Cineverse
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cineverse.com
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About The Company
On a mission to give people limitless access to the vast world of Entertainment, Cineverse’s advanced, proprietary technology drives the distribution of over 70,000 premium films, series, and podcasts.
From providing a complete streaming solution to some of the world’s most recognizable brands, to super-serving our network of fan channels – from direct ad sales partnerships to premium global content – we offer more of the stories that move us, and technology that moves us forward. Industry leaders with a history of innovation, Cineverse is powering the future of Entertainment.
Job Title: Digital Quality Control - Manager
Overview
You are the right candidate for us if you are a deadline-oriented, team leader who exhibits strong follow-up and multi-tasking skills to guide and support content and technical operations efforts for teams in both the US and India. You have a strong desire to be part of a best-in-breed distribution company with a penchant for film and tech. You have a natural eye for quality and be able to spot problems at a glance, both at the qualitative and technical level. Your work will support the successful distribution of content across various digital, FAST, and OTT distribution platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage an agile team to perform QC evaluation on digital deliverables for technical acceptability against spec guides.
- Ensure all Encode/Transcode assets based on distribution platform requirements are accurate.
- Manage the export and vetting of licensor-supplied metadata against received assets.
- Assign incoming libraries of content to team members for categorizing and backing up files to AWS cloud storage.
- Technical lead and owner of content-partnership accounts as needed.
- Perform Video QC and Conformance Edits on ingested videos.
- Vet QC reports in our proprietary digital supply chain software and ensure assets complete in the ingest log.
- Correct issues found in video, audio, and timed text files upon request.
- Work cross-functionally with multiple departments to keep our QC tools up to date and improving.
- Ensure the team fixes titles that error on distribution platforms and ensure fixed files are ingested into proprietary software for re-delivery in a timely manner.
Necessary Knowledge Abilities And Skills
- 2-5 years prior experience in quality control, transcoding, packaging, and delivery of digital assets or performing similar duties preferred.
- 1-3 years managing a team and ensuring they meet tight deadlines and priorities
- In-depth hands-on experience with programs such as Final Cut Pro, QuickTime 7 Pro, Switch Plus, MacCaption, and Adobe CC Suite (Photoshop, After Effects, Media Encoder, Premiere, Illustrator).
- Experience or a basic familiarity with Adobe CC Suite (Photoshop, After Effects, Media Encoder, Premiere, Illustrator) preferred.
- Video Editing experience required.
- Knowledge of and experience with various video, audio, and timed text file formats
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot quality control issues, software, and player anomalies.
- Ability to autonomously make frequent "subjective" decisions to determine the "severity rating" for quality defects, determining which defects are acceptable or rejectable.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a high volume of requests and multiple deadlines.
- Ability to effectively communicate internally as well as with external partners.
- Experience or a basic familiarity with Aspera and FTP/SFTP delivery systems preferred.
- Excellent verbal, written, and research skills.
Preferred Knowledge Abilities And Skills
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Experience with Monday.com or similar project management software.
- Degree in related field (Film/Media/Communications) preferred but not required.
- Excellent organizational and prioritizations skills.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite.
- General knowledge of SMPTE Standards for digital distribution.
We would welcome you with,
- A top-grade application traversing multiple mobile platforms.
- A team of champions to work with.
- An open mind for new ideas and stratagems.
- A merry environment focused on creativity, growth and transformation.
- Top notch medical benefits for employee and family members along with accident coverage benefit for employees.
- Flexible working environment.
- Paid time off (PTO) such as sick days and vacation days.
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