Subtitle 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: $20-$22/hour

Location: El Segundo/hybrid remote working

We are currently looking for a Subtitle Asset Coordinator to work in our busy Subtitling/Tech QC department. The Subtitling team work with major clients on numerous ongoing projects, working within agreed time frames and funding parameters. Technical Quality Control is a vital final stage before project delivery, and involves vetting subtitles that have been created in-house or externally to ensure that all content meets agreed quality standards.

As Subtitle Asset Coordinator, you will support the production team by managing and ingesting incoming assets and creating work orders using company's proprietary project management and subtitling systems.

Day to day responsibilities include;
• Support production team by retrieving, organizing and ingesting incoming subtitle and video assets.
• Create work orders using company's proprietary project management system.
• Validate assets for workability using media players and company's proprietary systems prior to pushing orders to subtitle QC operators. Checks include but are not limited to:
• Audio/video sync
• Missing content
• Asset corruption/formatting issues.
• Media preparation tasks including but not limited to: Transcoding and conversion of provided files for use within ZOO systems.
• Synchronizing subtitle and audio assets with video using proprietary system.
• Frequently communicate order and asset status with Project Managers, Subtitle QC operators and QC managers.

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 enthusiastic applicants who can work well under pressure. The Subtitle Asset Coordinator must have previous experience in a fast-paced Digital Production environment, as well as experience in audio or video asset management and processing.

We are also looking for applicants with the following skills and experience;
• Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Enthusiastic and able to work well under pressure.
• Quality driven approach with the ability to follow strict guidelines, checklists and instructions.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organization, time management and planning skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and work well independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexible team player.
• Self-motivated and able to take initiative.
• Previous experience in a fast-paced Digital Production environment.
• Previous experience in audio or video assets management and processing.
• Knowledge of subtitling software would be advantageous.
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-d2q5jy-3-133-147-252-42 in your application.