The Best Players Need the Best People.
Responsible for being lead director of all live tournament coverage for PGA TOUR Live, the World Feed, or other assigned shows. This includes creating visually stimulating broadcasts that showcase our players and the sport in the best possible manner. Works with Technical Operations to ensure a constantly evolving and improving production through the use of innovation and technology.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Television/Film Production, Broadcast Journalism, Communications or related area
- Seven years related experience, with a minimum of three years to five years of experience directing live event programming in both the control room and remote production environments; Directing experience should include studio programming as well as multi-camera event production
- Ability to lead a team of Camera Operators and the rest of the event production staff
- Basic understanding of remote production trucks and their workflows
- Solid computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel) and/or comparable programs
- Sports production background preferred, experience with the game of golf preferred
RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES
- Direct live event programming as assigned.
- Responsible for overseeing the creative execution of assigned shows or projects in conjunction with the Show Producer.
- Create camera plans for covering tournament action.
- Work with Show Producer to manage production teams in the daily planning and execution of all assigned programs and/or projects.
- 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.
Top Skills
What We Do
By showcasing golf’s greatest players, the PGA TOUR engages, inspires and positively impacts our fans, partners and communities worldwide.
The PGA TOUR, headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, co-sanctions more than 130 tournaments on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry Tour, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Series-China. Members on the PGA TOUR represent the world’s best players, hailing from 29 countries and territories (93 members are from outside the United States). Worldwide, PGA TOUR tournaments are broadcast to 212 countries and territories in 23 languages. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations to maximize charitable giving.
In 2019, tournaments across all Tours generated a record $204.3 million for local and national charitable organizations, bringing the all-time total to more than $3 billion. To learn more about the positive impact the PGA TOUR has on the communities in which we play, please visit www.pgatour.com/impact.
Fans can follow the PGA TOUR on PGATOUR.COM, the No. 1 site in golf, on the PGA TOUR app and on social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram (in English, Spanish and Korean), LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, WeChat, Weibo, Toutiao and Douyin.
