Versant

Media Operations Specialist

Englewood Cliffs, NEW JERSEY, United States

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About the role

It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment.
The team is responsible for sourcing, preparing, processing, and fulfilling media assets while maintaining the highest standards of operational excellence, reliability, and service quality.
This position reports directly to the MOC Manager.

Responsibilities

Perform content quality control (QC), transcoding, editing, metadata validation, asset preparation, and content distribution activities.
Serve as a primary escalation point for Media Operations Technicians and partner departments regarding operational issues and workflow exceptions.
Collaborate with Technical Operations, Commercial Operations, Program Operations, On-Air Operations, Engineering, and other stakeholders to ensure the successful fulfillment and delivery of media assets.
Support testing, implementation, and validation of new technologies, systems, and operational processes.
Create, publish, maintain, and improve Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and workflow documentation.
Participate in incident response and resolution activities to maintain departmental goals for reliability and availability.
Maintain the department's commitment to achieving and exceeding operational reliability and service-level objectives.
VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections.
Operating in a 24/7 environment, the MOC team ensures the reliable delivery of content to linear broadcast networks, digital platforms, and distribution partners.
In addition to executing operational workflows, this role serves as a key escalation point for technicians, supports training initiatives, contributes to process improvements, and collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to maintain operational excellence.

Requirements

Minimum of 10 years of experience in a broadcast, post-production, media operations, or related technical media environment.
Minimum of 10 years of experience performing transcoding, quality control, and fulfillment functions for broadcast or digital media workflows.
Experience using file-based quality control tools such as Baton or similar platforms.
Experience working with media asset management (MAM), workflow orchestration, and metadata management systems.
Demonstrated track record of meeting or exceeding performance expectations.

Nice to have

Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Engineering, Media Technology, Communications, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Knowledge of waveform monitors, vectorscopes, audio measurement standards, and quality control best practices.
Knowledge of digital video formats, codecs, file delivery standards, and industry-standard media processing tools.
Experience with media asset management systems, workflow automation platforms, and content distribution technologies.
Understanding of digital broadcast, production, and media supply chain workflows.
Experience with platforms such as Baton, Vantage, Dalet, Avid, Harmonic, Imagine, or similar media operations systems.
Demonstrated ability to quickly learn proprietary and third-party software applications.
Highly detail-oriented with strong organizational and collaboration skills.

Visa & Work Authorization

Must have unrestricted work authorization in the United States

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