Location:
Manchester, GB
Opening Date: 29 Oct 2024
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Closing Date of Applications - 12/11/24
Our Story
Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of twelve clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what “City” football has meant to people for over a century.
Our Winning Team
Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.
In this role, the right candidate will bring English dialogue to life for a variety of videos across a range of platforms. With their impeccable English writing skills, passion for football and media and sensitivity to viewer experience, they will ensure all deliverables are accurate and adhere to best practice. They will have the ultimate eye-for-detail and enjoy working across multiple projects at one time.
This is Your City
As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a simply health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.
Your Impact
1. Transcribe dialogue for English close captions and subtitles, fact-checking and verifying key names and phrases ensuring consistency and accuracy.
2. Detail-oriented, ability to prioritize tasks and make sound judgment calls while working under deadline
3. Exceptional audio sensitivity – ability to understand a variety of English accents, including regional accents from the UK and abroad.
4. Liaise with talent and external stakeholders in a friendly and courteous manner in order to build professional relationships and promote a helpful and efficient service representing the Man City Media Department
5. Ability to troubleshoot on technical difficulties surrounding closed caption providers.
6. Manage workload of assignments, coordinating multiple tasks and reporting back to the Production Team
7. Must be proactive in tackling difficult issues and in identifying opportunities for improvement.
What we are looking for
Essential
- Excelling typing skills with a high words-per-minute performance
- Highly organised
- Attention to detail
- Strong computer literacy
- Experience within the professional production environment
Desirable
- Understanding the different social media platforms and how video is served on them.
- Knowledge of Premiere Pro Language skills – Spanish, French
- Ability to learn new production technologies and adapt to new ways of working
- Experience with digital-first publisher
City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.
Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.
