Materials Specialist

Job Description

Summary of Position

Be part of the team responsible for taking delivery of the features and episodes that air on the Starz and Lionsgate+ platforms. Team members work closely with major studios and independent licensors around the world coordinating delivery of digital assets and adherence to technical specifications.

Responsibilities
• Primary contact for studios, labs, and vendors accessing and ordering all digital assets required for broadcast and streaming.

• Work with Business Affairs, Acquisitions and upper management to ensure all contractual obligations are fulfilled.

• Coordinate the onboarding of new licensors/labs.

• Analyze the incremental component-based material needs and requirements, such as Original Version (OV) picture, closed captioning, split audio tracks, foreign language dubbing, subtitles, forced narratives, partial subtitles, metadata, region specific content cuts, etc.

• Manage the processing and ingesting of file-based assets.

• Resolve incomplete file deliveries and rejections, negotiate remedies and redelivery timelines with external studios, licensors and labs.

• Research and fulfill special version requests from Scheduling, Creative Services and Post-production, such as director's cuts, edited versions, bonus materials, EPK's, and promotional elements.

• Work with departmental localization team to identify alternate language versions that need to be created.

• Communicate status of all active and future orders/rejections with internal teams.

• Manage data integrity in database (IBMS/POA) with an extremely high level of accuracy and timeliness to reflect material status.

• Run various reports in Tableau and Cognos to maintain optimal readiness of titles.

• Monitor all material expenditures, evaluating all costs that may fall out of budget guidelines.

• Work with upper management for pre-approval of delivery costs prior to delivery with new partners and submission of PO's.

• Set up accounts, submit credit applications and update SAP for new companies required to complete delivery of all licensed material.

• Receive, code and input invoices into SAP for all designated orders. Follow-up on outstanding billing to ensure invoices are received and processed in a timely manner and resolve all billing discrepancies with appropriate parties.

• Draft and submit international vendor lab wire payment requests for related content expenses with an emphasis on invoice dates, conversion rates and proper banking details. Forward confirmed wire payments from AP to the appropriate vendor and manage wire payment history for future reference.

Qualifications & Skills
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, TV/Film and/or Production or similar disciplines.

• Minimum of 3 years previous experience in related field.

• Minimum 2 years of experience working with file packages, folder structures and servers.

• Technical knowledge of file formats, aspect ratios, audio formats and metadata.

• Experience in global content, localization and related requirements.

• Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace

• Extremely detail oriented.

• Strong reporting and analytical skills.

• Self-starter with excellent verbal, written and organizational skills.

• Outstanding customer service demeanor and attitude

• Ability to work in fast paced environment

• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects at the same time.

Nice to Haves
• Knowledgeable of existing and emerging digital media.

• Familiarity with Business Affairs and contracts as they pertain to programming delivery requirements.

• Knowledge of Finance, PO and Invoicing, Wire Transfers, SAP.

• Experience working with AWS, Tableau, and Cognos.

About Starz

STARZ (www.starz.com), a Lionsgate company, is a leading global media streaming platform committed to delivering premium content that amplifies narratives by, about and for women and underrepresented audiences. STARZ is home to the highly rated and first-of-its-kind STARZ app that offers the ability to stream or download STARZ premium content, as well as the flagship domestic STARZ® service, including STARZ ENCORE, 17 premium pay TV channels, and the associated on-demand and online services. In 2018, STARZ launched its international premium streaming platform STARZPLAY, now LIONSGATE+, to provide subscribers access to bold, curated storytelling. LIONSGATE+, coupled with the STARZPLAY ARABIA joint venture in MENA and Lionsgate Play in South and Southeast Asia, has a footprint that extends across the globe. STARZ and LIONSGATE+ are available across digital OTT platforms and multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, and telecommunications companies around the world. In February 2021, STARZ launched #TakeTheLead, a multi-faceted and innovative inclusion initiative expanding its existing efforts to improve representation on screen, behind the camera and throughout the company.

With the Company aligning its studio operations behind the growth of its streaming business, Starz has become one of the pre-eminent modern premium global streaming platforms. Offering subscribers more than 7,500 television episodes, including Starz original series and provocative documentaries, along with a broad catalogue of first-run movies, Starz is taking the lead in delivering relatable premium content that makes it the platform of choice among a wide spectrum of female, African-American and other historically underserved audiences. Its focused brand, premium content and freedom from legacy relationships position Starz at the forefront of the new bundles emerging throughout the media ecosystem, a compelling value proposition to complement virtually every kind of subscription platform.

Distinguished by its successful and focused content strategy, top programming, exceptional curation and speed to market, Starz has quickly scaled its platform to become one of the most widely distributed and fastest-growing OTT services in the world, with OTT subscribers making up more than half of its global subscriber base. The Starzplay International premium subscription service offers a ''best of global SVOD'' content portfolio in more than 50 countries throughout Europe, Latin America, Canada, Japan and India through a bespoke and expanding network of distribution partners. The Starzplay Arabia joint venture is one of the leading SVOD operators in the fast-growing Middle East and North Africa region. The proprietary and highly-rated Starz app, a proven hit with US audiences, continues to roll out internationally.
Our Benefits
• Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental

• Annual discretionary bonus and merit increase

• Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and Impact Day

• 401(k) company matching

• Tuition Reimbursement (up to graduate degree)

Compensation

$42,300 - $52,800

EEO Statement

Nearest Major Market: Denver

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