Technical Assistant
Department: 73-153 – Delivery – Virtual Production Operations
Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time
Location: UK – Leeds
Reporting To: Thodorakis Kapourani
Description
Why Join DAZN?
Joining DAZN in Leeds means being part of a cutting-edge sports streaming company in a vibrant tech hub. You’ll work alongside passionate, talented professionals on innovative projects that reach millions of fans worldwide. Leeds offers a dynamic work environment with a great balance of career growth and lifestyle. If you’re excited about shaping the future of live and on-demand sports entertainment, DAZN Leeds is the perfect place to make your mark and grow your career.
The Role
This is a hands-on, operational role where you’ll be instrumental in supporting file-based workflows, managing media assets, and assisting in live and post-production environments. You’ll also be part of a team that delivers first-line technical support for virtual production tools and commentary operations across DAZN’s global output.
As an individual contributor, you’ll work closely with editors, clients, and production teams to ensure high-quality delivery of content. The role operates on a rotating shift pattern, including evenings and weekends, to support 24/7 live sports coverage.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Monitor, maintain, and improve media workflows across live and post-production.
- Provide first-line technical support for virtual production tools and commentary booths.
- Set up and support edit production suites for live edits, voiceovers, and commentary.
- Manage ingest, archiving, and delivery of digital media assets.
- Conduct quality control checks on digital media and broadcast deliverables.
- Communicate effectively with clients, editors, and internal teams in high-pressure environments.
- Collaborate with global teams and third-party vendors to support multi-region productions.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of production and post-production operations.
What You’ll Bring:
- Experience in a post-production or media services environment.
- Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, cloud-based MAM systems, and media workflows.
- Strong understanding of video file formats, codecs, and digital asset management.
- Media management expertise, including ingesting, archiving, and content delivery.
- Familiarity with distribution tools like Aspera and Signiant.
- Excellent communication skills, both technical and non-technical.
- An interest in live sports and/or prior experience supporting live events or galleries.
- Experience or awareness of remote virtual production environments.
Benefits
Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.
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