Chief Editor

Chief Editor

Department: FF-406 - Content - P&E - Platform & Engagement

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: UK - Leeds

Reporting To: Rob Jones

Why Join DAZN?

Joining DAZN means being part of a cutting-edge sports streaming company in a vibrant tech hub. You’ll work alongside passionate, talented professionals on innovative projects that reach millions of fans worldwide. Our Leeds office offer a dynamic work environment with a great balance of career growth and lifestyle. If you’re excited about shaping the future of live and on-demand sports entertainment, DAZN is the perfect place to make your mark and grow your career.

The Role:

As the Chief Editor (Football)
at DAZN
, you will play a crucial role in delivering an exceptional sports streaming experience to millions of fans worldwide. With worldwide football rights and major European football, DAZN is looking to become the global home of football. This role is vital to achieving that.

You will have vast experience in running a sports content platform and a track record of growing engagement with users.

You love innovation and live and breathe customer experience. As a strong team leader, you will have the ability to inspire a team and drive success. You re comfortable presenting to senior management, backing up exciting ideas with thorough data.

You will own key projects and relationships at a global level and your positive attitude and ability to build brilliant relationships with key market leads within the business is vital. Your work will directly shape the way fans interact with DAZN, making live and on-demand content more accessible, dynamic, and engaging than ever before.

• Own our football experience on platform, across multiple markets and global rights – with the exclusion of core European Markets
• With an acute focus on customer experience, you will capture the attention of a global audience
• Set and manage best-practice for the team, maintaining the highest standards
• Making sure the team exceed KPIs and providing regular reporting to senior stakeholders
• Creating plans for the platform around major events and key rights
• Working closely with the other Chief Editors in our English language markets

• A dynamic team leader, able to inspire
• Brilliant personable skills, building key internal and external relationships
• Comfortable presenting to senior management
• A strategic thinker, who has a track record of driving success
• An analytical mind, which helps inform decision-making
• Fantastic knowledge of all levels of football and the OTT/sports broadcasting landscape

Benefits include access to DAZN, 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, electric vehicle benefit option, learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.