Global Live Broadcast Tech Director

RTS Management, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401k

Job summary

The Evolution Championship Series (Evo) is seeking a Technical Director to lead the planning, development, and execution of Evo’s live broadcasts and on-site productions. You will collaborate with global production partners and Evo teams to ensure broadcasts meet fans’ expectations.

You will design technical infrastructures, oversee engineers, and manage a scalable broadcast workflow across events and studio shoots, while maintaining high-quality standards and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience leading a team of engineers in a live broadcast environment.
• Proven ability to design and deliver technical infrastructures for live broadcasts.
• Experience working in a live studio environment.
• The ability to work weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance, oversight, and technical expertise for Evo’s global production teams, detailing and communicating technical and creative requirements to execute productions at a level that meets Evo’s expectations.
• Maintain the tech bible for Evo Productions, detailing best practices for Evo Broadcasts inclusive of video, audio, game capture, graphics, lighting, multi-stream feeds, stream distribution, ISO records, and game hardware; both for broadcast and in venue.
• Review, analyze, and provide feedback on all production elements from external broadcast partners, ensuring that the planning for technical needs before and during Evo broadcasts meet our high expectations.
• Assist in writing RFPs with a focus on technical expectations for potential broadcast partners globally.
• As part of the Evo team, you will collaborate and communicate across Evo Production teams to ensure they have the technical solutions available for their productions.
• Design the technical infrastructures needed to execute both live event and non-event productions.
• Hire and manage the engineers and personnel necessary to support all of Evo’s video productions. Negotiate contracts and fees of both freelancers and full-time employees that will be your direct reports.

Skills

Team leadership

Broadcast infrastructure design

Live broadcast experience

Weekend availability

Job description

The Evolution Championship Series (Evo) is seeking a Technical Director to lead the planning, development, and execution of Evo’s live broadcasts and on-site productions. You will collaborate with global production partners and Evo teams to ensure broadcasts meet fans’ expectations.

You will design technical infrastructures, oversee engineers, and manage a scalable broadcast workflow across events and studio shoots, while maintaining high-quality standards and on-time delivery.