Manager, Media Asset Prep
Disney Direct to Consumer
Location
Burbank, CA | United States
Job description
Job Summary:
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming our media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to enhance flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
A few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
- Building the future of Disney’s media: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
- Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
- Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
Content Operations is ultimately responsible for successfully delivering entertainment and sports content to millions of people every day. This involves developing, operating, and leading a global content supply chain – the myriad of steps involved from taking a finalized TV show/movie, or live piece of content, from inside Disney to audiences around the globe, in their preferred language and format. This team also leads technology operations in Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
The Manager, Media Asset Prep will be responsible for team accountable for accurate and timely preparation– including ingest, conformance, editorial, encodes, transcodes fixes and validation of long form and short form media assets. The Manager will lead collaborative efforts between external vendors and internal partners such as Post Production, Mastering Services, Localization, Planning, Media Engineering, Engineering Services, Marketing, and Programming to ensure a high level of services. This role will help to define the best business practices for the team in order to achieve high quality assets, on time and spec compliant. This role will serve as a representative of a Media Asset Prep management team accountable for process efficiency, resource scheduling, and overall integrity of the department and its workflows. The Manager will need to be highly motivated and thrive in a quick paced environment with shifting priorities and excel in cross team collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the processing, preparation, and management of media assets in a results-driven environment.
- Accountable for ingest and acquisitions activities within software and hardware systems, performing editorial, encodes, transcodes and packaging
- Lead and develop a strong, high functioning team that’s able to effectively and efficiently complete assignments
- Ensure the prompt resolution of high level issues related to file integrity, media attributes, and content compliance
- Collaborate with internal engineering and IT teams with equipment maintenance, issues, and future needs.
- Track department productivity and create standard processes, SLAs and metrics for workload
- Responsible for training and/or coverage of team to perform the following:
- Insert updated shots or updated credits;
- Perform audio loudness measurements to ensure correct specs;
- Review and derive timed text files for final distribution
- Receive and Send media via Aspera or other cloud-based delivery mechanisms
- Help to troubleshoot issues with files and recommend fixes
- Build team of Mastering Media Operators and develop best practices and standard operating procedures using industry knowledge and expertise
- Determine scaling for the team in terms of resources, new software purchases and improvement to scale as business needs evolve
- Present recommendations and represent Asset Prep team in technology transformation strategy sessions and/or when collaborating with other partners
- Partner with VOD team and provide technical expertise and feedback
- Align operations with business strategy to achieve higher-level business objectives
The Manager understands and has experienced knowledge of the following types of software, hardware, media and workflows:
- Prior use of cloud-based asset management software such as Aspera On Cloud and Reach Engine/Prisim for media prep and workflow orchestration
- Understanding of Movie Labs specs
- Ability to transcode and encode video and audio files using tools such as the below are crucial for the job:
- Baselight
- DaVinici Resolve
- MTI Cortex
- Nugen Audio
- Switch Player Pro
- Premier Pro
- Pro Tools
- Caption Maker or similar tooling
- Expert level Understanding of digital file formats and creation of DCPs, IMFs, ProRes files, and Proxy files
- Knowledge of HDR and SDR color workflows and using tools such as Colorfront Transkoder to interpret color space
- Knowledge of accessibility features and the creation of files such as Audio Description and Timed Text (English SDH, English Closed Captions)
- Experience in post-production finishing & online
- Experience with validating assets through tools such as Media Info and Dolby Vision Metafier
- Experience with Harding software for PSE testing
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required (field of study Media, Cinema, Post Production, etc. preferred)
- Minimum 7 years of related experience with minimum 2 years of management experience in similar role
- Minimum 5 years experience with encoding, transcoding and editing media
- Minimum 5 years experience using industry leading non-linear editing systems (Avid, Premiere) and Mastering tools (DVS Clipster, Colofront Transkoder, Davinci Resolve, Premiere Pro).
- Minimum 5 years experience using industry leading audio software (ProTools Studio, Nugen Audio Tookit)
- Minimum 3 years experience using industry leading timed text software such as Caption Maker
Preferred Qualifications
- Previously worked in a manager role at a post-production vendor such as a finishing facility, audio facility or mastering/QC/Servicing vendor in similar capacity
- Has experienced level understanding of the motion picture post-production process (asset creation, mastering and QC) and technical delivery requirements (ProRes, IMF) with an emphasis media asset creation and validation
- Understanding of cloud based architecture, AWS or similar environments preferred but not required.
- Must effectively solve problems and roadblocks as they occur while raising when necessary.
- Outstanding communication approach and the ability to present effective, data-supported suggestions for tools and workflow improvements.
- Experience with constructing complex SQL and database queries, Python programming language, Terminal (OSX) and Ubuntu (Linux) command line operations a plus.
- The ability to learn and grasp new workflow concepts in the context of the industry’s changing requirements.
Disability accommodation for employment applications
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email [email protected] with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
The Walt Disney Company is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.
The hiring range for this position in California is $92,800 to $124,400 per year based on a 40 hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
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