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Help Wanted: Fox Sports Hiring 'World Cup Watcher' for ...

The $50,000 role will spotlight Fox One’s World Cup coverage and give sponsors a visible presence during all 104 matches.

  • On Tuesday, Fox Sports and Indeed announced a search for a 'Chief World Cup Watcher' to monitor all 104 matches from a custom-built glass cube in New York City's Times Square, offering a $50,000 salary.
  • Fox Sports partnered with Indeed to tap into sports fandom and promote Fox One, the network's streaming platform, targeting viewers who lack traditional cable subscriptions through interactive marketing.
  • Candidates must update their Indeed profile with the 'Employers can find you' setting and share a video on social media using the hashtag #ChiefWorldCupWatcher to explain their candidacy.
  • Fox Sports will reveal the winner on June 6 during a broadcast of the Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees game, with the selected individual beginning the role one week before the tournament's June 11 start.
  • Featuring a record 48 teams, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with the final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on July 19.
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The task sounds feasible, the reward is promising: The US station Fox has a special post for the upcoming World Cup. Not only the location is unusual.

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The American TV channel Fox and the job portal Indeed are looking for a fan who is watching all 104 matches of the World Cup this summer – and for that collects $50,000 (about €42,500). The curious offer, in which exactly one person is sought, the channel published around five weeks before the start of the tournament, which lasts from June 11 to July 19. The location for the unusual job is the central Times Square in New York. "A committed candi…

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