Media Asset Coordinator

This is a Full Time Job

The Media Asset Coordinator position will report to the Manager, Media Asset Management, and will be based at the San Francisco headquarters. This role is primarily responsible for supporting the day-to-day Media Asset Management operations of the Pac-12 linear and digital networks. An essential element of the position is interfacing with other departments, functional and operating areas, and universities to complete the work of the department. The regular work schedule will include nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities:

• Performing the basic media asset management activity of the Pac-12 by performing content acquisition (ingest of files, recording of video), content processing (video editing & metadata input, deletions), and archival and library functions for all of the Network's media assets.
• Ensure basic quality standards of all media assets, specifically; the flawless application of metadata, general video and audio quality of the files, and trimming all non-essential information from each asset.
• Participate in the continuous development and refinement of asset management processes and workflows.
• Execute and refine the department's closed captioning workflow, including associating captions to archived assets and processing live captioned media.
• Process media content to archives and gather relevant metadata in order to enrich and develop the Pac-12 archive, with a goal of preserving the Pac-12 legacy for perpetuity.
• Help manage both on-prem Quantum Stornext and AWS cloud storage.
• Assist the department Manager with the interaction with other departments to ensure timelines and content delivery meets content production needs.
• Support the department manager with the scheduling of logging duties and quality control of the logs.
• Participate in the effort to author, publish and keep up to date the media management procedures, rules, service updates, workflows, diagrams, and naming conventions and ensure these are followed by other departments so that media assets are being processed thoroughly, accurately, and with care.
• Develop and maintain expert-level knowledge (at the user level) of the Dalet Media Asset Management system and all relevant systems.
• Operational support of the digital FAST channel, Pac-12 Insider. Oversee exporting of media from the Pac-12 Dalet media library.
• Perform live video ingest duties in transmission when assigned.
• Other duties as assigned by the management.

Requirements
• One to three years of prior work experience with a Media Asset Management or Archival system (familiarity with Dalet systems preferred) in a broadcasting or television on-air environment.
• Understanding of broadcast video formats and codecs.
• Bachelor's Degree in communications, journalism, broadcasting, library science or related field (pertinent education accepted may be substituted for work experience).
• Demonstrated ability to keep composure, rapidly assess priorities, and manage clients' expectations in a fast-paced work environment where conflicting demands may occur.
• High attention to detail and the demonstrated ability to keep focused during meticulous tasks.
• Customer-focused approach
• Basic operational knowledge of non-linear video editing platforms.
• Effective interpersonal skills; good judgment and ability to interact with different levels of management and teams.
• Experience working in a culturally diverse organization and supporting the values held by our unique employees, clients, sponsors, university faculty, and fans.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
• Ability to work nights, holidays, and weekends as part of a normal work schedule.

Preferred
• Knowledgeable and passionate about collegiate sports in general, specifically PAC-12 universities.
• Experience with Adobe Premiere
• Detailed and organized approach to work.
• Excellent written communication skills.