Freelance Sports Production Manager (f/m/x) – 360° Immersive

Your mission

As a Freelance Sports Production Manager (360° Immersive), you are responsible for planning, steering and operationally delivering immersive sports productions at L1VE – from the first project outline to successful on-site execution. The role is remote-first within Europe, with regular on-site presence at productions and optional use of our Berlin office.

Your focus is to manage clear, reliable production processes across departments. You combine strong operational execution with a sharp eye for quality, budget and timing. You understand how live sports productions work – and you make sure they are not only running, but delivered at an excellent level: every time, under new conditions, in new venues, with new requirements.
As a freelancer, you typically support one or several productions in parallel, depending on project scope and timelines.

Your Responsibilities

• Own the planning, coordination and on-site execution of immersive sports productions – from site visits and briefings to detailed production planning and delivery on location.
• Take end-to-end responsibility across the full production lifecycle: timelines, budgets, quality standards and smooth operations are in your hands.
• Coordinate and lead cross-functional teams across Tech, Content & Creation, Brand Partnerships and Post-Production under your project responsibility.
• Oversee production logistics, resource planning and crew scheduling in close collaboration with the Tech department and the Production Assistant.
• Create, manage and monitor project budgets – you track costs closely and act early when things start to drift.
• Identify risks early and develop pragmatic solutions – you remain calm, clear and action-oriented in dynamic, time-critical production environments.
• Lead and support production teams on site through clear, appreciative and solution-focused communication – even when the pressure is high.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders as an external partner, ensuring transparency on timelines, costs and dependencies across multiple parallel projects where needed.

Your profile

Experience & Expertise

• At least 3 years of professional experience in sports production, broadcast production or live event production – you have independently delivered real live productions.
• Proven experience in budget planning and budget ownership for production projects – you understand the gap between planned and actual budget and know how to close it.
• Experience managing complex projects with multiple internal and external stakeholders – you keep all threads together without losing the overview.
• Solid experience in production planning and control – from first cost estimates and robust timelines to final reconciliation with clear ownership.
• Familiarity with PM and production tools (e.g. Notion, Asana, Google Workspace or industry-specific production software) – you use tools to create transparency, structure and control.
• Strong understanding of the specifics of live sports environments: last-minute changes, high-pressure situations, many parallel dependencies – and how to deliver reliably despite them.
• Ideally, prior experience working in a freelance or project-based setup, coordinating multiple clients or productions.

Personal Skills & Mindset

• Strong hands-on mentality and high drive to execute – you don’t just talk, you deliver.
• High stress resilience – you stay clear, solution-oriented and reliable when the heat is on.
• Strong sense of ownership – you take responsibility and don’t pass it on when things get difficult.
• Passion for sports and immersive entertainment – you don’t just want to manage productions, you want to actively shape the future of live experiences.
• Empathy and excellent communication skills – you lead teams in an appreciative way through clear, structured and reliable communication.
• Flexibility and willingness to work on weekends and evenings on site – live sports doesn’t follow a 9-to-5 schedule.

Qualifications

• Degree or vocational training in Sports Management, Media/Event Production, Broadcast or a related field – or an equivalent qualification through proven hands-on experience in live sports production.
• You are set up as a freelancer (self-employed) and can collaborate with L1VE on a project basis across multiple productions.
• Very good English skills (at least fluent, ideally C1 level), written and spoken, – you communicate confidently with international production teams, partners and clients. German basic skills and additional languages are a plus.
• Willingness to travel at least 50% of your time – you like to be where the production happens, not just in the office.

Why us?

• The opportunity to shape immersive sports productions and production structures in an international, fast-growing tech and media company.
• Close collaboration with interdisciplinary teams across Tech, Content & Creation, Brand Partnerships and Post-Production – from first concept to live delivery in the stadium.
• Direct impact on innovative live formats, international productions and global sports partnerships.
• Work with state-of-the-art 12K/3D/360° streaming technology and immersive platforms that redefine the live experience.
• Flexible, freelance, project-based collaboration with the possibility to support one or several productions in parallel, depending on scope and availability.
• Modern tools and a culture that values ownership, performance, innovation and bold ideas – on and off the field.
• We offer a competitive freelance compensation depending on experience and project scope.

Contact person

Annette Hansen - Recruiting Manager

About us

Shape the future of immersive media

We used to broadcast events.
Then we streamed them.
Now, we step inside them.

L1VE is an immersive media house bringing fans to the world’s biggest sports and music moments. In real time, 12K, 360° 3D.

This isn’t watching from the sidelines.
It’s standing on the pitch.
It’s sitting in the front row.

We’re building the platform that turns distance into presence. So live events are accessible to anyone, anywhere.

L1VE.
Be there. Now.