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OVERVIEW
Location: Chicago, IL
Contract: Freelance
Salary: $30/hr
Start Date: As soon as possible
WHAT THE JOB IS ALL ABOUTAs part of the Hawk-Eye team, you will be working on-site at soccer stadia, helping us to deliver cutting-edge technology services at live matches.
You will need to be prepared to work long days at weekends and midweek evenings, as we work whenever sport happens.
We will equip you with the technical training, support and full exposure to our systems to perform your day to day tasks but also to encourage development and progression to help make an impact on what we do.
Key Responsibilities Your key responsibilities will include:
- Assisting in the set up of the video and injury review systems
- Conducting pre-match checks of the systems in accordance with standard procedures
- Liaising with officials, broadcasters and Hawk-Eye staff, both on-site and remotely
- Monitoring and maintaining the technology during the matches
- Monitoring hardware and software performances, being able to troubleshoot and report encountered issues
- Taking responsibility for our system on-site and represent our company on-site
- Maintaining our hardware and equipment
- Possible work during the off-season to building and maintaining our hardware and equipment
- Assisting with any installation and testing of new products and services
Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise
- Ideally a broadcast/engineering background with an understanding of signal flow
- Strong technical grounding
- Proactive attitude and ability to work on your own initiative
- Time management skills and ability to work in a high pressure, live broadcast environment
- Ability to liaise with clients and customers in a professional and approachable manner
- Bright and enterprising
- Relatively flexible and adaptable to a schedule that is dedicated by the fixture list and can change at short notice
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Acceptance that the nature of our business means that work will be carried out over weekends/federal holidays
Benefits
- A high-autonomy role with real exposure to the forefront of the sports officiating and broadcasting world.
- Access to some of the most intelligent, innovative and driven people in our industry.
- Involvement in some of the top sporting events in the world.
- Involvement in a fast-growing business where opportunities for progression are plentiful.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.