Broadcast Manager​/Assistant Broadcast Manager; residing in West Region - Freelance

The Company

Asia Football Group (AFG) is the exclusive commercial agency for the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) competitions from . Our partnership with the AFC covers the commercial rights for all major AFC National Team and Club competitions, including the AFC Asian Cup, AFC Asian Qualifiers, AFC Women’s Asian Cup, AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers, AFC Champions League, AFC Cup as well as AFC youth and futsal competitions.

Driven by a shared passion and dedication to Asian football, our industry experts have a wealth of experience in global, regional, and local football marketing, and are devoted to delivering exciting and engaging Asian football content to fans on ground, on screen, and online. Working closely with the AFC and its stakeholders, Asia Football Group strives for the success and growth of Asian football, as well as redefining Asian football’s commercial standing within global football by addressing the shared businessobjectivesof the AFC, its sponsors and media partners with solutions derived from optimising fan engagement and digitally driven innovations.

AFG is responsible for the operational delivery of AFC’s commercial rights (for Media Partners and Sponsors) at AFC matches, tournaments, and events. The AFG Broadcast Manager (BM) is the senior broadcast representative on venue and is responsible for overseeing all planning and matchday broadcast operations. The BM is the main AFG liaison on broadcast matters for the AFC and Host Organisation, as well as being the key point of contact for the Host Broadcaster, attending AFC Media Rights Holders, and the AFG Broadcast Technical Centre (BTC) located in Singapore.

Candidates should already be residing in any one of the following countries:
Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Freelance

• Successful candidates will be engaged by AFG on a freelance basis, i.e., a fee will be paid when services are provided for matchday operations and other commitments as required such as staff training and stadium site visits.
• Candidates may be set up as their own business entity in their home country and must maintain their own business registrations, compliance, tax arrangements, employment law obligations and any required insurances. Freelancers will invoice AFG for their services at a standard, agreed rate

• Attending Site Visits to identify all broadcast spaces and infrastructure required for matchday TV production
• Co-ordination with the Host Organisation to ensure all Broadcast operational areas and infrastructure are delivered as required
• Management of the Broadcast Compound and Media Partner accreditation, bibs and venue access
• Overseeing Host Broadcaster set-up and matchday delivery on venue
• Working closely with the venue team (including but not limited to AFG Commercial Manager, AFC Match Commissioner, AFC Local General Co-ordinator, Local Media Officer, Team Media Officers) to successfully deliver the match production
• Attending and representing AFG at organisational meetings
• Ensuring key timings and other details critical to match production are shared with all relevant parties
• Conducting technical checks and tests including VAR, satellite/Fibre uplink, graphics and LED / static perimeter boards camera tests
• Checking of video and audio circuit establishment with the BTC and troubleshooting where required
• Overseeing the delivery of all Host Broadcaster and Visiting Rights Holding Broadcaster activities including but not limited to:

MD-1 training, press conferences, dressing room filming, team bus arrivals, head coach interviews, unilateral stand-ups, post-match flash interviews and any other filming requests approved by AFG / AFC

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