Senior Media Center Specialist

Job Overview:

Working as part of the Media Center at 7 Hudson Square, the Senior MC Specialist will work alongside a team of people that are responsible for the lifecycle of acquisition of live audio/video. This includes the booking, coordinating and executing video feeds via any modality-predominantly IP, and including satellite, and fiber in and out of our facility.

Responsibilities:

• Provide peer-leadership and guidance of the Media Center Operations

• Expert understanding of all Media Center workflows

• Take ownership of impact and risk assessment of Media Center Operations

• As necessary, participate in team-based projects and contribute recommendations for departmental objectives

• Book live and recorded transmissions for all ABC News productions by utilizing scheduling systems and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.

• Operate computer systems used to execute IP transmissions using TVU Networks, LiveU, Haivision and other related software.

• Route video as appropriate to monitor feeds, QC, and provide signals to other parts of the business.

• Monitor and quality control all live-shots for all programming at ABC News.

• Coordinate with newsgathering, control rooms, show operations, and live streaming operations to take in orders and provide feed information for daily operations and special events.

• Acting shift leader in absence of NAC Manager

• Assigns live shots during breaking news

• If someone calls out sick, check on freelance pool/staff to see if anyone can fill in

• Train and assess skill level of new hires into Media Center roles

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in the broadcast media industry. 

• Experience working in a large organization and solving cross-department problems.

• Must be team oriented and motivated by creating efficient solutions that drive end-user value.

• Ability to work harmoniously and proactively with production teams having diverse work cultures.

• Self-motivated, proactive and solutions driven.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building and managing IP video transmission, encoding/decoding, media management and distribution systems.  Prior experience with products from Avid, Adobe, Dalet, IRM, TVU Networks, LiveU, Haivision, Evertz Magnum and Aspera. 

• Software Development experience of any kind, especially as it relates to API integrations

• Video engineering experience; specifically related to video codecs, editing infrastructure, IP video transcoding and processing.

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.