Luke Hardwick Email & Phone Number

Biggin Hill, England, United Kingdom

• Working with Formula 1’s Media Rights and Events teams and wider Media Engineering group to manage and facilitate all technical and onsite broadcaster requirements.
• Managing broadcasters’ technical requests such as commentary positions, circuit broadcast infrastructure and onsite feed delivery to ensure the needs of rights holders are met.
• Coordinate delivery of unilateral broadcast services and working with Media Engineering to deliver these facilities.
• Managing all other broadcaster technical facility requests and work with the wider Media Engineering team to deliver these services.
• Technical liaison and point of contact for Formula 1’s broadcasters.
• Attending circuit visits and pre-event recce’s.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Content Distribution Manager at Premier League Productions managing, leading and responsible for the content delivery of PLP's live matches and shoulder programming to international broadcasters.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Interim Manager of PLP Content Distribution Team from March 2020. Later promoted to Senior Distribution Coordinator in recognition of this work.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the timely delivery of information relating to the global satellite and fibre distribution of all Premier League Productions’s programming portfolio (live matches, magazine shows & ancillary content).
• Liaising with suppliers for live match and programme bookings, managing the usage of PLP’s Stadia Acquisition Network and arranging unilateral feeds for international broadcasters on Match Days.
• Providing broadcasters with up-to-date information in relation to PLP’s output via the Extranet, liaising with the finance team to ensure broadcasters are correctly invoiced and budget reconciliation.
• Live ‘Helpdesk’ support for broadcasters on Match Days

London, United Kingdom

• Leading, managing and ensuring successful maintenance of booking software crucial to the business unit
• Project management of various top tier leagues and organisations (FA Cup, National Team Football, ATP events etc).
• Managing and handling the start to end workflows of various sporting properties including ensuring contracts are maintained and actively renewed. Dealing directly with clients and being the first point of contact for.
• Going on-site to various ATP tennis events and other sporting events managing the international distribution signal
• Working closely with MP&S Project Managers to acquire broadcaster and specific property-related data
• Creating and populating broadcaster contact records/creating users/managing security restrictions (both internal and external) in the online booking tool (OBT)

London, United Kingdom

• Working closely with MP&S Project Managers to acquire broadcaster and specific property-related data
• Creating and populating broadcaster contact records in the online booking tool (OBT)
• Assigning user profiles and security restrictions relevant to user requirements, both internal and external
• Entering technical costs and revenues onto the OBT linked to particular broadcasters and properties
• Running excel exports for the MP&S finance teams regarding broadcaster technical access charges on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis
• Being main point of contact for broadcasters with OBT bugs and/or issues

Whistler, Canada

• Managing and ensuring high service to clients, leading and advising with mountain runs and skiing teaching to ensure 5 star service and maximum enjoyment for end clients within ski resort.

New Hampshire, USA

• Creating and delivering daily tennis lesson plans to 6-15 year old children at Summer Camp. Running and leading tennis tournaments and one to one coaching for children of all abilities.

Bachelor'S Degree, English With Media

Activities and Societies: Football, Tennis

High School, Government And Politics, English Language And Literature, Physical Education And History

Activities and Societies: Football and Tennis teamA-levels in all of the above. 10 GCSE's.