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Manager - Music Rights, Licensing and Library, Disney - NY

The candidate will work within Music Library and Music Licensing areas of ABC’s New York Music Department. Music licensing tasks include working with the Executive Director throughout the clearance and licensing process. He/she will be responsible for all areas of music licensing: researching copyright ownership, negotiating publishing and master recording rights, reviewing licensing agreements, administering payments and tracking the process from start to finish. The ideal candidate will have established contacts within the music industry and excellent negotiation and people skills. He/she will be extremely detail oriented and also able to work under pressure. Many of our clients are part of the News division and deadlines are often very short, candidate must be able to work quickly and carefully and handle a high volume of clearances/licenses. Candidate must also be able to assist clients in finding suitable alternatives when songs are denied or licensing fees exceed the established music budget. He/she will work primarily with Good Morning America, News Magazines (20/20, Nightline, What Would You Do), other ABC News produced shows, The View, The Chew and Daytime as well as coordinate with the Rights and Clearances, Legal and Finance departments. He/she must have experience negotiating deals Music Library tasks include coverage of music library when Library Coordinator is out, fielding phone calls from and providing help to ABC production staff in recommending and providing music for their shows (based on creative and budgetary requirements), working closely with Fifth Floor Music, the ABC owned Music Production Library to coordinate shows’ music needs with what FFM is adding to their catalogue. This requires a broad knowledge of all genres of music and an ability to communicate effectively with staff of all levels.
•Work with the Executive Director throughout the clearance and licensing process responsible for all areas of music licensing: researching copyright ownership, negotiating publishing and master recording rights, reviewing licensing agreements, administering payments and tracking the process from start to finish. •Music Library tasks include coverage of music library when Library Coordinator is out, fielding phone calls from and providing help to ABC production staff in recommending and providing music for their shows (based on creative and budgetary requirements), working closely with Fifth Floor Music, the ABC owned Music Production Library to coordinate shows’ music needs with what FFM is adding to their catalogue. This requires a broad knowledge of all genres of music and an ability to communicate effectively with staff of all levels. 3 plus years music licensing experience Technical Skills: •Must be a self starter able to work with minimal supervision. •Willingness to work overtime, and/or on weekends with short notice •Must work well under pressure •Strong organizational skills •Superior attention to detail •Pro-active, forward thinking •Ability to successfully coordinate multiple projects simultaneously •Excellent communication skills •Strong work ethic •Excellent negotiation and people skills (Must have experience negotiating deals with major labels and publishers, indie labels and publishers, production libraries and individuals) •Intermediate knowledge of computers and MS Office (Excel and advances Word skills) •familiarity with cue sheets •interest and knowledge of both commercial music and production libraries see https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGWEbHost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerid=25348&siteid=5039&jobid=93122

Business Analyst, JP Morgan - NY

This role requires someone with a strong background in system and business analysis, to join the ISearch- VFS document management team within JP Morgan.  Key requirement of this position is strong communication skills both written and verbal, as the successful candidate will be expected to deal directly with business stakeholders to elicit requirements and clearly present these to the technical team for development.  Demonstration of requirements gathering, modeling and documentation would be required.

Responsibilities Include:

- Developing, mapping, evaluating, and/or maintaining taxonomies

- Conducting content audits and content analysis

- Developing metadata schemas, tagging, conducting metadata audits

- Conducting user research, usability testing Interviewing stakeholders, subject matter experts, and end users

- Providing training on taxonomy maintenance, tagging, or tool use

- Facilitating working sessions

- Support taxonomy implementation

- Support integration of content-, document-, taxonomy-management tools, search engines etc.

 

Required Skills and Qualifications

- Experience in working in document management space

- Experience with--or knowledge of--taxonomy, metadata, controlled vocabularies, and classification

- Excellent attention to detail

-Very strong communication, both written and verbal.

-Strong organizational skills to successfully engage in simultaneous projects and initiatives.

-Ability to lead/direct small focused groups of individuals.

-Experience in dealing with key business stakeholders in a professional manner including client engagement and building relationships with business and partnering technology teams.

-Experience in system and business analysis, gathering requirements from stakeholders and translating them to functional specifications for the development team.

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(Temp) HBO Upload, Catalog & Metadata Specialist - NY

Requisition #                134755BR
Posting Job Title           HBO FREELANCE Upload, Catalog, & Metadata Specialist

