Director of Sports Broadcasting

This is a Full Time Job

Join WBD Sports as a Director and play a key role in delivering high-quality live and non-live sports coverage across a diverse multi-sport rights portfolio. Working across studio, remote and on-site productions, you will help shape the distinctive on-air look and feel of WBD Sports while ensuring outstanding editorial and production standards. If you are passionate about sports broadcasting and thrive in dynamic live production environments, we would love to hear from you.

Your Role Accountabilities...
• Direct live and non-live productions across WBD Sports' multi-sport portfolio, adapting editorial and technical approaches to a wide range of sporting events.
• Cut multi-camera live and non-live studio shows.
• Deliver live productions across studio, remote and on-site environments, adapting workflows to meet the editorial and operational requirements of each production.
• Oversee, coordinate and support freelance directors and gallery crew on individual productions, ensuring consistent editorial standards and alignment with WBD Sports' on-air output.
• Maintain the look and feel of WBD Sports' on-air presentation.
• Keep up to date with emerging technologies and operating systems relevant to sports broadcasting.
• Collaborate closely with Producers and the Production Management team to plan and deliver events, while building and maintaining strong relationships with on-screen talent.

Qualifications & Experience
• Extensive experience as a live and non-live sports television director.
• Strong understanding of the sports production process.
• Demonstrated ability to guide and support production teams in live broadcast environments.
• Good working knowledge of vision mixing desks.
• Current knowledge of broadcast technologies and production workflows.

Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.