Associate, Video Editorial

Job Description

Responsibilities

Welcome to Peacock, the dynamic new streaming service from NBCUniversal. Here you'll find more than a job. You'll find a fast-paced, high-flying team for unique birds that want to be at the epicenter of technology, sports, news, tv, movies and more. Our flock works hard to connect people to what they love, each other and the world around them by creating shared experiences through culture-defining entertainment.

As a company, we embrace the power of difference. Our team is committed to creating an organization that champions diversity and inclusivity for all by curating content and a workforce that represents the world around us. We continue to challenge ourselves and the industry by being customer-centric, data-driven creatures of innovation. At Peacock, we are determined to forge the next frontier of streaming through creativity, teamwork, and talent.

Here you can fly to new heights!

Description
*PLEASE NOTE: this is not your typical Mon-Fri job as it supports one day of weekend coverage on a regular basis. If this sounds like your cup of birdseed, read on! *

Peacock is looking for a highly organized Video Editorial Associate to help support SkyShowtime. You'll handle a high volume, constantly evolving queue of video requests and ensure all orders are successfully published to our platform daily. Experience with multi-language asset management, procurement and servicing will be a big plus.

You'll help maintain Peacock's video content fulfillment schedule by prioritizing incoming programming requests against mission critical operational and editorial needs. Your commitment to precise publishing timetables will set the bar for overall delivery reliability and will play an instrumental role in our success within the highly competitive, ever-evolving media landscape.

We're also looking for those who want to help build a new corporate culture--we are passionate about movies, TV shows and building a new streaming service from scratch, but we think it's really important to have fun while doing so.

Essential Responsibilities
• Assist with operational publishing needs to prioritize content for SkyShowtime maintaining efficiencies and readiness to both upstream and downstream publishing systems
• Includes one day of weekend coverage. Sunday – Thursday or Tuesday – Saturday
• Collaborate with teams to for video content fulfillment supply chain including metadata provisioning, multi-language audio and captioning components for asset packaging and delivery
• Monitor and regulate servicing cadences, adhering to compliance mandates and marketing/promotional obligations while also executing change requests and adjusting distribution timetables under often fluid deadlines

Qualifications/Requirements
• Associate degree in Digital Media, Communications, Computer Science, or equivalent discipline

Minimum 1 year of experience with:
• Digital video file formats, encoding specifications, publishing workflows, and troubleshooting techniques
• Content management systems trafficking high volume, time sensitive media assets for multi-platform syndication

Working knowledge:
• MS Office: Word, PowerPoint and, most importantly, Excel
• Streaming apps on digital platforms and consumer products

Familiarity with:
• Enterprise OVP services such as MPX, Brightcove and Kaltura
• Media transfer protocols, workflows, and methods; Aspera, Signiant, etc.
• Collaboration tools such as Airtable, Trello, Smartsheet

Desired Characteristics
• Television entertainment industry experience preferred
• Excellent and effective communication and collaboration skills
• Familiarity with Closed Captioning and Subtitling creation and embedding a plus
• MAM and DAM systems
• Project management methodologies and systems such as Agile, Scrum or Jira, Trello, Asana, Smartsheet
• Experience distilling highly technical terminology into basic requirements & concepts
• Proactive problem solver with the ability to prioritize and concurrently handle multiple, time sensitive requests within a high-pressure environment
• Strategic knowledge and familiarity with streaming media platforms and services
• Understanding of traditional MVPD distribution in comparison to emerging OTT services: AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, PVOD
• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered
• Must be willing to work weekends as needed
• Must be willing to work extended hours or holidays as needed
• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Ability to work in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d87ojx-18-224-0-25-42 in your application.