Media Technician

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox Corporation

Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

JOB DESCRIPTION

FOX Enterprise Media Services department is responsible for ingestion, transformation, distribution of media for linear and non-linear broadcast workflows for all networks wholly or partially owned by FOX Corporation. It is a 24/7 mission critical operation which supports several business units across Sports, News and Entertainment.

Looking for a stellar Media Technician who has knowledge and hands-on experience in broadcast processes, systems, and operations. Candidates who seek employment must be available to work 24/7 shifts (including holidays and weekends). Under general supervision, the position is responsible for the entire media supply chain for digital file-based assets. This includes ingesting, metadata tagging, validating, archiving, tracking and delivery of all media assets supporting internal users, clients, partners, and vendors. This position involves maintenance and organization of all metadata associated with various media assets, to ensure easy accessibility.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Fulfill media and metadata needs for several internal and external stakeholders such as content creators, vendors, broadcast operations, digital operations, post-production, various studios and post houses via work orders, media asset management systems, file transfer acceleration tools, cloud and on-premises storage, playout automation systems and media service desk, phone, slack or email.
• Process media through various media management systems and tag metadata when required. Monitor and process notifications from automated workflow engines, video transcode engines and analyze QC reports to identify any problematic media that doesn’t meet broadcast specs and advise management and senior staff of issues.
• Maintain and catalog material into media asset management systems to ensure quick and accurate retrieval of media assets. Manage multiple storage tiers in cloud and on premises and assign lifecycle policies for archival, restoration, and purging of media.
• Create weekly reports providing media status updates. Confirm with engineers that media is available in cloud and create missing media lists (2 weeks ahead of air date) of future shows and events for all network clients.
• Adheres to department standards, policies, procedures and industry best practices.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Must have strong verbal / written communication skills, and aptitude to communicate with all levels of management and clients.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Google Workspaces
• Knowledge of media asset management systems, AWS file transfers, digital media ingestion, transcoding, processing and metadata management.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, work independently, and be resourceful is favored.
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment while multitasking with attention to detail, accuracy, and excellent follow-up skills.
• Must have extremely good organizational skills, customer services skills, and must be able to work effectively under daily time constraints in a fast-paced and high-pressure work environment.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule is required, including nights, holidays and weekends.
• Ability to work well with minimal supervision and in a team environment.

NICE TO HAVE, NOT A DEALBREAKER

• Experience with digital media ingestion, transcoding, processing, delivery as well as working in a fast-paced corporate, broadcast or production environment desired.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

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