Job Description
This position supports the delivery of Warner Bros. Discovery Original programming for worldwide studio licensing deals, consisting of both external licensees and intercompany deals for WBDs businesses. This requires technical expertise in digital file production and delivery, enforcing content protection and quality assurance. Global licensing deals involve ongoing content delivery of new deals, global expansion projects, and parity backfill projects. Platforms receiving this content involve EST, SVOD, TVOD, AVOD, FAST, linear networks, airlines, and other forms of consumption. Fulfillment of digital media and related ancillary assets in various foreign languages and technical formats will be a requirement.
As WBD and GCO within that are evolving and converging its operational and technical workflows and capabilities, this will include participating directly in critical WBD-led technology improvement initiatives that will enable simplified operational distribution of this content.
% Time Spent on The Daily
• Ensure the timely creation and delivery of assets to vendors and affiliates for multiple Warner Media businesses.
• Act as the initial point of contact to troubleshoot affiliate and vendor rejections. Work with internal technical and operational teams to resolve.
• Manage incoming alerts from 3rd party vendors and determine escalation paths (as needed) based on the nature of the issue.
Qualifications & Experiences:
• Minimum 5 years' experience managing and supporting file-based workflows within a media organization, post-production facility or equivalent.
• High level knowledge of technical workflows for media encoding, QC, metadata management and distribution.
• Proven high-level knowledge of broadcast material formats (tape/file/audio) duplication, file formats, and component-based media packages.
• Strong business English is necessary. Clear, concise communication both in writing and verbally in English is a pre-requisite. Ability to convey contextually relevant technical concepts to people whose first language is English is critical.
• Hands on experience working with third party vendors for the production and distribution of consumer content.
• Experience with technical and descriptive metadata for large global platforms such as Amazon PV, Netflix, Apple, Google, is ideal. Experience working with globally dispersed teams and timezones is preferred.
Not Required but preferred experience:
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience with Xytech systems is plus
• Experience with analyzing data a plus
• Experience working with globally dispersed team members is ideal
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