Content Services Stadium Manager – FIFA World Cup | Host

Content Services Stadium Manager – FIFA World Cup 26™ | All Host Cities

Department: Tournament Time Role | EG

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: All Locations

At FIFA
26, our vision is to unite the world through the greatest sporting event of all time. The FIFA World Cup 26™ will mark the first time that the tournament will feature 48 teams and be hosted by three countries:
Canada, Mexico and the USA. This new format will redefine excellence, generating unique opportunities for greater participation and engagement among fans and players across North America and all over the world. Now is your time to become a game changer and join the workforce that will plan and deliver this extraordinary and unforgettable experience.

• ACCOUNTABILITY: Demonstrate commitment to responsibilities and objectively analyze one’s behavior, while assuming consequences of one’s own actions and/or decisions and learning from one’s mistakes.
• DECISION MAKING: Ability to identify and swiftly make decisions in critical situations, take initiative and calculated risks, explore alternative solutions, and respond promptly to unforeseen circumstances.
• INCLUSIVITY: Achieve shared organizational objectives by sharing information with colleagues across all levels and divisions, tangibly influencing others, and maintaining a network of support contacts.
• INITIATIVE: Capacity to do things on one’s own initiative and to influence the course of events, assume responsibilities, and achieve objectives with a minimum of supervision and control.
• INNOVATION: Capacity to break new ground, look for unconventional solutions, and produce fresh ideas.
• LEADERSHIP: Ability to lead one’s contacts/colleagues/partners, encourage teamwork, and delegate authority/decision‑making power, as needed, to produce the expected results and make efficient use of the team’s skills and talents.
• VISION: Ability to perceive the organization’s global environmental impact, anticipate decision consequences, grasp organizational missions, and formulate strategic plans.

The Content Services Stadium Manager (CSSM) will be responsible for the coordination of all non‑live filming operations at an assigned FIFA World Cup 2026™ stadium. This position plays a key role in ensuring that the myriad film and TV crews and FIFA photographers present at every match, along with the ever‑growing number of digital content creators are serviced to the highest professional standards.

Also fundamental to the role is the communication of this activity to the relevant functional areas in the assigned stadium.

• Undertake a multi‑day online training module, at the end of which all CSSM must be fully confident of the requirements of this role (dates TBC, expected April 2026).

• Along with the core FIFA Content Services team at the IBC, look ahead to each FIFA World Cup™ match taking place in the relevant stadium.
• Collaborate closely with the FIFA Content Services core team, competition management, stadium management, and the Host Broadcaster to ensure all filming requests are viable and clearly communicated to all relevant areas.
• Act as a primary point of contact between FIFA Content Services, competitions management, the stadium management team and non‑live filming crews and FIFA photographers, facilitating smooth processes in the planning phase of filming.

• Maintain focus on the daily non‑live content run‑sheet, created in collaboration with the core FIFA Content Services team at the IBC.
• Be the primary point of contact for, and coordinate a pre‑match briefing with all non‑live content creators. These can range from high‑end film crews, to photographers, through to individual digital content creators filming on mobile phones.
• Where necessary, escort crews to the correct filming positions. Ensure all relevant operational staff in these areas are aware of each crew’s filming and photography plans.
• Ensure all content creators comply with the previously communicated filming instructions, pre, during…