Seasonal Production Delivery Specialist

The National Football League•Mount Laurel, NJ

2h•$32 - $32•Onsite

About The Position

Seeking a Seasonal Production Delivery Specialist for a 7-month seasonal position at NFL Films, a world-class professional sports media company and producer of Emmy Award-winning series such as HBO NFL Hard Knocks, Netflix Quarterback and Receiver, Amazon Kelce and Bye Bye Barry, NFL Films Presents, ESPN Match Up, and Inside the NFL. The Specialist will be responsible for the handling, compressing and the final transmission of some of the file-based content that NFL Films produces from our 200,000 square-foot facility and studios in Mt. Laurel, NJ. The finished spots, shows and media content will require transcoding to specific digital media file formats and then delivering through file transfer platforms to production managers, external broadcast and media partners and clients in a timely fashion.

Requirements

Versed in compressing media files with software encoders such as Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Premiere or DaVinci Resolve for broadcast systems or social media.
Comfortable with handling very large media files through enterprise-level storage systems. Able to efficiently navigate through very large file storage volumes across multiple operating systems and software.
Bachelor's level degree or equivalent professional experience in media or communications field.
The candidate should be very detail-oriented -- they will be analyzing and delivering final media files that should meet our outside partners’ and clients’ technical specifications.
They should be able to work both collaboratively within our departmental and within our greater organization but also be able to work independently and unsupervised on focused tasks.
The candidate should be comfortable communicating by email, telephone and in person.
They will need to be flexible and agile while prioritizing and executing unique projects daily.

Nice To Haves

They should be comfortable working with and creating digital media file types such as h.264, Apple Quicktime and the ProRes codec family, MPEG-2, and working with media characteristics such as frame rates, data rates, caption streams and audio configurations.
Experience with enterprise-level compression and media processing platforms such as Telestream Vantage Encoder is not necessary but preferred.
Familiarity with working with large file delivery services and platforms such as Signiant’s Media Transfer, Aspera, and Frame.io is not necessary but preferred.
Experience with media asset management (M.A.M.) software applications such as CatDV is helpful.
Experience with editing and post-production software and processes is helpful.

Responsibilities

The Specialist is primarily responsible for receiving and fulfilling work orders for daily and weekly scheduled media compressions and deliveries. Work orders will specify timetables, source files, compression settings or preset settings, delivery destinations and notifications.
They will be required to recognize, troubleshoot, and correct media file issues such as trimming, audio channel mixing, interlacing and pulldown errors, and compression errors in the final product.
They will need to analyze media files for compliance within various technical specifications and evaluate overall picture and sound quality.
They will collaborate with project managers and schedulers to help determine and select appropriate compressions and delivery methods.