Jobs in London - Academy Technical Operator (Night Shift) • South East London

Company: DMS

South East London

WHO WE AREWe are a vibrant, engaged, talent-driven agency where our staff feel empowered, where ideas are encouraged and where outstanding work is rewarded.DMS is a place where our clients feel looked after, where they trust our ability to deliver and to come up with new ways of engaging them and helping them engage their audiences.WHAT WE DOWe are a full-service creative digital media agency. Our people, technology and insights help global media and entertainment, sports and lifestyle brands create, manage, localise, distribute and place their content, and evaluate its media reach.ABOUT DMSDMS, part of the AKA Group of companies, was established in 2002 and has over 100 employees. From our facilities based in London and LA we provide digital creative and media intelligence services to our clients that comprise of major film and TV studios, leading independent film distributors, West End and Broadway theatres, cultural institutions, sports, music and fashion companies.THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUA fantastic academy opportunity to work as part of our Tech Ops team. This role is part of our DMS Academy scheme. You will receive full training throughout the first year of your tenure with us with regular feedback and structured development milestones. The DMS Academy training scheme is the ideal way to get your career started in the media industry, working with experienced industry professionals and working on live campaigns for our prestigious, world-renowned clients. THE ROLEThe academy tech operator is required to manage the delivery of film/tv content on a tight turnaround for an international audience. They must be confident in communicating with both internal and external stakeholders and act with care and due diligence for accuracy on sensitive projects delivered Worldwide.In this role your regular duties would include;Finalising localised film/entertainment content for international distribution (graphics insertion, subtitling, dubbed audio layback)Encoding and transcoding files according to various broadcast and online formatsProducing output in line with specific film and tv technical standardEditing TV spot cutdowns, social media and promo contentUploading/downloading content to/from various bespoke digital asset management platformsFrame rate conversions for content to be viewed on worldwide broadcast systemsLiaising closely with our operations teams, client services team and our clientsTurning around projects with accurate outputs and meeting tight deadlinesTo be focused and methodical in your approach even when working under pressure Can think on their feet and can demonstrate good problem-solving ability, there will be times on shift where you will need to work independently and make decisions for yourself.Takes responsibility for their own learning and development by challenging themselves to learn new workflows and processes and learn from the team around them.You will be required to work based on a rota pattern that will allow the department to be operational 24 hours a day. You will therefore be working on shifts that include early starts and late shifts so please only apply for this role if you can accommodate this shift working on an ongoing basis.RequirementsCapable of using Adobe Premiere Pro independentlyAwareness of Adobe Media Encoder and Adobe AuditionBasic knowledge of digital video file format and encoding/transcoding softwareExperience of working with online video formats and deliverablesIdeally an awareness of broadcast video formats and deliverablesA basic technical understanding of video and audio signalsExperience in creative problem-solving within post-productionAbility to produce a wide range of content with a quick turnaroundExcellent organisational skills