Digital Media Technician

Premiere Digital Services • Los Angeles, CA

441d • $41,600 - $41,600

About The Position

The Digital Media Technician is responsible for validating media assets and ensuring their proper distribution to broadcasters and digital service providers. This role requires a detail-oriented individual who can quickly learn technical specifications and manage a high volume of time-sensitive orders. The technician will work with various media formats and standards, ensuring that all deliverables meet client and internal specifications.

Requirements

• 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)
• Experience with Frame Rate Conversions, captions, subtitles, forced Narrative, SDH, Audio Normalization Guidelines, Media Transfer Mechanisms (Aspera, Signiant, etc)
• Knowledge of Media Content Protection, UHD HDR, 4K, 6K (Dolby Vision / HDR10), and SOP Security Protocols
• Understanding of media encoding, transcoding, and file transfer protocols
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong data entry and proofreading skills
• Highly organized and able to work with minimal supervision, escalating when needed
• Proficient with both Mac and PC operating systems
• High School Diploma or GED required
• Minimum of one (1) years' experience in a media operations role

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: High school or GED