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

Responsibilities

• Perform edit and prep functions within an NLE platform to produce and distribute content. Individual must possess the knowledge and skillset of Adobe Premiere edit systems
• Perform Standards & Practice editing to meet Network requirements, including blurring, and performing Video/Audio insert fixes while maintaining audio sync and closed-captioning data information.
• Perform high resolution Quality Control checks for feature & episodic assets including full QCs when required. QC consists of ensuring all technical aspects are exact and meet FCC/NBCU specifications
• Ensure content is at highest quality and to the correct spec
• Ensure all Language, Subtitle and Captioning files are in sync with video assets
• Review and validate all metadata associated with video assets
• Transcode assets using systems such as Vantage
• Use internal workflows tools to track and deliver content including tracking and managing a queue of work
• Experience working with Closed Captions in Stanza or Captionmaker
• Familiarity with digital media file types -Quicktime, MXF, MPEG, H.264, etc.
• Utilize various Media Asset Management (MAM) systems in order to prioritize and process NBCU content