OVERALL SUMMARY

To ensure efficient and consistent accessibility and retrieval of digital images by users, prepare and process digital images for uploading and cataloging in digital asset management systems, including OpenText/Artesia’s Digital Library, GLOBALedit or any future technology. Imagery includes Original, Theatrical and Key Art assets. Adhere to metadata standards and systems of record, data methodology and contractual agreements. Participate in the preparation and conversion of assets from existing systems to future systems to support the accessibility, retrieval, and distribution of assets used to support the programming, promotional, and other activities of the company.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare and process digital assets for uploading and cataloging in digital asset management systems.
• Manage and maintain the integrity of metadata about image and print assets in HBO’s Digital Asset Management Systems (OpenText’s Digital Library and GLOBALedit, or any future technology.)
• Assign and enter accurate and specific metadata to assets within the digital asset management systems (e.g., title, subtitle, episode, release date, photographer, source, category, media, etc.)
• Liase with Photo Editors and Retouchers on incoming jobs to ensure that expected needs and deadlines are met
• Perform original cataloging and metadata entry for newly added assets as well as existing assets in HBO’s digital asset management systems
• Follow established guidelines of HBO’s metadata standards, using all available resources cast lists, media guides, internal company databases, etc. to research talent, show synopses, copyright information, etc.
• Create, review, research, and maintain high-level content metadata through check accuracy, validity, and consistency of incoming requests and update as needed to ensure metadata is correct and consistent.
• Help prioritize all incoming ingest/cataloging jobs to team members via internal workflow tool
• Collaborate with clients to gain clarification on request specifics to ensure successful upload and cataloging
• Perform QC checks on completed jobs in DAM systems

REQUIREMENTS

• Background and familiarity with DAM systems
• Background in taxonomy, metadata and cataloguing standards
• Must be able to work efficiently and meticulously, delivering a large number of assets to the Digital Library users in a short period of time
• Ability to multi-task with several complex and demanding concurrent projects
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Must be proficient using both Macintosh and Windows platforms
• Must be skilled using the following software: Adobe Creative Suite 4 (which includes Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Lightroom and Bridge)
• Knowledge of Photo Mechanic Aperture, Quark Xpress, Suitcase, Adobe Type Manager, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel a benefit

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Content Research Mgr - NY

Our client, a top online marketing/Content management company is looking to add a Manager of Content Research to their NYC team. All candidates should have 4-6 years related experience within content management/review.

The Role: 

• Support the Account Management team in providing premium content recommendations to support client projects. 
• Create a calendar of content outreach opportunities that identify themes in order to predict the content needs of clients. 
• Serve as the main interface to the content team and contributors for model releases, age verifications, image location verification, camera types and other verification. 
• Communicate with Legal and Content Compliance teams, and gain permission for content usage. 
• Implement and share best practices: Develop, implement and share best practices across Sales, Content, Marketing, and Legal teams to help improve client preferences for Shutterstock content. 
• Aid and contribute in customer, industry and client events.

The Requirements: 

• BA / BS in relevant field 
• At least 3-5 years experience in general operations, supply chain logistics, image or video distribution workflows, or DAM.
• Skills in project management, program management, or resource planning. 
• Ability to recognize, prioritize and implement process improvements. 
• Self-assured and collaborative management style, with the established ability to coordinate solutions. 
• Previous experience working in eCommerce environment, media or technology company preferred.

See: http://webapps.thepremiergroup.com/JobBoard/JobDetailsDirect.aspx?__appid__=b721d67a-1cd3-4507-a57b-9d0d242bc17f&__job__=268383&utm_source=Indeed&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Indeed

 

Image Librarian, Parsons Brinckerhoff - PA

Parsons Brinckerhoff, an international transportation engineering firm with 14,000 people in 150 offices, seeks an Image Librarian to work in a recently opened shared services office in Lancaster, PA.

 

This position provides the primary management of the firm's enterprise-wide image library.  The principal duties are as follows:

• Lead the overall management, maintenance and update strategy of the company’s digital asset management system.
• Perform all aspects of the workflow, including the identification of images, assign keywords (metadata) to them, uploading images to a database, granting permissions for the remote uploading of images by others, and spot checking same for corporate standard consistency.
• Assign appropriate metadata identifying copyright ownership and usage rights.
• Facilitate retrieval of previously catalogued images.
• Archive hard copy assets as necessary.
• Maintain accurate procedures and user guide for the system and provide user training.
• Keep informed of the latest Digital Asset Management technology trends and innovations for possible system upgrades.
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of the system inventories – which images are current, and which are most frequently requested, etc.
• Work closely with others throughout the company including the corporate photographer, to identify specific image needs and assist in planning photo shoots.

 

Job Requirements

•     BA in Library Science, graphics, or a closely related field.

•     Must have at least seven years relevant experience in a corporate setting.

•     Strong knowledge of database or image cataloguing software.

•     Familiarity with various image file types and uses, Photoshop and PowerPoint.

 

Please contact:

Carol Peacock

AmeriNetwork Inc.

