Football Data Specialist

6 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Second Spectrum Full time

**Football Data Specialist**: at Second Spectrum

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

**Second Spectrum** **is a Sports Emmy-winning data & tech company** that is building _the next way of seeing sports_ - by capturing and producing the highest quality data and innovative content for many of the world’s largest leagues and media partners, such as the NFL, NBA, MLB, English Premier League, ESPN, Amazon, and CBS Sports.- We are pushing the boundaries of deep tech - machine learning, computer vision, big data, augmented and virtual reality. Our passion for cutting-edge design and decades of experience playing college and professional sports is an equal part of the magic that brings unique and innovative products to life. These products have helped Second Spectrum partners to multiple NBA championships, to win matches on football pitches around the world, to entertain and educate millions of fans on TV and digital. We're just getting started.- In 2021, Second Spectrum was acquired by Genius Sports. Powered by an incredibly driven and ambitious team, Second Spectrum is the place to work if you’re interested in cutting edge technology in sports. Our innovative and dynamic environment emphasizes opportunities for motivated individuals to maximize their growth and impact.**The Role**
- We are looking for motivated individuals with a deep knowledge of the sport of football to help with analytics. Overall, this role is responsible for identifying, analysing, and marking hundreds of different of football actions. This will be accomplished using in-house systems and coordination of multiple resources across the company.**Specifically, this role will**:

- Diagnose and correct play-by-play sequencing errors.
- Assist in machine-learning support for new and current football markings.
- Analyze live, on-the-pitch video.

**Qualifications**:

- Experience playing or coaching football at a competitive, amateur or semi-professional level.
- Strong acumen for play-by-play sequencing.
- Knowledge and experience with definitional football terms and markings.
- Experience playing or coaching football at a competitive, amateur, or semi-professional level.
- Accountability with data manipulation.
- Understanding of the current landscape and recent past of major professional football leagues.
- Attention to detail; speed and accuracy are a must.

**Other Desired Qualifications**:

- Willingness to endure repetitive tasks.
- Ability to present opinions in a group setting.
- Strong desire and aptitude to learn new skills as well as build on top of current strengths.
- Accountable to self prioritise current and upcoming workloads.

**Additional Position Details**:

- Must possess the flexibility to work evenings, weekends and holidays.
- Must possess the flexibility to work according to the various Football League schedules, which includes holidays during the regular season.

**What’s in it for you?**
As well as a competitive salary and annual leave allowance, our benefits include health insurance, skills training and much more, depending on the location. We also offer a host of softer benefits, including many social events throughout the year such as summer and winter holiday parties, monthly team building events, sports tournaments, charity days and wellbeing activities.**How we work**
We have adapted a forward-thinking ‘Ways of Working’ framework, which sets out (amongst other things) the opportunities for Geniuses to work flexibly, remotely and on working holidays. It affects different teams and locations differently, so please ask for further information in how it would work with this role. Our employees are empowered to stretch the boundaries of what’s achievable, always reaching further and pushing the edges to see what gives. We collaborate, we innovate, and we celebrate. We will continue to grow as an organisation and continue to invest in our highly talented and diverse team of Geniuses.

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