Media Prep Technician

Description:

NBCUniversal, in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, is home to a Media Prep team that is a group of innovative and highly skilled technicians that oversee the inbound and outbound digital delivery of NBCUniversal content. The Media Prep team is responsible for ensuring content is sourced, prepared and fulfilled to numerous outlets including Broadcast Television, Digital Downloads, Video On Demand, Web Video, International Clients 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 NBCUniversal’s distribution outlets.

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
 

• High resolution Quality Control of NBCU long form content. QC consists of ensuring all technical aspects are complied and meet FCC/NBCU specifications.
• Baseband/linear ingest of NBC Content that is needed for on-air, VOD and/or Peacock distribution
• Perform edit and prep functions within an editing platform in order to prep and distribute NBCU long form content
• Work in various Media Asset Management (MAM) systems in order to prioritize and process NBCU long form content
• Submit various forms of content into transcoding technical stack in order to meet client’s specifications
• Reconciliation of executed work orders to ensure business needs are met
   

Qualifications

Basic Requirements
 

• Minimum 1 year experience in a broadcast, postproduction, or digital media prep environment
• Prior experience working with digital media file types -QuickTime, MXF, MPEG, Mp4 etc.
• Must be willing and able to view all content including that considered to be mature in nature
• Ability to manipulate content to hit a certain format and total running time
• Must be willing to work onsite in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, minimum of 3 days per week
• 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 operation
• Must have unrestricted employment authorization in the US
• Must apply via nbcunicareers.com to be considered (note job #)
• Must be 18 years or older
• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
• Detail oriented, respectful, and motivated team player with good communication skills and a positive attitude