Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Position: Digital Media Support Engineer

Contract: 18-24 Months

Location: New York, New York

Pay Rate: $50-$56/HR DOE

Job Description:

The Digital Media Support Engineer is responsible for the support and development of the Editing, Streaming, Graphics and Production facilities in New York. This encompasses the evaluation and build of new technology solutions, assist with or coordinate project tasks and provide technical support
for the content creation and distribution of ABCNews daily broadcasts, digital live stream and delivery to streaming partners and VOD.

Responsibilities:
The Digital Media Support Engineer is responsible for the support and development of the Editing, Streaming, Graphics and Production facilities in New York. This encompasses the evaluation and build of new technology solutions, assist with or coordinate project tasks and provide technical support for the content creation and distribution of ABCNews daily broadcasts, digital live stream and delivery to streaming partners and VOD.

• Build, maintain and support all postproduction facilities for ABCNews
• Build, maintain and support NVision router control system and
  baseband workflows
• Build, maintain and support VOD, streaming, radio and broadcast
  workflows
• Develop and maintain technical solutions to create efficiencies in
  content acquisition and distribution
• Contribute to or lead system sustainment and upgrade projects
• Work closely with our Operation teams to develop workflow solutions for
  their business needs
• Interface with vendors in troubleshooting efforts
• Create “how to” documentation for users and peers
• Create technical drawings

Schedule:

They would start Mon-Fri, 8-4p for the first few months for training, then will likely be moved to overnight and weekends - depending on level of performance. Weekends are 12-hour shifts (day 12p-12a and overnight 12a-12p). We have a two-person weekly rotation for each shift, so the candidate would be required to work a weekend shift (day or overnight) every other week.

Qualifications:

• Experience working in a broadcast environment
• Strong computer/networking knowledge
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical people
• Self-starter who works well with minimal supervision
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to learn and adapt to new technology
• Flexible work hours, we are a 24/7 facility with evening, weekends and holidays work hours
• Works well under pressure
• Team player
• Demonstrated ability to plan, develop, install and manage a variety of systems specific to editing and graphics creation
• Demonstrated troubleshooting skills –combine critical thinking, logic, analytic reasoning, research and experience
• Demonstrated ability building and maintaining virtual machines and
  physical servers

Preferred Qualifications:

AVID Media Composer Experience is a huge plus, but we also use Adobe (Premier, Aftereffects, etc). Even if they have Media Composer, the environment is very customized and will have a training curve for anyone. More important than software experience: Broadcast experience, editing experience, and a trainable/moldable mindset with the ability to think critically.

Pride Global offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

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#LI-AP2 Company Description

Russell Tobin is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Company Description

Russell Tobin is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Tags

Holiday work, Contract work, Flexible hours, Shift work, Night shift, Rotating shift, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

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