Studio Manager - Sky Sports (12-month FTC)
Description
- Lead and manage the delivery of projects/productions from taking detailed and accurate specifications through to delivering on time and within budget
- Collaborate with top Sky stakeholders to ensure demand is accurately defined for relevant decision-making and to maximise SPS operational efficiencies.
- Line management of one or more Studio Resources Supervisors, particularly within the Studios Resources & Planning team, ensuring that team members are engaged
- Identify future opportunities by relationship building with stakeholders
- Provide reliable data reporting for long-term planning, annual reviews, budget reporting, and business prioritisation in order to reach KPI targets.
- Have a solid understanding of the Studio's / OB technical and operational procedures.
- Promote the value of effective health and safety practises and overall workplace well-being.
Requirements
- An effective communicator, able to collate, present and/or disseminate information clearly and quickly
- Budget management
- Good people management skills and experience
- Strong attention to detail
- The ability to juggle multiple tasks and prioritise
- Self-motivated with a pro-active and flexible approach
- Understanding of broadcast operations workflows, particularly broadcast production management
- In depth knowledge of Studios & OB operations, facilities and crewing requirements
- Comprehensive understanding of production budgets and implications arising
- Comprehensive experience of resource planning in a production environment
- An understanding of HR processes and application
- A knowledge of Health and Safety issues both in productions and in the workplace
- Professionalism and a willingness to go the extra mile for the client
- Ability to find solutions to problems
- Aptitude and desire for personal development
- Up-to-date technical industry knowledge to support our innovation strategy
- Good understanding of post-production workflows, media formats, media management
- Experience and knowledge of business and operational process improvement and leading change
- An understanding of HMRC rules and how that impacts our ability to schedule staff
- Sports knowledge
- Understanding of Sky's programmes and output
Benefits & Perks
- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- Access a wide range of best-in-class Sky VIP rewards and experiences
How to apply
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