Media Manager

Tennis Channel•Santa Monica, CA

7h•$27 - $30•Hybrid

About The Position

Tennis Channel's Media Management Team operates at the forefront of the broadcast industry, priding itself on its mission to be technically minded and creatively driven. The Media Manager's primary responsibility is to facilitate the acquisition, organization, maintenance, and distribution of all of Tennis Channel's media. Reporting to the Director of Media and working closely with the entire team of media managers, this position is expected to play a vital role in all the video and audio needs of Tennis Channel's traditional broadcast network, OTT offerings, and third-party collaborations. This role is based in our Santa Monica, CA office with the possibility of a hybrid schedule. To be considered for this amazing opportunity, please include a cover letter which details your experience related to the Required Skills listed for our Media Manager.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years media management experience
Multi-tasking expert with excellent time management skills
A deep understanding and experience with Avid products, including but not limited to: Avid Interplay, Avid Nexis, Avid Media Composer, Avid Media Central UX, Avid Interplay Archive, Avid Media Director, Avid Capture and Fast Serve
Knowledge of Aspera, Signiant and other file transfer software
Ability to follow and help create TC SOPs, work both independently and as a team
Experience working with Vantage, Telestream workflows and Masstech archive solutions

Nice To Haves

Experience in video tape libraries a plus
Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere and the entire Adobe CC suite a plus
Experience in sports production and live production a plus
Knowledge of Tennis and Pickleball a plus

Responsibilities

Manage Tennis Channel’s Avid Interplay environment (high and low resolution) and Masstech Archive. Including archiving, deleting, restoring, and managing disk space.
Ensure all media is properly ingested, cataloged and delivered for Tennis Channel studio shows, Tennis Channel Digital, Tennis Channel Remote Productions, and third-party collaborators. This will include checking the technical and visual quality of the ingested asset, accurate entry of metadata and tracking of material IDs.
Working in Avid Media Composer to ingest, transcode and consolidate media files.
Manage file movement, ingest, metadata organization, troubleshooting software and hardware issues, transcoding and encoding files.
Display technical acumen with file codecs, frame rates, and video resolutions. Stay current with all file-based technology including camera codecs, wrappers, and encoding workflows.
Provide expertise/knowledge on best practices, working with engineering on maintaining our production systems.
Collaborate with other media management staff to ensure proper workflows are followed and fulfill daily requests and records.
Provide support for various show productions by ingesting and transferring media to the control rooms.
Troubleshoot Avid Media Composer issues and workflow breakdowns as they arise.
Create and manage all Avid projects including original programming, promos, pregame shows, matches, teases, and daily requests.
Direct the work and task priorities for a team of Post PAs.
Manage hard drive inventory, LTO tape stock, and physical tape library
Manage Tennis Channel’s cloud based workflows.
Work a varied schedule including nights, weekends and some holidays. Also, occasional overnight shifts based on business needs such as when live tennis is in Europe, Asia, and Australia.