Sports Broadcast Scheduler

Sky; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Sky TV or NOW package

Pension package with up to 9% employer

Private healthcare

Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance

Discounts on Sky products

Sharesave and Tech schemes

Sky VIP rewards

Job summary

Sky Sports is seeking a junior Planning & Scheduling professional to support daily reconciliation and end-to-end scheduling across Sky's 11 channels and streaming platforms. This role offers exposure to broadcast systems, collaboration with production, rights, and marketing, and a path for someone starting their career in sports broadcasting.

Working in Osterley with a hybrid model (3 days in the office), you will gain hands-on experience balancing rights, channel capacity, and operational

Qualifications

• Background or work experience in broadcasting or streaming is desirable.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.
• Understanding of how audiences consume sport.

Responsibilities

• Daily programme reconciliation of Sky Sports channel output in BSS.
• Scheduling of VCID triggers to aid anti-piracy.
• End to end Sky Sports News planning, communicating effectively with the Sky Sports News team to ensure accuracy.
• Assisting the programme planners to produce, manage and maintain effective, creative and accurate Programme Schedules for one or more of the 11 Sky Sports Channels
• To liaise with Viewer Relations in respect of customer queries

Skills

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Sports knowledge

Microsoft Excel

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sky Sports is seeking a junior Planning & Scheduling professional to support daily reconciliation and end-to-end scheduling across Sky's 11 channels and streaming platforms. This role offers exposure to broadcast systems, collaboration with production, rights, and marketing, and a path for someone starting their career in sports broadcasting.

Working in Osterley with a hybrid model (3 days in the office), you will gain hands-on experience balancing rights, channel capacity, and operational