Manager, Post Technical Services

Our Client, A digital video technology company, is seeking a Manager, Post Technical Services

Location : West Los Angeles, CA

Position Type : IT Full Time

Job Summary :

This position supports editorial talent and works in conjunction with IT and Post Operations. The successful candidate will be a leader who drives innovation and has the ability to support postproduction infrastructure, systems, and technical services. This position is responsible for supporting and maintaining the media infrastructure and workflows of a busy post facility supporting scripted, unscripted and branded content. Key technologies include Mac OS, Avid Media Composer, NEXIS Shared Media Storage (in conjunction with IT), Premiere, Resolve, Pro Tools (a plus), Jump Desktop and complex 4K / HDR postproduction workflows. This position will focus on supporting current infrastructure as well as be responsible for implementing new systems. This person will work closely with the production and postproduction teams, IT team, and various vendors.

Major Duties and Responsibilities :

• Provide proactive support, maintenance, installation / deployment and inventory for postproduction computers, servers and users.
• Architect, document. Test and socialize uniform file structures and workflows for all current and future projects.
• First line of support for Editors, Assistant Editors, Showrunners, Story Teams, Media Managers, Vault etc, who require onboarding and troubleshooting.
• Liaise with Post Vendors for high level technical support and rental requirements.
• Analyze business requirements to develop technical solutions for current and future framework.
• Work with the team to plan upgrades for all Postproduction systems, advising on systems enhancements and workflow development as required.
• Perform troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose infrastructure issues.
• Collaborate with IT to ensure desktop and post production infrastructure work seamlessly together.
• Stay abreast of new technology, workflows.
• Awareness of industry security standards, MPAA compliance, distribution and network delivery methods.
• Undertake preventative maintenance to ensure maximum system availability while managing and documenting the maintenance cycle.
• Lead initiatives and present to large groups and stakeholders.
• Communicate and disseminate information to teams and executive management.
• Define & own services, projects, support, and operations.
• Lead initiatives towards automation trends and media distribution.
• Create and oversight of content security guidelines and protocols.

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Salary Range : $90,000 - $110,000

Salary : $90,000 - $110,000