OPS F & W BS III
State of Florida
Technical Operations Specialist, Animation Production
VIZ Media
full-time
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Location: California, New York, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $70,000 - $85,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
CloudRay
About the role
- Understand, support, and manage asset production across TV, Home Video (DVD, BD), digital (AVOD, SVOD, TVOD), simulcast, and localization production and distribution workflows.
- Manage, track, and communicate the status and routing of assets along the production and post-production pipelines with vendors, licensors, licensees, and cross-functional teams.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for asset production, conformance, QC, and the content distribution supply chain.
- Contribute and adhere to SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures) and best practices to maintain consistency across projects and assets.
- Work closely with other members of the production team to shape, define, implement, and support efficient workflows and communication for department and company needs.
- Communicate, guide, and support vendors to meet asset production specifications.
- Conform, edit, convert, and troubleshoot assets (Audio, video, timed text, metadata, art) to meet various production and distribution needs.
- Own scheduling, delivery, and receipt of assets from vendors and partners daily across multiple projects and IPs under strict deadlines.
- Drive material archiving, backups, and overall asset organization for long term production needs as well as asset transfers/asset shares to key stakeholders.
- Evaluate, troubleshoot, and validate assets with a high level of detail at receipt to ensure they meet all industry and regulatory standards for broadcast and distribution.
- Maintain detailed records of technical issues and develop solutions to solve ongoing problems that impact production and processes.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years working in post-production, home video & streaming, creative advertising, Media & Entertainment operation environments
- Minimum 5 years of project management, asset management, and QC experience in the Media & Entertainment industry
- Strong production knowledge and experience with video, audio, metadata, and timed-text (subtitles, closed captions, forced narratives, SDH) technical specifications and formats
- Expert knowledge of common interchange formats and codecs (DNxHD, ProRes, .MXF, etc.)
- Proficiency in Post-Production editorial tools and services (Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve)
- Proficiency in Subtitling/Caption & QC software (EZTitles, CaptionMaker, OOONA, Switch)
- Experience with industry delivery tools and cloud-based asset management systems (Aspera, MediaShuttle, Flow Capture, Frame.io or similar)
- Knowledge of EST, AVOD/SVOD, and streaming platform requirements (Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, iTunes, etc.)
- Interest in latest trends and technologies in post-production, with an emphasis on innovation and efficiency
- Experience working with/at authoring houses, post-production facilities, creative agencies, and/or Media & Entertainment studios in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Knowledge of post-production standards and practices related to broadcast and streaming
- Proficiency with productivity and collaboration tools (i.e., Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace, Slack, Enchant, Asana, or similar)
- Strong project management and prioritization skills, able to effectively multitask and work under extremely tight deadlines
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Film Production, or equivalent experience, with a record that demonstrates suitable preparation for this position
- Additional preferred skills:
- Ability to speak, read, and write in Japanese
- Familiarity with anime and manga titles
