Manager, Media Systems

Job Description

Working as part of the Media & Technology team, the Manager, Media Systems, will help architect, project-manage and implement media operations technology (from acquisition to distribution) across ABC News.

Responsibilities:
• In collaboration with the Associate Director, Media Systems, determine best-practice media operations technology architecture for all workflow solutions designed by the Media & Technology team. Media operations includes TX/RX, Media Ingest, Transcoding, Media Management, and Distribution – both live and file-based.
• Oversee the maintenance of current infrastructure and iteratively update it to match the desired architecture. This is a combination of on-prem and SaaS solutions.
• Project manage implementation of technical solutions in collaboration with other operations groups, IT and end-users.
• Keep up with industry best practices and innovations and maintain close, collaborative relationships with vendors and suppliers.

Basic Qualifications:
• 5+ years of experience with encoding/decoding, media management, IP video transmission and distribution technologies and workflow (baseband, file-based and streaming).
• Previous experience designing media processing and management infrastructure, especially as it relates to integrating various systems to create a larger architecture.
• Experience with Dalet and Avid Interplay
• Experience working in a large organization and solving cross-department problems.
• Must be team oriented and motivated by creating efficient solutions that drive end-user value.
• Ability to harmoniously and proactively work with different groups with varying work cultures.
• Self-motivated, pro-active and solutions driven.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Software Development experience of any kind, especially as it relates to API integrations
• Video engineering experience; specifically related to video codecs, editing infrastructure, IP video transcoding and processing.
• Experience with Adobe Premiere, Aspera OnCloud, Telestream Vantage & Masstech solutions

Additional Information:

#DISNEYTECH

About General Entertainment Content:

The General Entertainment Content group creates original entertainment and news content for the Company's streaming platforms and its cable and broadcast networks.

This position is with American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., which is part of a business we call General Entertainment Content.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rnv4p5-18-118-1-232-42 in your application.