Post Production Lead
Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Title: Post Production Lead
Schedule Format - Location: San Francisco On Site
Pay Information: $81.25/hr
Position Summary: KQED is seeking a highly skilled TV post production lead engineer with broad experience in post production systems administration and operations to fulfill a key role within the Technical Operations division. The successful candidate will be required to join NABET Local 51.
KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity equity and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.
We value the contributions of marginalized people in society including Black Indigenous and all people of color people with disabilities and LGBTQIA people and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.
KQED Code of Ethics mission that drives us:
KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people places and ideas.
This role will work onsite in KQEDs newly renovated headquarters.
The successful candidate will be required to join National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET) Local 51.
- Enjoy performing as an integral part of the production team and help lead the realization of ideas through the entire production process.
- Serve as the system administrator and primary support engineer for our post production systems including Avid Adobe Telestream Vantage Diva and the LTO tape library.
- Manage existing workflows and create new workflows always adjusting to evolving needs and requirements. Enjoy realizing creative and efficient solutions.
- Document communicate and teach workflows and best practices for editors producers and engineers.
- Manage installation and rollout of NLE plugins.
- Have the ability to work well with editorial content teams as well as technical engineering teams.
- Understand and help facilitate the utilization of NRCS MOS workflows from start to finish while training coworkers along the way.
- Assume responsibility for production values and technical standards of the output and take relevant measures to improve the product and solve problems.
Knowledge/Experience Required:
- 5 years related experience with post production systems media management and archive management
- 5 years as a video editor
- Avid Media Composer
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Extensive knowledge of server ingest and playout systems and associated peripheral production equipment
- Familiarity with NRCS (iNews) and MOS workflows
- Have the expertise to conceptualize workflows and configure equipment and have the ability and desire to train others
- Knowledge of and experience with Telestream Vantage
- Experienced in proper use of audio and visual effects and a vision for how to creatively enhance production value tastefully
- Knowledge of broadcast standards - ability to QC video and audio levels audio tracks closed captions etc.
- Familiarity with closed captioning post production workflows
- Ability to steadily handle multiple tasks in a high-pressure production environment
- Sense of ownership and tenacity to see the most elusive details through to completion
- Enthusiasm towards learning new complex workflows quickly and proven ability to adapt on the fly
- Ability to analyze and resolve problems proactively when possible
- Expertise to help provide creative solutions for production needs
- Excellent communication interpersonal and organization skills with a strong attention to detail
- Ability to perform as a team player and maintain a professional manner when navigating various personality types
- Ability to perform other duties determined by Technical Operations including filling other technical production positions
- Knowledge of video and audio formats codecs and file types
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California.
