If getting paid to watch sports sounds like your dream gig, then we’ve got the ultimate job opportunity for you.
FOX Sports, FOX One, and Indeed are on a search to fill the position of “FOX One Chief World Cup Watcher.” The gig is simple: watch every single match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. And the pay? A whopping $50,000.
Yes, really. Your favorite weekend pastime could turn into a $50K World Cup gig.
⚽️ What does the job entail?
Created specifically for FOX Sports’ presentation of the largest FIFA World Cup in history, the role entails:
- Watching all 104 matches across the 39-day tournament (June 11 – July 19, 2026) live streamed in 4K
- Doing so from your own personal office–a custom-built, dream viewing space in the heart of Times Square
- Creating and sharing authentic social content throughout the tournament, showing you’re the authority in watching and cheering for every minute of World Cup action
This is an incredible opportunity for a World Cup viewer to participate in one of the biggest sporting events to ever take place on U.S. soil.
✉️ How to apply
Interested? You can submit yourself for consideration by doing the following by May 17:
- Log in to Indeed: Head to your Indeed profile (or create one)
- Update your skills: Ensure your reporting, journalism, and content creation experience is front and center
- Set your preferences: Update your profile settings to “Employers can find you” so the FOX Sports recruiting team can see your profile on Indeed
- Share a short video: Show FOX your content creation skills by posting a video on social media explaining why this is the right job for you (use the hashtag #ChiefWorldCupWatcher)
Fans are encouraged to showcase their personality, creativity, and love of sports viewing.
🏟️ Match days, goal celebrations… your dream World Cup gig?
The FOX One Chief World Cup Watcher will be revealed live one week before the tournament begins, on Saturday, June 6 during FOX’s broadcast of the Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees.
The role begins on that same night and concludes on Sunday, July 26, one week after the FIFA World Cup Final. Robert Gottlieb, President, Marketing, FOX Sports, stated:
This FIFA World Cup will be a historic tournament that calls for an equally historic hire. One engaged applicant will get the job of a lifetime to experience and celebrate every story, every nation and every exhilarating moment that defines the beautiful game.
If you don’t get the gig, there’s still fun to be had: NYC is hosting free World Cup fan zones across all five boroughs this summer!
