Broadcast Operations Manager

Two Circles; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team Days

Away Days

Holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus

Private healthcare

Phone contribution

Sport Challenge contribution

Gym membership contribution

Kit drops

Job summary

Two Circles, a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business, is seeking a Broadcast Operations Manager to oversee UWCL broadcast delivery. You will manage the broadcasters platform, host broadcaster relations, and coordinate with UEFA, clubs and international partners.

You will work closely with the Media Partnerships team, travel across Europe for matches, and ensure smooth live transmissions with a proactive, detail-oriented approach. Excellent English and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a broadcast operations role; onsite at sports events or managing transmissions/content operations
• Strong knowledge of live media production workflows and onsite activities
• Excellent communicator and relationship-builder with problem-solving mindset
• Ability to travel regularly across Europe to attend matches and client meetings

Responsibilities

• Set up and manage UEFA broadcast bookings platform for the season, ensuring live transmissions and facilities can be booked
• Oversee onsite facilities bookings and arbitrate between media partners before each match week
• Serve as main contact for host broadcaster, managing meetings with broadcaster and UEFA teams
• Coordinate between clubs, UEFA, host broadcaster and international broadcasters, reporting feedback to stakeholders
• Manage relationship with UEFA feeds distribution, ensure timely bookings and act as first contact for transmission issues
• Communicate all UWCL broadcaster-related operations, deadlines, guidelines and assets
• Keep UEFA broadcaster platforms up to date with the latest documents and assets

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Travel flexibility

English fluency

Job description

We are Two Circles. We are a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business. We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best. We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing – the way fans spend their money, the events that fans attend, the channels fans respond to, the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow. Grow their audiences and grow their revenues - both direct to consumer and business to business revenues. Our platforms and services are trusted by over 1000 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike and Amazon. We are over 1000 people, based out of 15 offices, and we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses of all shapes and sizes all over the world.

Our Media Rights & Live Production unit helps the world’s leading sports organisations maximise the value of their media rights through strategic packaging, sales and delivery. This role sits within the Media Partnerships team dedicated to the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL).

Two Circles is the exclusive sponsorship agency for UEFA Women’s Football and the exclusive media rights sales agency for the UEFA Women’s Champions League. As part of this partnership, we work closely with UC3, the joint venture between UEFA and European Football Clubs (EFC), to manage and service the competition’s global network of media partners throughout the 2025–2030 rights cycle. The Broadcast Operations Manager plays a central role in this process, overseeing broadcast operations and ensuring the seamless delivery of rights to 48 broadcasters worldwide.

What you’ll be doing

• Setting-upandmanagingtheUEFAbroadcastersbookingsplatformthroughout the seasonensuringlive transmissions, content and facilitiescan be bookedby broadcastersaccording to rights granted.
• Overseeingallonsitefacilities bookingsand managingarbitration betweenmedia partnersahead of every match week.
• Acting as the main point of contact for theUEFA Women’s Champions Leaguehost broadcaster throughout the season. This includesmanagingthe preview and review meetings with thehost broadcasterand UEFA operational teamsand overseeingthehost broadcastactivity.
• Being a connectorbetween the clubs, UEFA, the host broadcaster and international broadcasters, gathering feedback from VOBM onsite and reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Managing the relationship withUEFAfeeds distribution provider, ensuring bookings are communicated in due time and being Two Circles’ first point of contact if any transmission issues occur on match nights.
• Managing all communicationsto UWCL broadcastersrelated to broadcast operations (includingcommunicatingbookingsdeadline,distributing criticalinformation,sharingTVproduction guidelinesetc.).
• MaintainingUEFAbroadcaster platforms up to datethroughout the seasonwith latestdocuments,guidelines andassets.

What we’re looking for

• 3+ yearsin a broadcast operations role, either onsite at sports events or managing transmissionsor content operations
• Goodknowledgeof live media productionworkflows,broadcast operationsand onsite activities.
• A brilliant communicator and relationship builder who is confident and can creatively solve problems
• Excellentprojectmanagementskills, constantly interrogating our work and suggesting new processes & opportunities
• A proactive, can-do approachwithambition to growin the role
• Excellent time management,organizationalskills and attention to detail
• Abilityto travelregularlyacross Europeto attend matches and participate in client meetings
• Fluent written and spoken English. Additional languages are a plus
• An interest in sport and women’s football

We offer a benefits package to suit you and your lifestyle! Out of a core monthly budget, you can choose your own comprehensive benefits package:

• Renowned Team Days often throughout the year
• Summer Away Days
• 23 standard days of holiday (+ 1 Birthday, +2 for a ‘Big Life Event’ and +1 Admin Day), closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays)
• Discretionary Bonus based on company performance
• Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases
• Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash)
• Mobile phone contribution
• Sport Challenge contribution
• Gym membership contribution
• 2x annual kit drops

Though these are the basics written down, we will principally be recruiting for energy, values and commitment – both to Two Circles and to your career. Even if you feel you don’t tick 100% of the boxes but feel you could bring value to the role, we’d still love to hear from you!