Lfc Jobs – Senior Specialist In Portsmouth

Overview

Position Title: Senior Specialist

Company: Liverpool Football Club

Location: Portsmouth, UK

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Academy team as a Player Care Manager. In this varied role, you will be the strategic lead for all Player Care matters and offer safeguarding support across all age groups at the Academy together with being involved in providing post 19 Education Programmes.

Responsibilities:

• Supervision and management of LFCTV Domestic and International Channel Playout transmissions, to ensure OFCOM regulations of commercial content are adhered to, file formats and content are correct through QC processes, schedules are accurate and all signals leaving MCR (Master Control Room) are compliant with broadcast standards. Perform Disaster Recovery procedures when required to ensure any loss of service impact remains minimal and clients are updated on incident status
• Set up and preparation of specialist gallery equipment for live and pre-recorded studio productions, including VT operations, production graphics, sound operations, ingest systems, camera operation, Lighting control, signal routing and encoder operations.
• Technical Operation of specialist broadcast equipment during live and pre-recorded LFCTV programming in accordance with production requirements, including sound operations, production graphics, VT operations, Ingest systems and camera operation.
• Assisting with set up, rig and preparation of all studio floor requirements for live and pre-recorded productions, including set equipment and layout, rigging, lighting and cable management.
• Preparing and operating streaming encoders for all requirements of Digital Media (Channel assignment, Stream Key input, source and destination signal routing).
• Operating on Outside Broadcast productions for live match coverage when required.
• Completion of daily studio checklists to ensure issues are identified, flagged and followed up effectively.

Requirements:

• Excellent knowledge of studio and gallery hardware and software technologies
• Is familiar with current sports production formats and requirements
• A thorough understanding of transmission systems and signal chains including Disaster Recovery protocols and escalation procedures
• Strong awareness of Ofcom commercial Broadcast regulations and compliance
• Awareness of Ip/Cloud based production tools.
• Qualification in broadcast or A/V media related technologies, HND or higher
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Willingness to multi-task and learn multiple skill sets and adapt to fast changing production requirements
• Ability to operate well within a team
• Ability to work under pressure within a live broadcast and transmission environment
• Willingness to work unsociable hours and flexible working patterns