Live Broadcast Tech Lead

Sky UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Sky TV or NOW package

Pension package with up to 9% employer

Private healthcare with mental health

Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance

Discounts on Sky products

Sharesave and Tech schemes

Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Job summary

Sky is seeking a Technical Supervisor to own day-to-day productions and ensure client confidence across gallery delivery. Reporting to a Studios Technical Manager, you will collaborate with studios craft teams across Sky’s facilities, including remote and cloud productions, to keep live broadcasts on air.

You will set up galleries, diagnose incidents, align signal paths, document technical procedures, and travel to OB rigs as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line technical support acting as the key point-of-contact for engineering incidents affecting gallery and production operations, liaising directly with Production teams, and escalating as appropriate.
• Set-up galleries, studios and equipment. Ensure visually and by ear that signal paths are correctly aligned. Configure systems technically to broadcast standards.
• Route internal and external sources, floor vision monitoring and in‑vision monitoring. Liaise with other technical areas, OBs, remote productions and MCRs to ensure our content goes to air correctly.
• Match signals, colour balance and video levels by eye using the appropriate interfaces, measuring devices, and monitoring, to ensure that broadcast standards are achieved.
• Develop, contribute to, and maintain appropriate comprehensive technical documentation.
• Possibility of travel to support OB technical rigs and operations.
• Up-to-date knowledge of broadcast technology, developments, and techniques, including Remote Production and HDR.
• Experience with broadcast standard equipment including camera and replay systems, ideally with good engineering skills.
• Solid understanding of production technical areas including galleries and studios, working across a range of systems including remote production and cloud-based.
• Confident to step into studio and live production environments, remaining positive, collaborative, and calm under pressure.
• Highly motivated with a strong work ethic, a commitment to continuous self‑improvement, and excellent communication skills.
• Comprehension of IP and cloud‑based workflows is beneficial.

Job description

Sky is seeking a Technical Supervisor to own day-to-day productions and ensure client confidence across gallery delivery. Reporting to a Studios Technical Manager, you will collaborate with studios craft teams across Sky’s facilities, including remote and cloud productions, to keep live broadcasts on air.

You will set up galleries, diagnose incidents, align signal paths, document technical procedures, and travel to OB rigs as needed.