Prime Global Oli Gas Recruitment.com
Live Media Delivery Technician (2)
Job Description:
The Role
The ideal candidate has a strong track record of delivering live streamed events and/or working in a live broadcasting facility. S/he should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, taking the initiative, managing multiple projects, and working under tight timeframes. S/he is also a motivated, self-starter with a passion for live streaming.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all aspects of the live stream encoding package setup, operation, and strike. Before, during, and after an event, respectively.
- Work in tandem with the Live Operations Manager, Team Leads and the Support Team to ensure the secure delivery of live event broadcasts sourced from around the globe.
- Learn our platforms and advanced troubleshooting of our streaming architecture.
- Get hands-on with hardware and software.
You Bring Us:
- Video production experience. You know that pressure of live events.
- Fearlessness and pro-activeness. We deal with live video. Every minute counts. Make fast decisions and have them be right.
- A restless mind. Anticipate and fix problems.
- We’re a 24/7/365 operation, so weekends and overnights are required. It’s a full-time, five-day workweek, but it could be a six-week rotation of the midnight to 9am shift, Thursday through Monday. Everyone takes a turn
Personal Attributes:
- Be detail oriented and have excellent communication and organisational skills
- Must be willing to work outside of regular office hours
- A self-motivated collaborator that thrives in a team atmosphere and can keep calm under fire is a must
- Excellent communication skills are necessary to take requirements from internal clients and liaise with staff.
Required qualifications
- Experience with live video operations and live broadcast productions.
- Live and On-Demand streaming experience (HD and SD) and an ability to support streaming software.
- Broad understanding of video and audio encoding codecs.
- Basic understanding of satellite and fiber acquisition pathways.
- Basic understanding of video editing.
- Experience in the gaming industry is a distinct advantage.
- Mac and PC proficiency is required.
- All candidates should be able to lift 50lbs
Typical day
- Liaising with MCR to acquire Satellite and Fibre feeds.
- Encoding those feeds to the right events on our bespoke, custom built platform.
- QA and QC of all the live events the technician is handling.
- Constant communication with the support team to ensure that all the information about the events is accurate and updated in real time.
- Produce reports for senior management.
- Escalate potential issues to senior management.
- Train new staff hires