Assistant Editor III

Assistant Editor, Event Asset Management

Client seeks an Assistant Editor for technical editing, transcoding and packaging. This is an on-site engagement over 3 weeks in Cupertino, CA. The contractor must be available for the specific range of dates.

Assistant Editor will:

• Receive, track, and organize assets while maintaining delivery logs.
• Conform file names and manage versioning.
• Validate technical specifications of final deliverable files arriving to Transmission Operations Center.
• Process, modify and package file sets to specifications of destination platform and use case.
• Contribute detailed review to the QC process for each step of the process.
• Perform file transcodes, packaging and delivery of all deliverables to their destinations.

Out of Scope:
Production decisions, creative edits, media operations, content alterations, venue logistics, system engineering.

General:

Communicate clearly and regularly with rest of team directly and via slack, email and designated documentation. Diligently observe security procedures and the integrity of the process.

Participate in onboarding to learn the workflow context and details of deliverables. Review existing documentation, file workflows, deliverables and failsafe plans. Identify risks and recommend updates/modifications. Clarify scope and specifications if necessary. Confirm access for resources, systems and tools for self and others as needed Contribute to deliverables and run-of-show checklist

Prepare transcode workstations and resources including drives Acquire Deliverables o Copy files between servers and validate specs and integrity of received files o Validate and correct filename to conform if necessary o Check audio and subtitle files for Length, channel count and compatibility

o Prepare component files for VOD encoding o Modify files for Chinese Open Caption Version Live via FCP o Modify files for stage with English Open caption window burn and multichannel audio o Transcode podcast version to spec with subtitles o Assist VOD encode engineer with file organization and verification o Package copies of required files for platform pickup o Document timings and completion of deliverables inbound and outbound.

o Monitor assigned signal path continuously and provide real-time technical and asset QC on a live stream o Maintain incident logs and documentation of timings

o Standby to act on any redeliveries or replacements o Receive and archive recordings from on-site event to NAS o Debrief and submit Asset Management report with lessons learned or notes for further action

Required Qualifications:

• Prior support of managing high volume asset management under pressure
• Experience with Final Cut Pro, Compressor, FFWorks, DaVinci Resolve
• Knowledge of and experience with current broadcast video standards codecs and encoders
• Consistent and precise attention to detail
• Strong troubleshooting under pressure
• Full-time on-site availability during tech rehearsals and event

Deliverables:

• Transmission / Workflow plan assessment with recommendations
• Asset Deliverables checklist (preparation prior to assets)
• Completion of required deliverables on site per workflow plan (during event)
• Incident log (during event)
• Post-event technical report (due day after event)