting and communication of information.
• Excellent time management - reliable and punctual and proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - when to deploy tact, diplomacy and discretion.
• Adaptable - a flexible approach to rapidly changing circumstances and demanding working patterns and embraces new ways of working.

Desirable
• N/A

Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture, we strive to reflect the world's diverse voices.  

Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gq1e9x-35-215-180-183-42 in your application.

Company Profile
IMG

Endeavor is a global entertainment, sports and content company, home to the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events and experiences. The company is comprised of industry leaders including entertainment agency William Morris Endeavor (WME); sports, fashion, events and media company IMG; and premier mixed martial arts organization UFC. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation; marketing and licensing; content development, distribution and sales; event management; and a number of direct-to-consumer offerings.