Metadata Specialist
Deluxe Entertainment
Burbank, CAThis was removed by the employer on 9/3/2014 4:35:00 PM PST
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Full Time Job
We currently have an opening for a Metadata Specialist. This position is located in Burbank, California.
Position Overview
This person will be responsible for providing Metadata expertise to the Content Operations and Customer services teams of the Deluxe Digital Media group, with a focus on technology, products, and solutions that focus on content processing, content management, and digital distribution. This person will work very closely with R&D to develop tools to create and manage Metadata.
Main responsibilities will be centered on the client on-boarding process. The on-boarding process involves capturing specification and requirements for digital files to be delivered to various clients. These duties include analyzing client provided specification documents, creating test files for client approval, and documenting workflow and processes to be adopted into operations groups. The ability to handle multiple clients and projects is a must.
The ideal candidate will have strong Metadata engineering skills and thorough familiarity with professional broadcast video/audio. A high degree of computer literacy is also required. The candidate must also be detail-oriented and must have good viewing, listening, problem-solving, and communication skills (both oral and written).
The candidate will be part of a small yet integral group and must be able to work both independently and within an interdisciplinary team. The candidate should show strong initiative and should be comfortable both with configuring and using software and hardware, and with interacting with clients and vendors. Candidate must also be flexible with hours.
Primary Responsibilities
• Provide technical expertise to guide clients into well-formed Metadata specs.
• Must provide thorough, detailed, clear and concise written documentation to be used by operations.
• Must identify, prioritize, resolve, document and communicate both technical and operational issues without micro-management.
• Must attend related conferences or meetings and be able to make contributions as necessary.
• Logically troubleshoot, analyze and fix failed metadata submissions.
• Will be interacting with clients (both internal and external to Deluxe) as part of operational activities such as customer support, technical and operational integration, and system maintenance.
• Should be able to comfortably engage with clients in a highly professional and helpful manner. Must have a clear understanding of the scope of understanding of the client, and interact appropriately with that client.
• Must be able to coordinate and manage diverse technical and operational tasks.
• Should maintain high satisfaction (both internal and external) through successful and timely resolution of technical and operational problems.
• Will be required to submit regular status updates and reports to a supervisor.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess the following knowledge, experience, and skill-set:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or programming, electronics or A/V technology related field and/or equivalent experience/training.
• 5 years of Metadata and Metadata management experience including selection, implementation and maintenance of Metadata repository and Metadata. Digital media experience will be considered as a very strong plus.
• Must demonstrate a thorough understanding of XML Editors, schemas and technology.
• Able to create well-formed XML, analyze, edit, correct, conform and validate Metadata to meet deliverable platform specifications.
• Able to lead Metadata tool creation.
• Able to develop Metadata tool selection criteria, lead Metadata tool reviews, implement selected tools and training.
• Able to apply logical thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Strong familiarity with Windows, UNIX, and Mac environments.
• Must be detail-oriented, self-directed, ability to multi-task and have proven ability to prioritize tasks.
• Must have excellent problem-solving skills and be able to offer multiple solutions to technical and operational problems and challenges. Must be able to analyze potential solutions for economic and resource costs, as well as purely technical usefulness.
• Must be resourceful, adaptable and be able to work in a fast-pace, high pressure, constantly changing environment. Must adapt to external priorities changing rapidly and be able to shift operations without stress or resistance.
• Must constantly seek to improve efficiency and quality of technical operations.
• Must be a self-starter and able to work with only general supervision.
• A good understanding of video and audio content is a plus.
• Computer programming skills are a plus.
If you're an independent thinker with a high level of ingenuity and the above qualifications, then we'd like you to join our team!
We offer a competitive salary and great benefits, including 401(k) and tuition reimbursement. Please visit our website. NO PHONE CALLS OR DROP OFFS PLEASE. EOE M/F/D/V