Broadcast Operations Coordinator - Raycom Sports

Job Description

About Raycom Sports:

Charlotte, N.C. based Raycom Sports is a leader for compelling storytelling, production and content distribution across all platforms. With an award-winning production team, Raycom Sports creates original feature programming, produces RSN College Football & Basketball and manages the Atlantic Coast Conference's archival footage, mobile applications, social media and the official ACC website.

Job Summary/Description:

The Broadcast Operations Coordinator is responsible for supporting various aspects of Raycom Sports' Production & Technical Operations, including transmission, media and content ingest and delivery, quality control, equipment installation, maintenance & repair. The position is Charlotte, NC based.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
• Support and coordinate Satellite, Fiber & IP Transmission & Distribution, including file transfers
• Support all transmission operations. Including but not limited to scheduling, billing, vendor relationships, Fiber, Streaming, Satellite, Phone, HSIP, Teleport, Uplink Trucks, closed captioning and Staffing
• Support resource and logistics scheduling
• Media ingest and delivery from Tape, Satellite, Cable, IP streams and file-based media
• Support, use, troubleshoot and maintain media ingest workflow and equipment including AVID Fastserves, PIVOT AVID Capture scheduling program, Interplay and DIVA software, SONY ODA, AWS and other hardware and software
• Support Media File organization and maintenance
• Assist Engineering with the transmission, production setup, Equipment installation and Maintenance
• Administration and coordination of equipment maintenance
• Support special projects as assigned
• Flexible work schedule including working days, evenings, weekends, holidays and emergency on call
• Travel required both regionally and nationally
• Percent of travel required: 15%

Supervisory Responsibilities - Directly supervises employees in the engineering department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications/Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and/or Experience - Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from a four-year college or university; or 4+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in broadcast engineering and/or remote production engineering experience

Language Skills - Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

Mathematical Skills - Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills - Proficient in Company-provided hardware and software. Proficient in broadcast and production hardware and software. Working Knowledge of IT Processes including Network Security, Workflow and Network Management. Core system knowledge of AVID, DIVA, Evertz, Sony ODA, Signiant, Video Encoding, AWS and other broadcast and streaming systems

Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Other Skills and Abilities - Ability to live up to the physically demanding activities of this ''broadcast and engineering'' type of position. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
*** A current valid driver's license and a good driving record required ***

Interested applicants can, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', we encourage you to upload your resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees that are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro employee portal)

Raycom Sports/Gray Television Group, Inc. is a drug-free company

Gray Television encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus prior by the first workday.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rjjbp2-3-16-15-149-42 in your application.