Digital Media Technician
Premiere Digital
Los Angeles, CAFull Time Job
About the Role
The Digital Media Technician is primarily responsible for validating assets according to service specifications and the distribution (delivery) of assets to broadcasters and digital service providers. Each Digital Media Technician should be a quick learner, highly organized, a motivated self-starter and possess a discriminating eye for detail.
Responsibilities:
* Quickly comprehend technical specifications and apply that understanding on a daily basis
* Monitor and parse a high volume and time sensitive order queue
* Ensure source assets are restored and conformed as required
* Validate metadata, image, video, audio and timed text media assets against a variety of client and internal specifications
* Package source assets and metadata as per servicing profile specifications
* Communicate and document internal rejections to the appropriate teams
* Verify integrity of deliverables and delivery package prior to servicing
* Maintain servicing action logs as needed
* Succinctly and efficiently handoff projects with next-up shifts
* Operate with a high sense of urgency and discretion
* Other tasks as needed to meet project deadlines
?Required Skills:
• Understanding of various media formats such as video, audio, image and timed text.
• Understanding of industry format standards such as PAL, NTSC, timecode, framerate, codec, audio settings/configurations, metadata (title and technical – html, xml)
• Understand media encoding, transcoding, and file transfer protocols
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to communicate and collaborate with all levels of personnel
• Keen data entry and proofreading skills
• Be open to work flexible hours to meet occasional tight deadlines
• Highly organized and be able to work with minimal supervision, escalating when needed
• Proficient with both Mac and PC
• Be enthusiastic, willing to learn, and knowledge share with the team
• Thrives in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment (we all do our part!)
• Comfortable with change and able to adapt as workflow flexes to the meet the needs of our clients
• Able to work on more than one project at a time (aka multi-task)
* UHD HDR – 4K (Dolby Vision / HDR10)
• Media Formats and Codecs
• Broadcast Deliverable Specifications
• Frame Rate / Standards Conversions
• Captions, Subtitles, Forced Narrative, SDH
• Audio Normalization Guidelines
• Media Transfer Mechanisms (Aspera, Signiant, Amazon S3, FTP, etc)
• Media Content Protection
• SOP Security Protocol
Education:
- High School Diploma or GED required.
Experience:
• College degree or equivalent experience in the field
• General Editing/Studio/TV/Film/Pre or Post production experience
*This position is based in Los Angeles, CA 90036 and is an in-office-based position.
**This position may be required to work 11:00 am - 7:30 pm, 9:00
- 5:30 pm , 6 am-2:30 pm or 3:30 pm-12 am, or any other shift as required by work need, plus overtime depending on business needs.
* NO PHONE CALLS, OUTSIDE AGENCIES OR RECRUITERS
Salary/Benefits
$20.00 per hour
Additional Information
About the Company
Premiere Digital Services (PDS) is a trusted media services and
software solutions partner for content owners, video
distributers, digital retailers, broadcasters, subscription
video, and ad-supported platforms. We simplify the complexities
of content distribution, supply chain, and digital storefront
management and provide flexible B2B technical SaaS solutions and
managed services for media assets. As a leader in cloud-based
digital asset delivery and content optimization solutions for
clients in the growing Media & Entertainment industry, Premiere
brings to life the quality of film and television, transporting
to the hands of millions around the globe. Through the magic of
media services, we are a rising thought leader providing
innovative, smart tools and intelligent operations as an
essential business in media entertainment. Together with industry
leaders like Google, Apple, NBC Universal, Microsoft, Disney,
Warner Brothers and more, we work to revolutionize media delivery
at the forefront of entertainment technology and software
services.