Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

About the Company

What we do

EMG / Gravity Media deliver an unparalleled range of media services and solutions to clients worldwide utilizing outside broadcast trucks, fly-packs and studios spanning the United Kingdom, ROI, Europe, the Middle East, the United States and Australia offering market-leading broadcast, technology, production, and post-production solutions across many of the world’s most-watched live events and entertainment programmes.

Our People

We have a passion for problem solving and thoughtful innovation and recognize our collective differences play a huge role our success. Our teams are talented, passionate, dedicated, take pride in their work and support each other. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are dedicated to attracting and developing talent, empowered through an inclusive culture. All suitably qualified applicants will be considered regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, religion, and age.

Leadership Behaviours

We hold high expectations of our leaders and managers who are responsible for driving the success of our people and the organization. Our managers give clear communication, lead by example and feed back to foster growth and development of their team members. Management excellence is essential to the company’s success, and effective leadership requires a combination of interpersonal skills, strategic thinking, and a commitment to providing a positive and productive work environment.

Commitment to Equality

EMG / Gravity Media is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome a diverse range of applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

About the role

Job title: Media Coordinator

A brief summary

We're looking for a Media Coordinator with an exacting attention to detail to join the Gravity Media Asset Management Team stationed within Riot Games' Remote Broadcast Center. Your aim will be to ensure accurate tagging of active live Esport broadcasts for League of Legends and Valorant events (among others). You will be supporting Sponsors and Producers with clips and footage and ensuring that feeds are reocrded and monitored for QC purposes. You will also retrospectively tag and add Metadata to previous broadcasts for archival, ensuring naming conventions are adhered to.

The ideal candidate will have a proven attention to detail, will share an enjoyment for Metadata inputting and archiving, and will be charged with streaming to millions of viewers around the world. You will need to be a clear and confident communicator, able to adapt quickly to on-air changes and remain calm under pressure. Executing day-to-day Media Management activities using our internal platforms at the Remote Broadcast Center, the ideal candidate will develop a comprehensive understanding of the company's live event productions from the pre-production phase through to the end of the process.

In this role, you will be an integral part of the Asset Management Team and you will report to the Media Asset Manager at Riot Games' Remote Broadcast Center. The position is based in the Greater Seattle Area. The position may require travel on occasion.

What you’ll be responsible for

Pre-Event

• Ingesting media/assets.
• Building of sources using relevant software packages.
• Performing system and user testing for new processes and workflows, logging performance and potential output to assist future productions.

Event/Live Show

• Application and logging of metadata for live events, extraction of administration/technical/structural metadata from broadcast regions.
• Consistently meet the Global Content Operations standards and metadata tagging benchmarks for timeliness and accuracy.
• Quality control and monitoring of broadcast recordings and associated files - ensuring records match the Media Management plan agreed per event. Execute checks, confirmations, and quality control on assets to ensure they adhere to technical specifications. Effectively communicate issues and flag errors as they arise.
• Content delivery for assigned content partners e.g., Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, and any other distribution partner worldwide, following publishing guidelines set by GCO.
• Help fulfill the needs of product, creative and on-air production teams to ensure all footage and materials are delivered in a timely manger.
• Work closely with EVS to share and export clips/footage as required.

Post/Live Show

• Continue metadata tagging of assets.
• Delivery of all associated media and assets as promised according to the Media Management plan.
• Prepare for next day's records etc. as per the Media Management plan.
• Update and maintain all SOPs and contribute to new SOPs and the sharing of business/skill knowledge.
• Performing regular reporting on performance of the centers by identifying and tracking data for KPIs.

This role is for you if

Required Qualifications

• Experience with Media Asset Management System.
• Experience with any of the following software is highly preferred - Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Creative Cloud tools, and other NLE and broadcast applications.
• Experience with any of the following DAM/MAM platforms is preferred: Iconik, Cantemo, Front Porch, Digital or Dalet, and media conversion tools like Adobe Media Encoder, Elemental Server, Telestream Vantage.
• Passionate about troubleshooting issues, exploring and experimenting new methods.
• Working knowledge of main broadcast and digital video and audio formats.
• Experience with cloud-based & file-accelerated media upload applications and understanding of the conversion of video formats to be deliverable across a variety of networks and platforms.
• Passionate about Esports.
• Any background or experience with live production - with strong fundamentals in video content production workflows and related production technologies.

Desirable

• Basic knowledge of XML and JSON.
• Experience working with and operating EVS for file extraction.

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