Production Facilities Coordinator

Job Description

Overview

The London Technical Hub Production Coordinator provides logistical and coordination support to the broadcast facility production team based out of the London technical hub. The facility comprises of Production Galleries, Sound Control Rooms, Commentary booths and Multi-Function Rooms all of which are operatorial 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Within the role you will supply administrative support to both live gallery teams on production days and the Production facility management team. You will work in partnership with production colleagues to deliver outstanding, sporting content across Europe.

This role will require weekend and evening work, but predominantly standard office hours will apply. Flexibility is key and from time to time there may be a requirement to work on location internationally.

This role is a 12 month fixed term contract.

Responsibilities
• Support the Production Facilities team in all aspects of event planning and execution of live broadcast events.
• Update and maintain production calendars and scheduling software on behalf of the production facility team .
• Work in conjunction with the Production Facility Supervisor to maintain and update the staffing roster, ensuring that adequate levels of cover are in place for holidays, sickness and training.
• Support the Production Facility Supervisor with cost tracking across productions.
• Coordinate best use of resources to support the facility and upcoming client's requests.
• Organize training of staff and freelancers and support onboarding to relevant systems.
• Support on site gallery teams with ad hoc task requirements during production days.
• Create purchase orders, manage invoice submissions & track payments.
• Maintain a positive working relationship with all suppliers to support Discovery Eurosport's interests.
• Actively ensure compliance with all Health and Safety policies.
• Work collaboratively with other departments i.e., Ingest, Engineering, MCR, Programming and Transmission ensuring working relationships and communication are of the highest standards.
• Other duties as required.
• Qualifications
• • Experience working in live, multi-sport event production
• Strong knowledge relating to television, broadcast & digital production
• Experience of managing logistics of live events
• Strong organizational skills & attention to detail
• Self-motivated & strong problem solving approach required
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• Working knowledge of scheduling systems
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and use own initiative with confidence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Pro-active in troubleshooting, problem solving and avoidance of issues
• Adaptable and flexible in a challenging, demanding and fast-paced environment
• An interest in sport and sporting outputs

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rvoyn0-18-226-251-68-42 in your application.