Media Coordinator

Gravity Media•Des Moines, WA

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Gravity Media delivers an unparalleled range of media services and solutions to clients worldwide, utilizing outside broadcast trucks, fly-packs, and studios across various regions. The company offers market-leading broadcast, technology, production, and post-production solutions for live events and entertainment programs. This role is for a Media Coordinator to join Gravity Media’s Asset Management Team at Riot Games’ Remote Broadcast Center. The primary goal is to ensure accurate tagging of active live Esport broadcasts for events like League of Legends and Valorant. The coordinator will support Sponsors and Producers with clips and footage, monitor and record feeds for QC, and retrospectively tag and add Metadata to previous broadcasts for archival, adhering to naming conventions. The ideal candidate will possess strong attention to detail, enjoy Metadata inputting and archiving, and be involved in streaming to millions of viewers globally. They must be a clear and confident communicator, adaptable to on-air changes, and able to remain calm under pressure. The role involves executing day-to-day Media Management activities using internal platforms at the Remote Broadcast Center, developing a comprehensive understanding of live event productions from pre-production to post-process. This position is an integral part of the Asset Management Team, reports to the Media Asset Manager at Riot Games’ Remote Broadcast Center, and is based in the Greater Seattle Area, with occasional travel required.

Requirements

Experience with Media Asset Management System.
Experience with any of the following software is highly preferred – Adobe Premier Pro, Adobe Creative Cloud tools, and other NLE and broadcast applications.
Experience with any of the following DAM/MAM platforms is preferred: Iconik, Cantemo, Front Porch, Digital or Dalet, and media conversion tools like Adobe Media Encoder, Elemental Server, Telestream Vantage.
Passionate about troubleshooting issues, exploring and experimenting new methods.
Working knowledge of main broadcast and digital video and audio formats.
Experience with cloud-based & file-accelerated media upload applications and understanding of the conversion of video formats to be deliverable across a variety of networks and platforms.
Passionate about Esports.
Any background or experience with live production – with strong fundamentals in video content production workflows and related production technologies.

Nice To Haves

Basic knowledge of XML and JSON.
Experience working with and operating EVS for file extraction.

Responsibilities

Ingesting media/assets.
Building sources using relevant software packages.
Performing system and user testing for new process and workflows, logging performance and potential output to assist future productions.
Application and logging of metadata for live events, extraction of administration/technical/structural metadata for broadcast regions.
Consistently meet the Global Content Operations standards and metadata tagging benchmarks for timeliness and accuracy.
Quality control and monitoring of broadcast recordings and associated files – ensuring records match the Media Management plan agreed per event.
Execute checks, confirmations and quality control on assets to ensure they adhere to technical specifications.
Effectively communicate issues and flag errors as they arise.
Content delivery for assigned content partners e.g., Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, and any other distribution partner worldwide, following publishing guidelines set by Global Content Operations (GCO).
Help fulfil the needs of product, creative and on-air production teams to ensure all footage and materials are delivered in a timely manner.
Work consistently with EVS/Replay Team to share and export clips/footage as required.
Continue metadata tagging of assets.
Delivery of all associated media and assets as promised according to the Media Management plan.
Prepare for next day’s records etc. as per the Media Management plan.
Update and maintain all SOPs and contribute to new SOPs and the sharing of business/skill knowledge.
Performing regular reporting on performance of the centers by identifying and tracking data for KPIs.
Other job-related tasks as assigned.