Blue Ant Media is a privately held, international production studio and rights business and channel operator. The company's studio creates and distributes a premium slate of programming, in all content genres, for streaming and broadcasting platforms around the world. Blue Ant Media also operates free streaming and pay TV channels under several media brands internationally, including Love Nature, Cottage Life, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth Canada, HauntTV, Homeful, Drag Race Universe, Total Crime, Declassified, Love Pets and Love Drama. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with six international offices in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, London, Washington and Sydney. blueantmedia.com⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn⼁X⼁
Our employees are passionate experts in all of our business areas. They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences, and about delivering them on new and evolving platforms. We actively seek new employees who embody our core values. We want them to think big, act with purpose, celebrate creativity, do the right thing, respect one another, and succeed together. We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in recognizing opportunities where others see challenges. At Blue Ant Media, we give them the flexibility to think like entrepreneurs, take ownership of their projects, take risks, and embrace innovation in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners by building trusting, respectful working relationships.
We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Media Asset Technician to join our Media Services department in Toronto.
Core Responsibilities:
- Quality assurance
- Video and audio file analysis
- Metadata entry
- Media cataloging/organization
- Ensure media content adheres to Blue Ant Media technical specifications
- Send/retrieve digital assets
- LTO archive/retrieval
- Tape capture, on a per requested basis
- Other post-production-related duties as required
- University Degree or College Diploma, preferably in Broadcast media or Film Production
- Minimum 2 years experience in a TV/Film distribution or post-production environment
- Must have knowledge of historical and current media formats, aspect ratios and broadcast standards, including videotapes and video files
- Resourceful and quick learner, requiring minimal supervision, managing conflicting priorities and meeting deadlines
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Experience with quality control standards and broadcast technical specifications
- Team-oriented, with the ability to take ownership of specific duties and tasks
- Experience within a physical media library environment is an asset
- Knowledge of Broadcast and Film Production workflows
If you have most of the qualifications listed in our posting, but are not sure whether to proceed with your application, we still encourage you to apply. We thank all candidates for their interest in Blue Ant Media and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please email our Human Resources team at [email protected].
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