The Senior Producer, has full editorial and production responsibility for DAZN's flagship premium product over the next two seasons. With 186 live matches per year and the iconic DAZN UEFA Champions League Goal Show (Konferenz), you will play a key role in shaping how millions of football fans across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland experience Europe's premier club competition.
1. Live Broadcast Leadership: Take overall editorial and production responsibility for UEFA Champions League matchdays, overseeing the full live broadcast from pre-match coverage through to post-match analysis. Ensure a consistently high-quality viewing experience across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
2. Goal Show & On-Site production: Lead and develop the DAZN UEFA Champions League Conference Show, coordinating the editorial approach and execution across the extensive multi-feed offering of live matches. Ensure compelling storytelling and a dynamic experience for football fans across the platform. Make sure to remain the high quality of on-site productions during the entire season.
3. Team Leadership & Production Management: Lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary production team including Producers, Multifunctional Producers, Graphic Designers, presenters, commentators, and football experts. Set clear priorities, provide direction, and ensure smooth collaboration across all stages of live production.
4. Streaming & Editorial Innovation: Develop platform-specific editorial and production strategies tailored to a digital-first environment. Drive innovative approaches to live sports production, taking into account OTT workflows, remote production environments, audience expectations, and evolving streaming formats.
5. UEFA & Stakeholder Management: Act as a key point of contact for UEFA and other internal and external stakeholders. Ensure compliance with UEFA broadcast standards, DAZN brand guidelines, rights requirements, and commercial sponsorship integration while working closely with Rights, Finance, Operations, Planning, Production & Editorial teams and external production partners.
6. Editorial Planning & Execution: Work closely with the Head of Football and the wider Football team to shape the editorial planning, production, and execution of UEFA competition content. Ensure that all productions are delivered to the highest editorial, operational, and budgetary standards.
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5–7 years of relevant professional experience as a Senior Producer, Broadcast Director, or in a comparable leadership role within live sports broadcasting.
- Proven experience leading complex live sports productions and multidisciplinary teams in high-pressure environments, with the ability to make confident editorial and production decisions under significant time pressure.
- Strong understanding of digital-first production workflows, OTT streaming environments, remote production, and agile content management systems.
- Outstanding knowledge of European football, with particular expertise and enthusiasm for the UEFA Champions League.
- Demonstrated leadership experience, with the ability to motivate and coordinate cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders in fast-paced live production environments.
- Experience managing production budgets and balancing editorial ambition with financial and operational requirements.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with internal teams, rights holders, production vendors, clubs, freelancers, and other external partners.
Technical & Professional Skills:
- Strong editorial judgement and a proven ability to translate creative ideas into compelling live sports coverage.
- Excellent organisational and production management skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Fluent German and English language skills, both written and spoken. English is one of DAZN's corporate languages.
- Willingness to work regular evening, late-night, and weekend shifts in line with the UEFA competition calendar.
Soft Skills:
- Highly self-motivated, creative, enthusiastic, and energetic, with a genuine passion for delivering outstanding live sports coverage.
- Calm and decisive under pressure, with the ability to maintain a clear focus on quality, deadlines, and audience experience.
- Collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced, international, and constantly evolving sports media environment.
- Strong communicator who can build effective relationships across editorial, production, commercial, and operational teams.
Benefits include access to DAZN, 30 days’ annual leave, pension contributions up to 3%, a family friendly community, learning and development resources, opportunity for mobile working and access to our internal speaker series and events.
At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.
As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.
DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:
Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen.
Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact.
Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One.
At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.
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We look forward to hearing from you.
