Producer Live

PGA TOUR

Responsible for line producing live tournament coverage (ie. PGA TOUR Live, International Feed of PGA TOUR events) and producing features and other projects/shows as assigned.  Assist with the creative development and execution of assigned programming and/or related projects.

• Line produce and/or direct live event programming as assigned
• Responsible for overseeing the creative execution of assigned shows or projects
• Manage production teams in the daily planning and execution of all assigned programs and/or projects
• Manage and help initiate all Sales executions in live programming
• Serve as point person for tournament coverage: helping choose featured groups, putting together relief schedules, scheduling talent rotations, and updating the PGA TOUR LIVE website
• Produce features, shows and/or projects by utilizing research, writing and editing skills
• Assist in overseeing the editorial content of assigned projects to ensure quality standards are met
• Work with talent prior to and during live broadcasts for on-camera and voice over material; Work with talent to help develop their on-air presence, concentrating on factual accuracy and storytelling
• Execute programming as appropriate that reflects the PGA TOUR’s overall objectives
• Execute programming that includes SHOTLink storylines by using graphics, strategic analysis and data to improve the quality of features, segments and shows when appropriate
• Special projects or other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Television/Film Production, Broadcast Journalism, Communications or related area
• Five to seven years of experience of line producing live event programming in both the control room and remote production environments; Production experience should include studio programming as well as multi-camera event production
• Experience developing program content, generating creative treatments, organizing show rundowns, script writing and line-producing for a wide variety of programming
• Hands-on experience in the different styles of single and multi-camera ENG shooting, lighting technique, interviewing and editing of feature material
• Experience with the following production systems and/or technical equipment: digital linear video editing, non-linear video editing (Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut), nonlinear audio editing (ProTools) and computer graphics (Chyron, Viz, Photoshop, After Effects)
• Experience in ENG field production and all phases of post-production
• Solid computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel) and/or comparable programs
• Sports production background preferred, experience with the game of golf preferred