Head of On-Screen Talent (12 Month Maternity Cover)

This role includes responsibility to build collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders across production and content, marketing, brand, communications and service, handling all talent-related needs for these parts of the business, and work with DAZN's head of boxing to ensure talent teams across all live and non-live events and activations are adequately assigned and well balanced.

• Build collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders across production and content, marketing, brand, communications and service, handling all talent-related needs for these parts of the business.
• Work with DAZN's head of boxing to ensure talent teams across all live and non-live events and activations are adequately assigned and well balanced.
• Own and manage the day-to-day administration of on-air talent and their management, serving as a key contact for talent concerns, questions and scheduling.
• Identify, target, negotiate, book and manage all on-air talent bookings.
• Ensure the effective dissemination of information and assets to talent, and that internal teams integrate talent into their plans and activations.
• Collaborate with DAZN's social teams to ensure full integration of talent third-party social channel output, and oversee key talent announcements and campaign releases.
• Support DAZN's Canada team through its debut CFL season, leading the onboarding, contracting and activation of all new CFL broadcast and social talent, including being on site in Canada for key events and games.
• Ensure talent contracts are properly executed and maintained from signature through to delivery and activation, and that talent are utilised across the breadth of the business in line with commercial agreements, working closely with in-house legal and finance teams.
• Attend key events, broadcasts and shoots where required to serve as point of contact for talent and support the live production team, including international and UK-wide travel.
• Maintain oversight of overall talent access and usage, ensuring talent budgets are adequately maintained and worked within, and act as the voice for talent selection, usage, positioning and budgeting when reporting to the senior management team.

• A clear and demonstrable passion for working with household-name on-air talent and professional athletes.
• Proven on-screen talent management experience.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills.
• Experience in devising, delivering and executing campaigns with talent, with a focus on activation rather than talent management alone.
• Ability to balance the need to protect and nurture talent with the need to leverage access to deliver ROI for the business.
• Flexibility to work across multiple time zones, understand different markets and often work unsociable hours or travel to be on location.
• Solid understanding of the social media landscape and key channel delivery.
• Capability to balance the needs of multiple stakeholders and encourage and facilitate internal collaboration, with a proven ability to collaborate across multiple functions, cultures and markets.
• Knowledge of legal contracting and experience working with contracting teams.
• Experience in commercial negotiations and budgeting.
• Willingness to get stuck in, as this is an independent role requiring a self-starter who is not afraid to do some running around where required.
• Solid understanding of the UK and US broadcast landscapes and the key on-screen sporting talent working across these markets and channels.

• A background in athlete communications, production and content is a big bonus.
• Ability to nurture and build relationships with athletes, talent and their management teams or rights holders in order to garner trust and maximise time with them, understanding their habits, likes and preferred ways of working without being told.

• 25 days' annual leave, increasing by 3 days after 3 years
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contributions up to 5%
• Family friendly community including enhanced parental leave