Live Director - Transmission in Bangor

Live Director – Transmission

Location: Bangor, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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. 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.

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 communicating 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 having 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.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Other