Master Control Operator - Toronto, Canada - Blue Ant Media

Blue Ant Media

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

TELLING CAPTIVATING STORIES TO AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE- Our productions and media brands are a product of our employees who are passionate experts in all of these areas.

They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences; and enthusiastic about delivering it on new and evolving platforms.

We actively seek out people who embody our core values:
optimism, creativity, entrepreneurism, agility and integrity.

We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in seeing opportunity where others see challenges.

We encourage employees to think like small business owners by taking ownership on projects and giving them the flexibility to take risks and embrace an evolving media landscape.

Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners and our culture fosters sharing ideas and treating all people with respect.

Master Control Operator - Full Time
Blue Ant Media Inc. is currently looking for a full-time Master Control Operator. This position will be responsible for data integrity and on-air quality across all brands.

What You'll Be Doing

MCR Daily Performance Duties:

Maintain a high level of On-Air Quality
Continuous monitoring of audio, video, captioning, graphics, and descriptive video on both domestic and international feeds
Troubleshoot and respond to third party clients, BDUs on outages

Manage Automation Playlists

Import and modify traffic log content of both domestic and international feeds
Ensure programming, promotional & commercial content are consistent with scheduling
Downloading of commercial content as per traffic instructions
Ingest, Marker/Trim, and general QC of content
Occasionally assist with Closed Captioning duties as assigned
Perform any live system switches as required; Department On-Air Discrepancy reporting and followup.
Perform Quality Control for onair programming to ensure it is acceptable for air
Work cross‐functionally with various departments to ensure all teams interface efficiently
Ability to work all shifts including weekend and overnight shifts.
Other duties as assigned

What You'll Bring

Must be fluent in English
Knowledge of Broadcast Centre Signal Flow
Technical or Operational knowledge of the following systems preferred, but not limited to:
Evertz Mediator Automation
Telestream Vantage Transcoding
FTP, Filezilla and web portal transfers and management
Media Proxy
Microsoft Excel
Google Workspace (i.e Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets etc.)
Familiarity with multiple aspect ratios and UHD technology
Ability to troubleshoot efficiently and meet tight deadlines
Good communication skills and strong technical vocabulary
Responsibility for and "ownership" of onair look and feel through data integrity, troubleshooting and problemsolving abilities
Self starter that demonstrates initiative and ability to work both independently and as a member of a core broadcast team.
Postsecondary education in a television/broadcast mediarelated discipline is an asset