Media Asset Manager

TED is on a mission to discover and spread ideas that spark imagination, embrace possibility and catalyze impact. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.

TED is looking for a Media Asset Manager/Video Encoder to join their Video Production Team. This position supports both the Post Production Lead and the Production team in delivering and creating necessary media assets for both in-house and external stakeholders. 

This role requires the candidate to be in the office once a week while in training and as needed for events. Qualified candidates must be willing and able to travel periodically to TED events, both domestically throughout the United States and internationally (UK, Canada, Europe, etc).

Job Responsibilities:

• QC, Ingest and media manage event media from TED, Institute and TEDTheater events

• Coordinate delivery of TED assets from organizers

• Conform TED video to spec before delivering to Assistant Editor for library prep

• Onsite at Conferences: QC event media, coordinate media delivery to various staffers and freelancers

• Maintain the integrity of Saas platforms like Media Shuttle, Frame.io and internal DAM

• Work with Digital Products team in implementing new DAM system

• Partner with Theater team to:

  • Manage workflows for recording & media management

  • Resolve video/audio issues

  • Manage media from events

  • Fulfill internal and external footage delivery requests

• Support the encoding team on day-to-day tasks including live production

• Tracking details and metadata for our archive of 30+ years of video

• Considerable amount of data entry into proprietary content management systems

• 3+ years post production experience

• Ability to juggle multiple projects effectively, each at different stages of completion

• Experience with maintaining licensee and licensor relationships

• Expertise in Final Cut Pro X, Quicktime Pro, Apple Compressor and other third party transcoding solutions

• Encoding software, FFMPEG, Handbrake

• Adobe Creative Cloud

• Powerpoint and Keynote

• Detailed knowledge of video codecs and frame rates

• Comfortable with Apple/Mac OS environment, especially moving media across local and remote networks

• Knowledge of cloud-based DAM systems

• Audio knowledge not required, but a plus

Salary Range: 60,000-74,000 USD 

Benefits:

• Full health benefits (medical, dental, vision) 

• Paid family leave

• Work-life balance is encouraged through our flexible paid time off 

• Free OneMedical and SpringHealth membership for you and your dependents to address physical and mental well-being 

• 401k with match

TED Conferences LLC is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We invite all qualified candidates to apply online with their resume.