Media Management Specialist

Job Description

Work Locations: With the exception of some select roles that have in-office requirements, A+E Networks operates on a flexible model that allows for remote, hybrid or full time in office work (in certain locales).
Office locations include New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Stamford, CT.
Our list of eligible states in which employees may work remotely includes: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Division Story
Production Operations and Engineering consists of a wide range of media centric roles. We are responsible for managing the entire life cycle of A+E's programming. This is where we produce, transform, broadcast and distribute content as well as run the tech infrastructure for the Media Supply chain. We are an energetic team that fulfills the business objectives within a thriving dynamic industry. Developing new solutions to continually improve the user experience of our customers, consumers and colleagues is our mandate. If you have the determination and aptitude we are seeking for a role in this challenging and rewarding business and are eager to work for a department that sets the standard for our industry, then we look forward to speaking with you!

Job Description

The Media Management Specialist is responsible for ensuring that various media storage and transfer environments are organized and optimized for ingest, post production and mastering. This responsibility begins with ensuring proper import and registration of media assets and project creation in preparation for editing. You'll collaborate with our editorial and tech teams to ensure that industry best practices are used to ingest, transcode and/or standards convert footage to the appropriate format/framerate, and troubleshoot quality issues that may arise through this process. This role reports to the Director, Production Storage Management.

MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'LL DO:
• Work with Technical Operations and Strategy Teams on creating workflows and rules for media management, storage, and access.
• Assist in managing media storage environments to support Adobe Premiere and Avid editing, ensuring that projects and media are organized properly for centralization.
• Collaborate with clients in an effort to keep media assets at sustainable operating levels
• Contribute to and maintain departmental best practices for versioning control, naming conventions and storage of files and media assets, and educate clients regarding new and existing procedures from a media management perspective.
• Support and administer all media assets, metadata, folders, rules, and access across post production storage and systems both on-site and in the cloud.
• Archive projects and media for future use and ensure that media files are deleted from active storage in a timely manner once editing is complete and project deliverables have been approved.
• Onboard and provide technical support to long-form Editors and Assistant Editors working on site and remotely.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
On our team, you'll have the opportunity to innovate and learn. You'll help us build, test and implement transformational technology solutions supporting core areas of our business. You'll have exposure to all the inner workings of what it takes to get our content through our media supply chain and out in front of the eyes of the world. And, you'll collaborate with operational teams throughout our technical facilities as well as departments and stakeholders from across the company.

YOUR STORY:
• You understand and enjoy the operational and logistical aspects of the post production process, and can help implement new technical requirements and workflows.
• You able to balance multiple projects and can prioritize and manage your workload effectively.
• When problems arise, you can raise them up in concise, actionable terms that facilitate rapid solutions.
• Desire to proactively gain technical and institutional knowledge
• Able to work independently and efficiently, and knowing when to ask for help

MORE ABOUT YOU:
• Minimum 3 years of experience in post production technical support. In-field production experience as an Assistant Editor or Media Manager is a plus.
• Long form, episodic and offline/online experience is preferred
• Comprehensive knowledge of Post Production workflows, software and systems including, but not limited to: Adobe Creative Suite, Avid Media Composer, Interplay, Blackbird,
• Experience in remote workflows and technologies to enable remote post production: HP-RGS, Avid Edit on Demand, Teradici
• Experience with file transfer and cloud solutions: Aspera, Signiant, Media Silo, Frame.io, FTP
• Comfortable with encode/transcode solutions including Media Encoder, Teranex, Telestream Vantage and Alchemist for HD and SD media.
• Knowledge of: Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365, Google G-Suite apps, Shift, Mac OSX. Airtable experience a plus.

Compensation
Hourly Pay Range: $29.34 - $41.83

Annual Incentive Target: 5%

The annual/hourly pay range displayed serves as a good faith estimate of the

minimum and maximum base pay range for this role. Compensation for the role will

be based on a number of different factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills,

competencies, location, and experience. A+E offers a competitive total compensation

package, which includes healthcare coverage, 401k matching, and a range of other benefits. Learn more at aenetworks.com/careers.

A+E Networks is proud to uphold an equal opportunity employment policy and employs personnel without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status. This policy also applies to all employees, consultants, and third-party workers.
A+E Networks, LLC. is a joint venture of Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.
We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.

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