Description

- Contract: Freelance, 4 months (End Sept / Start Oct 2025 - End Jan 2026)

- Location: Dubai & Riyadh (onsite during events)

- Events: Sporting events in the region

About Us

Tactical is a global creative & innovation studio. Born from social and inspired by culture, we're champions of storytelling across the platforms and technologies that shape the internet; today and tomorrow.

We work with brands to connect the dots in a maze of swipe, tap, irrelevant.

Who you are

As a Freelance Senior Project Manager within the Sports Team, you will act as the end-to-end delivery owner for major live sporting events. You are the main client point of contact, responsible for ensuring all sport-related social content is scoped, produced, and delivered at the highest standard. This role requires onsite presence in Riyadh and Dubai during the events.

Event & Project Delivery

• Lead end-to-end delivery of social sports content across live events.
• Oversee daily event content workflows - planning, capture, editing, approvals, and publishing coordination.
• Ensure tight deadlines are met across multiple stakeholders in high-pressure live environments.
• Own delivery timelines, budgets, and approvals from kickoff to wrap.

Client Leadership

• Act as main client POC for sports events.
• Confidently manage client expectations, last-minute requests, and live event escalation.
• Provide clear, proactive updates on delivery status.

Team & Onsite Management

• Oversee creatives, editors, and production crews on the ground during events.
• Manage schedules, runsheets, and shoot requirements in real-time.
• Ensure smooth collaboration between production, creative, and client teams.

Commercial & Operational Oversight

• Track scope and flag out-of-scope requests (rescoping where needed).
• Monitor OOP costs (travel, production, etc.) to stay within budget.
• Ensure tactical workflows and tools (Productive, Slack, G-Suite) are followed.

What you'll bring

• 6-8+ years in project/delivery management within sport, entertainment, or live event production.
• Proven track record managing live event content production end-to-end.
• Strong client leadership and escalation management skills.
• Ability to deliver under pressure and make fast, effective decisions onsite.
• Familiarity with social-first content workflows.
• Calm, solutions-focused mindset with strong communication skills.