ERIK BARNHART

Oversee above-the-line staff, commentators and technicians, sponsor integration and signal distribution as well as line-produce for the following live event coverage:

• NBC Olympics Men’s and Women’s Soccer
• Fox Sports NHL – 3 ½ hr programming blocks including 30-minute pre and post-game shows
• CrossFit: Open, Semifinals, Games and Invitational (ESPN and CBS National Coverage)
• ACC Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Soccer, Lacrosse, Baseball, Softball and Field Hockey
• Big Ten Football and Women’s Volleyball
• Fox Sports Arena Football (National Coverage)

• Oversee all CrossFit Sport Media including live events, post-produced episodics, digital content and podcasts.
• Main point of contact for all production related vendors - preferred live production, domestic and international rightsholder (ESPN), agency (IMG), live scoring (SMT), graphics, operations (Framework) and venue management.
• Collaborated with creative, marketing and sponsorship departments for production of high-quality content, meeting tight deadlines, budgets and partner deliverables.
• Managed multiple international live events and episodic content for international rightsholders.

• Supervise live event production, live studio production and post-produced original programming for Central Florida team partners, Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Rays and Tampa Bay Lightning, totaling over 365 events and shows per year
• Oversee on-air talent, above-the-line production personnel, operations and engineering staff and technicians
• Propose and guide a $15M+ per year production budget
• Evaluate production staff, commentators and overall production and technical quality of all content
• Build and advance relationships with team partner ownership, arena operations, league offices, other regional sports networks, remote production truck vendors and technician crewing providers