Director of Digital Media
We are a small, private creative services team that shoots, edits and distributes videos to support several non-profit organizations for the web, corporate events, fundraisers and conferences. We are seeking a Director of Digital Media to ensure assets are organized, tagged, and accessible to users across the organization. The Director will facilitate efficient workflow and collaboration, while also overseeing the digital media archive team.
This is NOT a remote position. All candidates must be in the Los Angeles area, with the ability to come into our office in Santa Monica during normal business hours, Monday – Friday.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversees the organization, storage, retrieval, and distribution of digital assets
- Transfer and organize raw camera footage and audio.
- Ingest assets into CatDV, our Digital Asset Management (DAM) system.
- Responsible for creating project numbers and tracking multiple productions.
- Identifies all creative assets to ensure correct metadata for searchability.
- Maintaining our LTO system (Storage DNA); archiving all media, restoring older footage; duplicating and verifying LTOs.
- Manage a team of digital media archivists, assigning tasks and overseeing work
- Creating proxy files as needed, troubleshooting audio and video technical issues.
- Attending larger onsite events to transfer and catalog footage
Experience
- 5+ years of digital asset management experience working with an enterprise-level DAM system.
- Experience with various digital file formats and codecs.
- Demonstrated knowledge of metadata and best practices in archival standards and applications.
- High attention to detail and the demonstrated ability to keep focused during meticulous tasks
- Must possess solid technical knowledge in all phases of post-production.
- Prefer experience with DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Media Encoder and Premiere.
This position is guaranteed 40 hours per week ($40.50/hr) for the duration of the contract which can last between 1-2 months.
There is a very strong possibility of a permanent on-staff salary position with health benefits in the future.
Please submit a cover letter and resume to cs@mff.org be considered.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $40.50 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Work Location: In person