Producer, Studios (KSA)

The Producer provides production and editorial support to the Executive Producer in the planning and delivery of IMG's live football production in Saudi Arabia, initially focused on the Saudi Pro League, with flexibility to support WPL/SAFF and related Studios productions as required. The role helps ensure that matches, content strands, crews, suppliers and stakeholders are planned and delivered safely, consistently, on time and within budget. It operates within a sports broadcast environment and requires unsociable hours and weekends where necessary.

• Support the Executive Producer with the day-to-day editorial, operational and production leadership of SPL match coverage and associated content.
• Lead or support assigned matches, match rounds, highlights, world-feed and other content strands from planning through to post-event close-out.
• Work closely with the Executive Producer, Senior Producers, Production Manager, Technical Producer, Match Directors and Production Coordinators, and coordinate with SPL/SAFF, OB providers, Alamiya, venues, clubs, rightsholders and other production partners to ensure clear responsibilities, deadlines
• Escalation routes and delivery of requirements.
• Contribute to forward planning across the season, including match schedules, production plans, running orders, editorial priorities, crew requirements and key milestones.
• Support the briefing, booking, onboarding and management of freelance crew and production personnel, and support or lead production meetings, pre-production calls, matchday briefings and post-match reviews.
• Ensure call sheets, production plans, risk assessments, permits, access arrangements, contact sheets and other required documentation are prepared, issued and kept up to date.
• Work with HR, Legal, Finance, Immigration, Health & Safety and other internal functions to ensure staffing, contracting, visas, work permits, insurance and compliance requirements are addressed across editorial roles, and maintain high standards of health
• Safety and welfare across production activity, ensuring risks are identified, controlled, communicated and escalated appropriately.
• Mentor, train and develop local editorial support roles and Saudi production talent through coaching, shadowing, feedback and evidence-based assessment, and provide editorial guidance and practical support to Match Producers and Assistant Producers to improve capabilities
• Quality of work and output.
• Help establish and improve production workflows, templates, reporting and communication processes across SPL/WPL and other Saudi productions, and produce accurate production updates, issue logs, post-match reports and lessons learned for the Executive Producer and wider leadership team.
• Represent IMG professionally with clients, partners, suppliers, venues, clubs, freelancers and internal stakeholders.

• Previous experience as an established Producer in live sport, outside broadcast, television or a comparable high-pressure live production environment.
• Experience of football or another high-volume live sports production environment.
• Experience of planning and delivering complex live productions involving multiple teams, locations, suppliers and stakeholders.
• Strong editorial judgement and the ability to make calm, practical decisions under live-production pressure.
• Experience of working with broadcasters, rights owners, governing bodies, clients, OB providers and/or major production partners.
• Experience of crew planning, production documentation, production meetings, running orders, call sheets and post-production reporting.
• Working knowledge of production budgets, cost tracking, supplier management and financial controls.
• Good understanding of production health and safety, risk assessment, insurance, permits and compliance requirements.
• Ability to work unsociable hours and weekends where necessary.
• Preparedness to work weekends, public holidays and unsocial hours when required.
• Willingness to travel within KSA, across the various match locations and stadiums.
• Demonstrable IMG core competencies: Business Acumen (understanding financial drivers, interpreting business data, aligning decisions to strategic outcomes), Operational Excellence (driving efficiency, governance, and continuous improvement in delivery and operations)
• Innovation Mindset (cultivating curiosity, experimentation, and forward-looking capability development), and Leadership & Collaboration (inspiring others, building trust, and enabling collaboration across teams).

• Previous experience of working in Saudi Arabia or the wider Middle East.
• Experience of host broadcast, world-feed, highlights or short-form sports content.
• Experience of developing junior or locally based production talent.
• Arabic language capability and/or strong cultural awareness of working in Saudi Arabia.
• Experience of remote production, multi-match operations or production across multiple venues on the same day.

• Travel within KSA, across the various match locations and stadiums.
• Unsocial hours, dictated as and when by the demands of the production schedule.

IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency specialising in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and event management. IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company.