Sr. Director, Coordinating Producer (Combat Sports)

Paramount • New York, NY

4d • Remote

About The Position

The Sr Director, Coordinating Producer will be an innovative content leader, responsible for researching storylines, developing and coordinating content plans, and producing innovative and engaging coverage for all platforms for UFC, Zuffa and other combat sports.
The role will manage and execute all aspects of field production for original content to maximizing the value of our UFC and Zuffa rights and the presentation of our events across Paramount and CBS Sports platforms. Responsibilities include oversight of content strategy and focus,content production, budgets, booking, scheduling, organizational management, and storyline research.

This role will direct all field coverage, from set presence to on-location interviews, to deliver content for all platforms. This role will be responsible for planning and executing coverage of upcoming athlete access and related events, and managing development and delivery in partnership with contributors at Paramount as well as within UFC, Zuffa and their production teams. That will include, but is not limited to, serving as the lead on-site field producer, shooter and coordinating producer, as well as directing the editing and delivery of elements resulting from those shoots.

In addition, this role will also be responsible for identifying human-interest and emerging storylines; gathering and organizing articles and other sources for background and story development; and evaluating and summarizing key points of content sources to enhance and support the coverage across platforms. The Sr. Director & Coordinating Producer will contribute to materials that provide editorial direction to multiple production personnel, and partner with cross-department contributors to ensure consistency, quality and reach of our newsgathering.

This role requires extensive travel and is fully remote, but candidates based in or near Las Vegas are preferred due to the location of key events.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of experience managing, supervising or as a lead producer for a production unit
• Experience leading high performing teams and building sustainable, positive culture
• Extensive experience in field and remote production
• Ability to shoot and manage field production, including remote transmission (LiveU/TVU)
• Expert level knowledge of MMA and Boxing, particularly UFC and Zuffa
• Strong knowledge of digital video production related techniques and systems
• Available to travel extensively and work all shifts, including early mornings, weekends, overnights, and holidays

Nice To Haves

• Ability to create compelling sports content and execute ideas from concept to execution
• Must possess well-developed research skills and editorial judgment
• Must have exemplary communication skills, and demonstrate a keen attention to detail
• Must have experience with a variety of approaches to research and newsgathering, including employing best practices for urgent and effective use of social media

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute on UFC/Zuffa/Combat Sports content strategy, ensuring alignment with content leaders across CBS Sports & Paramount+
• Create clear plans that communicate to a broad base of stakeholders the original content and coverage plans for coverage surrounding upcoming events across platforms (Paramount+, CBS Sports HQ, YouTube, Social media)
• Manage production arrangements for Combat Sports content creation; establishing production schedules up to and through the event; overseeing and controlling the flow of production assets for multiplatform production
• Perform as the lead on-site field producer, including shooting and coordinating production, as well as editing and delivering elements resulting from those shoots for all platforms.
• Work with production, programming, editorial and social leaders to develop and distribute on-demand and live content to UFC, Zuffa and other combat channels
• Use exemplary sports and entertainment judgment to determine content ideas to increase market penetration, drive P+ subscriptions, and empower engagement across platforms
• Use deep sports knowledge along with well-developed research techniques to identify and communicate key storylines related to the athletes and competitions to be featured in UFC & Zuffa events
• Prepare and distribute research materials that uncover, amplify and recommend key topics, creative angles, and compelling storylines for content creation in multiple formats. Develop questions and produce interviews with key figures across our combat sports portfolio
• Refine field and remote production operations to increase efficiency and reduce costs across the production schedule
• Connect teams across programming, post-production, graphics, operations, editorial, research, and studio production to establish a “single team” mindset and ensure proficiency in workflow
• Review content quality and production workflows to ensure consistency with the same standards and practices across the entire network of content including streaming networks, editorial, VOD extensions - all editorial, video production and distribution
• Work with social media teams to maximize reach, build community, and drive YouTube growth

Benefits

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages.
• Generous paid time off.
• An exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount’s most dynamic teams.
• Opportunities for both on-site and virtual engagement events.
• Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director