Senior Assistant Producer (Live), European Tour Productions

Who We Are: 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.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Responsibility for excellence within delivery of the ETP World Feed on time and to agreed specification.
• Confident in a range of live gallery roles across Graphics, EVS, and VT, with the ability to Submix Produce or direct live cameras where appropriate.
• Advanced self-editor, overseeing the overall live VT component to the programming, ensuring narrative consistency and creativity.
• Provide feedback and direction for more junior production staff to help ensure quality and consistency across all output.
• Thorough understanding of live Graphics outputs, ensuring smooth operations between internal team and Graphics supplier.
• Good understanding of technical workflows from cameras, vision, audio, to fibre – taking responsibility across technical issues as they arise.
• Demonstrate the highest standards of production, showing creative flair, technical expertise and strong editorial judgment.
• Commercial awareness around the importance of signage within vision, taking ownership of the commercial obligations week-to-week.
• Support the management of production budgets, understanding the significance of spec, course, and territory impacts on costs.
• Lead on H&S responsibilities in certain environments, understanding the importance of implementation of risk measures and production planning.
• Help to lead the team within the live environment, fostering positive working dynamics.
• Mentor for APs, sharing responsibility for wellbeing of team members when part of Production team on-site.
• Commitment to innovation and a consideration for how this can be adopted in live workflows.
• Active contributor to new ideas for developments or efficiencies, collaborating with production staff and freelancers.
• Build an environment that champions accountability, diligence and accuracy.
• Support the DE&I initiatives across ETP and IMG.

Proven Experience:

• Proven experience in a live gallery environment, as a Live Sports Assistant Producer or Senior AP, working on live OBs to a high standard.
• A strong understanding and proven experience of working in live broadcast.
• Deep and up-to-date subject knowledge, allowing for informed and well-researched VT and storyline developments.
• Excellent ability to craft narratives, write scripts and create running orders for live sport programmes.
• Experience of defining the editorial content and direction of a programme.
• Experience of dealing with international broadcasters, independent production companies, key stakeholders, external third parties and high profile talent.
• Experience in high-pressure, quick-turnaround production environments.

Working Conditions:

• This is a 12-month fixed-term contract role.
• This role will be based at our office in Stockley Park, Uxbridge.
• You will also be required to regularly travel internationally, work weekends, some evenings, and unsocial hours as required.

TKO EEO Statement: TKO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non-discrimination in employment.