About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Producer to provide production and editorial support to the Executive Producer in the planning and delivery of live football production in Saudi Arabia, specifically focusing on the Saudi Pro League. This role may also extend to support Women’s Premier League (WPL), SAFF, and related studio productions as required. The Producer will play a pivotal role in ensuring that matches, content strands, crews, suppliers, and stakeholders are planned and delivered safely, consistently, on time, and within budget. This position involves working within a Sports Broadcast environment, requiring availability for unsociable hours and weekends as necessary.
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Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Support the Executive Producer with day-to-day editorial, operational, and production leadership of SPL match coverage and associated content.
- Lead or support assigned matches, match rounds, highlights, world-feed and other content strands from planning through to post-event close-out.
- Work closely with key personnel including Executive Producer, Senior Producers, Production Manager, Technical Producer, Match Directors, and Production Coordinators to ensure clear responsibilities, deadlines, and escalation routes.
- Mentor and train local editorial support roles (e.g. Assistant Producers, self-shooters/editors, researchers) to enhance their skills and output quality.
- Contribute to forward planning across the season, including match schedules, production plans, running orders, editorial priorities, crew requirements, and key milestones.
- Coordinate with SPL/SAFF, OB providers, Alamiya, venues, clubs, rightsholders, and other production partners to ensure requirements are understood and delivered.
- Support the briefing, booking, onboarding, and management of freelance crew and production personnel.
- Support and, where required, lead production meetings, pre-production calls, matchday briefings, and post-match reviews.
- Ensure that call sheets, production plans, risk assessments, permits, access arrangements, contact sheets, and other documentation are prepared, issued, and kept up to date.
- Collaborate with HR, Legal, Finance, Immigration, Health & Safety, and other internal functions to ensure staffing, contracts, visas, work permits, insurance, and compliance requirements are fulfilled across editorial roles.
- Maintain high standards of health, safety, and welfare across production activities, ensuring risks are identified, controlled, communicated, and escalated appropriately.
- Provide editorial guidance and practical support to Match Producers and Assistant Producers, helping them deliver consistent coverage while developing their capabilities.
- Contribute to the structured development of Saudi production talent through coaching, shadowing, feedback, and evidence-based assessment.
- Help establish and improve production workflows, templates, reporting, and communication processes across SPL/WPL and other Saudi productions.
- Produce accurate production updates, issue logs, post-match reports, and lessons learned for the Executive Producer and wider leadership team.
- Represent the company professionally with clients, partners, suppliers, venues, clubs, freelancers, and internal stakeholders.
Knowledge and Experience
Mandatory
- Previous experience as an established Producer in live sport, outside broadcast, television, or a comparable high-pressure live production environment.
- Experience of football or another high-volume live sports production environment.
- Experience of planning and delivering complex live productions involving multiple teams, locations, suppliers, and stakeholders.
- Strong editorial judgement and the ability to make calm, practical decisions under live-production pressure.
- Experience of working with broadcasters, rights owners, governing bodies, clients, OB providers, and/or major production partners.
- Experience of crew planning, production documentation, production meetings, running orders, call sheets, and post-production reporting.
- Working knowledge of production budgets, cost tracking, supplier management, and financial controls.
- Good understanding of production health and safety, risk assessment, insurance, permits, and compliance requirements.
Desirable (not essential)
- Previous experience of working in Saudi Arabia or the wider Middle East.
- Experience of host broadcast, world-feed, highlights, or short-form sports content.
- Experience of developing junior or locally based production talent.
- Arabic language capability and/or strong cultural awareness of working in Saudi Arabia.
- Experience of remote production, multi-match operations, or production across multiple venues on the same day.
Core Competencies
Success in this role is driven by four core competencies that apply to all employees:
- Business Acumen – Understanding financial drivers, interpreting business data, aligning decisions to strategic outcomes.
- Operational Excellence – Driving efficiency, governance, and continuous improvement in delivery & operations.
- Innovation Mindset – Cultivating curiosity, experimentation, and forward-looking capability development.
- Leadership & Collaboration – Inspiring others, building trust, and enabling collaboration across teams.
Working Conditions
- This is an initial 12-month fixed-term contract role.
- The role is based at our office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Availability to work weekends, public holidays, and unsocial hours is required when necessary.
- Travel within KSA across various match locations and stadiums is expected.
- Unsocial hours dictated by the demands of the production schedule.
