Media Coordinator

Job Description

DC News Now, a fast-growing Nexstar Media Inc. station in Washington, DC, is seeking a Media Coordinator to play a crucial role in managing and organizing media assets across our news, production, and engineering teams. This hands-on position ensures the smooth operation of our media workflows, from content ingestion to archiving, without direct supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities
• Oversee daily content management, including feeds, file transfers, and records.
• Manage and ensure correct delivery of content to Master Control servers.
• Serve as backup for Master Control operations in case of HUB connectivity issues.
• Distribute media in the correct format and codec, with the ability to transcode as needed.
• Coordinate and monitor local media workflows to ensure 100% accuracy of playout of recorded shows.
• Collaborate with production, news, and engineering teams to maintain seamless media operations.
• Establish, train, and maintain standard operating procedures for media asset management.
• Manage media archive storage and retention, using best judgment to ensuring compliance with company policies.
• Organize, distribute, delete, and archive media assets while determining appropriate storage workflows.
• Monitor production schedules to ensure proper recording, ingest, movement, and archiving of media.
• Assist with ingesting and recording tasks as needed by production staff or as directed by news management.

Qualifications
• Experience: 5+ years in a Media Coordinator, Digital Asset Coordinator, or similar role in a broadcast or digital media environment.
• Technical Skills: Proven experience managing raw feeds, edited packages, and production materials.
• Expertise: Strong understanding of digital media workflows, including ingest-to-archive processes, and media asset management systems.
• Collaboration: Excellent teamwork skills with the ability to work closely with news, production, and engineering teams.
• Experience with Bit-Central preferred

The pay range for this position is $68,000-$72,000 salary. Other compensation includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K match, Vacation, and Paid Parental leave.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d26m92-18-220-50-218-42 in your application.