Media Operations Technician

Company Description

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!,

SYFY, and Versant’s sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, Golf Now and Golf Pass.

Versant, in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, is home to a Media Operations Center team that is a group of innovative and highly skilled technicians that oversee the inbound and outbound digital delivery for the Versant Networks. The Media Operations Center team is responsible for ensuring content is sourced, prepared, and fulfilled to outlets such as cable networks, online destinations, and more. In this role you will be part of a 24x7 driven and highly motivated team that supports the fulfillment of media content to Versant’s distribution outlets.

As a Media Operations Technician, you will be responsible for a hybrid skillset that encompasses all aspects of the digital supply chain: source content QC, encode, edit, and delivery to clients. This role requires focus, attention to detail, communication skills and determination to execute and distribute assets properly and in a timely manner while maintaining the department goal of 99.999% reliability and availability.

• Maintain on-air continuity by completing all content needed for broadcast inclusive of long‑form, short‑form, promos, commercials, and graphics according to Versant’s automated material management system known as the “Make‑list”.
• Learn and perform all technical processes and technologies in the Media Operations Center as well as additional processes and technologies created in the future.
• Learn and perform all Media Asset Coordinator roles and responsibilities.
• Support Versant’s Program Operations, On‑Air Marketing and Programming departments with all their ingest, transcode and QC needs.
• Perform metadata verification and creation on inbound Versant content to prepare it for distribution to broadcast networks.
• Learn and verify technical specifications of inbound and outbound content to confirm inbound content is meeting the specifications of Versant as well as outbound content meeting the specifications of our clients.
• Perform real‑time, long‑form, high‑resolution quality control screening of Versant content to identify legal, technical, and creative issues that will be communicated back to providers and ensure all technical aspects are compiled to meet FCC/Versant specifications.

• High school diploma and relevant certification or associate degree in Media or Communications or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Must be willing and able to view all Versant content including that considered to be mature in nature.

• A track record of meeting or exceeding performance expectations.
• A punctual, hardworking, disciplined, and dependable individual.
• Knowledge and understanding of various digital formats, codecs, and industry standard tools.
• Knowledge and understanding of digital broadcast and production technical systems, standards and processes.
• Detail oriented, respectful, and motivated team player with good communication skills and a positive attitude.
• Ability to multi‑task and balance numerous priorities in a deadline‑oriented environment.
• Ability to learn new technologies.
• Proven ability to solve problems under pressure.
• Experience working with both PC and MAC computer systems.
• Bilingual – English and Spanish a plus.

• Must be willing to work in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Must be willing and able to adhere to onsite strategy driven by company expectations.
• Position is considered hybrid.
• Must be willing and able to work on any shift including overnights, swing, or weekends, sometimes on short notice, in support of the 24/7, 365 operations.
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