Production Manager, Live Sports Production

Amazon; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading global company specializing in live sports production! As a Production Manager, you'll leverage your extensive experience in project management and logistical planning to ensure high-quality event productions across various sports. You'll be responsible for managing crew logistics, budgeting, and collaborating with internal teams and production service providers to deliver seamless live events. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about sports and production excellence. If you're ready to make a significant impact in the world of live sports, this is the opportunity for you!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management and operational planning.
• Strong knowledge of sports broadcast industry and event production logistics.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations and logistics for live sports events.
• Oversee crew hiring, scheduling, and deployment for productions.

Skills

Project Management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Logistical Planning

Event Production

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Digital Media Workflows

Broadcast Equipment

Job description

Production Manager, Live Sports Production

Job ID: 2899254 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Come and be a part of Amazon's dynamic Live Sports Production Team! We are looking for an experienced Production Manager with a focus in crewing, to support the Production Operations team on live event productions across multiple sports categories.

The Production Operations team is responsible for delivering high quality event productions on all global live sports properties to customers worldwide, across all Prime Video product lines and devices. We also support our productions through process improvements, scalability, and various initiatives. We work on designing solutions (tools and mechanisms) to manage and support productions globally so our team can work more efficiently and continue to scale.

Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will use your production management and field operations experience to operationalize new property launches and year-over-year sports property restarts. This role requires in-depth knowledge of remote and event production as the Production Manager (PM) will be responsible for managing the crewing aspects (Above-The-Line (ATL) and Below-The-Line (BTL)) and travel of assigned event production personnel across their assigned sports portfolio. You will manage the day-to-day operations of event logistics, production content and implement best practices policies and procedures for assigned sports properties to maintain effective workflows and delivery of projects. The PM will be the primary liaison to our Production Service Providers (PSP) ensuring the hiring, scheduling, and deployment (travel requirements), of crew meets our production standards.

The PM will work in lockstep with Sr. Production Ops Managers and Coordinating Producers (CPs) to manage the day-to-day execution of each assigned sports property, ensuring each remote event is fully crewed and logistical requirements are executed at a high bar and within budget. Working with the Sr. Production Ops leads, you will be responsible for assessing cost standards and maintaining show budgets. Using your technical experience and understanding of broadcast functions, you will recruit, hire and negotiate key personnel with PSPs to build crews for live events (both in-game and shoulder programming). You will be responsible for scheduling personnel, coordinating and arranging travel for the Live Production team and Talent, and booking on-site logistical vendor requirements. You will work with internal partner teams and PSPs on production safety, security, insurance and planning needs. You will be responsible for creating and distributing production books and call sheets, working with production counterparts to ensure each event is accurate.

Attention to detail and strong organizational skills are critical. The successful candidate thinks strategically, and can handle multiple projects with tight deadlines in an ambiguous and highly pressurized environment. The candidate optimizes cross team processes and assists in ongoing process improvements; and can manage complex production end-to-end with minimal guidance. The projects supported by the team have significant impact, technical complexity, and high visibility within Prime video.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of overseeing and managing projects and deadlines experience
- 5+ years of budgeting, scheduling and cost reporting experience
- 5+ years of producer, production manager or line producer experience
- 5+ years of experience in production and/or operational planning, including logistical planning related to event production with a focus in crewing and travel; robust knowledge of sports broadcast industry rates and market rules across the US are required; broadcast or remote production experience overseeing 100+ personnel on high profile/large-scale events

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with a variety of digital media workflows and post production
- In-depth experience and knowledge on procurement of technical and broadcast equipment to execute event production; experience reviewing and interpreting production service agreements, statements of work, and commercial contracts

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