We are looking for a suitable candidate to join our new MCR Team in Leeds. The team will be responsible for getting live sports content into our transmission platform for our OTT product, as well as ensuring the quality of our outgoing broadcasts.

The MCR operations are an exciting and often busy, 24/7 team, that sits at the heart of the business. Following the sporting calendars, the teams work to successfully obtain live signals, distribute these to other teams, encoding, recording, commentary and on-pass to other clients.

Transmissions work is advantageous, but the ability to work in busy and live, broadcast environments are equally important to the role.

The position will require to work nights, public holidays and weekends on a shift basis.

HERE'S YOUR ROLE BROKEN DOWN (NOT ALL OF IT, JUST THE MOST IMPORTANT STUFF)

Manage switching into the playout channels for live broadcasts
Quality control of incoming signals and outgoing broadcasts
Complete line-up checks and procedures with production teams
Lining up commentators and ensuring commentary levels and mixes are of a high quality
Communicating and escalating with other broadcast service teams
Assisting with other MCR operations for signal acquisition and communicating with suppliers
DO YOU HAVE THESE ESSENTIALS?

Experience working in a live broadcast environment
Good understanding of broadcast formats and video signals
Ability to work in a busy, high pressure environment
Ability to communicate efficiently and effectively
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAD THESE DESIRABLES TOO

Experience working in an MCR environment
Experience working in live transmission workflow
Previous experience in sports broadcasting
Ability to work with broadcast tools such as audio meters, scopes, waveform monitors
Familiarity with Satellite transmissions and RF delivery