Job Description
Overview
The File Delivery Operator is the first link in the content production chain; without this role, content does not get seen by the customer at home. Ensuring that content is fit for purpose and managed in a timely fashion, the File Delivery Operator upholds high standards of QC and metadata to facilitate the smooth transition of content assets from production through to playout.
Please note that this position will initially be offered as a fixed term contract.
Responsibilities
Ingest
• Ensure ingest of live video streams guaranteeing all content is captured
• Check all ingests to confirm the content has been correctly captured in a timely fashion
• Liaising with Media Managers and Engineering team to escalate issues around systems, procedures and schedules
• Ensure the accuracy of metadata and its application to all media assets
File delivery
• Full understanding of day to day file delivery schedule
• Quality control of all files to be delivered for transmission
• Liaising with Media Managers and Production to ensure all deliverables are compliant to the Sport delivery protocol
• Monitoring creation of TX and associated metadata files to ensure timely and accurate delivery
• Understand all delivery routes to Transmission partners
Qualifications
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail is essential
• Thorough understanding of metadata; it's importance and the role it plays in automated and manual file based workflows
• Positive and enthusiastic with the ability to react under pressure to requests
• Ability to work under pressure
• Proven ability to prioritise and manage workload is fundamental to this role
• Excellent knowledge of video and audio file formats and media, ingest, transcoding software, media management tools and computer systems
• Ability to work well within a team as well as being able to work alone
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gwjx0j-3-80-144-110-42 in your application.