Asset Coordinator

Job Description

WELCOME TO ZOO

ZOO Digital are an award-winning cloud software company with offices in LA, Dubai, London and Sheffield UK. We help the biggest names in global entertainment to reach audiences everywhere with our high-quality localization and media services, adapting original TV and movie content for different languages, regions, and cultures.
Our Mission: To help our clients share their stories, by adapting the world's most watched TV shows and movies into new formats and languages for international audiences to enjoy.
Our Clients: Major Hollywood studios and streaming services, like Disney, Netflix, NBC Universal, Paramount, Facebook, Sony, and HBO, among others.
Our Services: Dubbing, subtitling and captioning, audio description, metadata localization, artwork localization and media processing.

ZOO Digital's state of the art technology services are backed by the award-winning bespoke software created by our ever-growing Research & Development team, ZOO Digital Labs. The team create cutting edge software solutions to supercharge our services and make our customers' lives easier. To find out more, visit https://www.zoodigital.com/

Position

ABOUT THE ROLE

Salary: DOE

Location: El Segundo, CA

Working Hours: 12-8:30, Monday-Friday

We are currently looking for an Asset Coordinator to work in our busy IT department in El Segundo.

The Asset Coordinator is responsible for coordinating all assets coming into and going out of the building digitally and physically. Asset management includes transferring various file formats in different stages of production via multiple transfer methods and distribution/notification to other departments. Physical asset management includes logging assets into database upon arrival, notification to other departments, and asset tracking throughout production stages. Asset Coordinators are responsible for DVD/BD processing and shipments to replicators. Asset Coordinators will assist in backup verification and upload of electronic sell through projects. This position is also required to assist with file management of archived projects by taking responsibility of external client production archiving. The Asset Coordinators are also in charge of company shipping and handling of assets.

Day to day responsibilities will include;
• Digital File Management -- Downloads/Uploads of assets via various transfer methods. Verify files by running check sums. Notification and distribution to other departments/ external contacts. Communicate and alert appropriate staff/client about any discrepancies or issues with assets.
• Physical Asset Management - Ingest and sort assets as received from client. Notification and distribution to other departments. Track physical assets throughout production. Communicate and alert appropriate staff/client about any discrepancies or issues with assets.
• DVD/BD Shipments -- DVD verifier, create DDP images, Eclipse verification, BOM, and
• Communication of status of production assets/projects with all departments to ensure timely
• Functional understanding of digital media in relation to various production workflows.
• Management of Aspera hot folders created using the client.
• Assist IT department with archive restores using physical media and database research.
• Assist IT department with production archives through file management.
• Accountable for external DVD/BD/Menus/Trailers Production archives.
• Shipping and receiving assets via courier, FedEx & UPS.

All on site ZOO employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and must provide CDC verification of their vaccination status as part of the onboarding process before starting.

Requirements

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for bright and knowledgeable individuals ideally with previous Production or Vault experience. You must have strong computer skills and a knowledge of using multiple servers.

We are also keen to hear from applicants with the following skills and experience;
• College degree preferred.
• Experience in file management using windows explorer, cmd line, checksums (MD5, SHA, CRC).
• Experience with high capacity data entry in proprietary systems.
• Experience with multiple operating systems - Windows and Mac OSX.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite 2000,2003,2007,2010. (60 WPM +)
• Experience with virtual desktops.
• Experience with various physical asset formats -- CD-R, DVD-R, BD-R, DAT, DA-88, Magneto Optical, Digital BetaCAM, BetaCam-SP, HDCAM, HDCAM-SR, D1, D2, D5, External Hard Drives etc.
• Experience with various digital file formats -- various image, audio, video, subtitle, compressed files,
• Experience with digital file transfer methods -- FTP, Aspera, Signiant, cmd line, & proprietary systems.
• Experience with DVD DDP creation -- DVD verification, DDP creation software, Eclipse verification, check sums.
• Experience with XML metadata.
• Previous experience with MPAA security requirements -- enforcement and put in practice.
• Knowledge of DVD/BD production.
• Knowledge of post-production workflows.
• Knowledge of digital distribution workflows.
• Knowledge of subtitling production workflows.
• Experience with putting together computer hardware.
• Experience with software such as ProTools, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative suite, Gear a plus.
• Knowledge of Linux and UNIX operating systems a plus.
• Knowledge of backup software, such as Backup Exec and Unix TAR a plus.
• Experience with programming languages - Ruby, Java, C++, C# etc a plus.
• Knowledge of databases and SQL a plus.
Other information

WHY CHOOSE ZOO?
Our technology is constantly evolving, so there's never a dull moment with ZOO! Our team is made up of creatives, innovators, linguists, and collaborators from all corners of the world, and we employ the brightest and most original thinkers in our industry. Along with a competitive salary, we also offer excellent company benefits, which include;

Unlimited access to over 5,000 courses on Udemy for business

Medical, Dental, Vision

STD, LTD, Life Insurance

401k Plan

Share Save Plan

PTO/Sick Time

Paid Holidays

Membership Discount at Bay Clubs

Stocked Kitchen

We value all the folks that make ZOO a great place to work. For further details on what it's like to work for us, please visit our company Glassdoor page -https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Overview/Working-at-ZOO-Digital-Group-EI_IE12459.11,28.htm

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g464pq-3-17-186-218-42 in your application.