847.829.4495

[email protected]

 

Media Asset Librarian, Madison Square Garden Co. - NY

Job Title:   Media Asset Librarian Job Number:   12-3666 Location:   MSG Media Department:   Production
Job Description:
The Media Asset Librarian is responsible for managing and maintaining a new and highly functional videotape Library Operation. Manages all archival and newly-produced game and program tapes by assuring detailed and accurate input of tape information and metadata into the library software system, building a robust searchable database that efficiently identifies and retrieves tape material to support staff requests, program production, and development initiatives. Labels and barcodes all assets to operate an organized shelving and tape checkout/return system. Interfaces with the "MAM" digital archive based offsite, identifying and delivering important video assets for digitization. Assists with the retrieval and delivery of material from the digital archive to MSG. Manages tape retention policies and onsite space limitations by purging, recycling, and utilizing offsite storage facilities. Works with IT on the periodic implementation, upgrades, and maintenance of the library software. Manages inventory and distribution of tape stock. Partners with various internal departments to support their needs. Assists in the delivery of videotape to external content providers, film labs, and storage facilities. Recommends, improves, and enforces SOP’s pertaining to newly-established rules, policies, and security issues to provide optimum protection, tracking, and accountability of MSG’s media assets. Ongoing inventory of stored material to efficiently identify assets, and creating and maintaining a yearly broadcast database and inventory report for each MSG team. Partner closely with offsite storage facility to increase operational efficiency, decrease storage costs, and improve and increase the data and information available for every piece of stored media. Coordinate daily game records with the technical server area, preparing labeled raw tapes in advance. Assists in the preparation of dub requests and footage screeners for third parties. Participates in special projects and performs other tasks as assigned.
Job Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor`s degree in Library Science, preferably in video or film. Must have at least two years of television or video library experience. Will have a solid understanding of sports television process from production to on-air, and possess knowledge of current and historical sports with a passion for local sports teams. Must have understanding of the various tape formats and the types of incoming broadcast/program/raw shoot tapes that must be managed within the day-to-day workflow. Must be skilled in database management and digital archiving, with high attention to detail, and have excellent written, verbal, organizational, and time management skills. Will also be a team player with the ability to multi-task and work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented, ever-changing environment. Will possess the ability to develop strong working relationships with internal departments, existing clients and vendors. Must be computer proficient with advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Access. Prior experience with MAM systems and FileMaker Pro, a plus. Must be flexible to work evenings, weekends and holidays as needed.

See: https://thegarden.igreentree.com/CSS_External/CSSPage_JobDetail.ASP?T=20130103103909& (Source: Indeed.com)

Director, Media Asset Management, Lincoln Center - NY

Skills: Media production & distribution, Asset acquisition, Asset & workflows audit
Pay Rate: Commesurate 
Tax Term: FULLTIME
Length: Date Posted: 12-27-2012

This is a 6-12 months assignment, with potential for extension or regular full-time employment.

Reporting to the Chief Media and Digital Officer, this digital services position provides strategic direction regarding all aspects of managing Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts* acquired and produced media assets. Specific responsibilities include:
* Architecting and implementing efficient, industry-leading practices for the day-to-day lifecycle of content within file-based systems as well as archive digitization, migration and storage protocols.
* Provide recommendations for and coordinate within Lincoln Center all media movement and archive requirements for performance assets, marketing and promotion assets and other programming.
* Collaborate with cross-organizational digital service roles and IT department to steward management and operation of the organization*s Media Asset Management systems while meeting the media production and distribution needs of all LCPA content production loci.
* Develop and establish communication channels to achieve integration of the role into all Lincoln Center production and on-line activities, and, as directed, those of other organization stakeholders.

Short-Term Goals:
Asset and Workflows Audit
* Audit organization*s audio-visual assets, and document its department-by-department asset ingest, annotation, storage and retrieval capacities and workflows.
Short-Term Recommendations
* Provide short-term recommendations for asset ingest, annotation, and storage; as well as storage solutions.

Longer-Term Goals:
Asset Acquisition, Media Production and Storage Workflows
* Develop, implement, and update workflows and processes for Lincoln Center*s media asset acquisition, annotation, asset accessibility, asset use in production, and asset archiving, including:
o establishing training procedures and documentation for content acquisition;
o establishing naming conventions;
o associating existing asset metadata and structuring required asset metadata;
o implementing tiered storage for assets across asset life-cycle, including (as applicable) high-resolution archival formats, mezzanine broadcast formats, and low-resolution formats that facilitate searchability.
* Develop standards and manage compliance/oversight of Media & Digital Department*s SOP*s for the above.
* Design and perform staff training in digital production and media management SOP*s.
* Provide support to Asset Management system users and Media Production system users, organization-wide, as required (including interface with IT and system vendor support organizations, issues log collection, problem identification, (characterization & resolution).
* Develop workflows for regular movement of content to storage tiers and deletion of content, as appropriate. Monitor SAN memory capacity and server content.
* Oversee audio-video archive operations. Engage and oversee third-party ingest/digitization/migration of Live from Lincoln Center archive. Establish workflows and QC assessment for end-to-end ingest process (tape cleaning, robot loading v. stand-alone VTR operation, ingest success metrics assessment, etc.).
* Quarterly update department management on what volume of archive content has been successfully ingested, relative to the volume targeted for completion in that time frame.
* Collaborate with IT Support to monitor system performance and undertake preventative maintenance of the system; document issues and resolutions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* 7-10 years progressive experience in roles focusing on the digital strategic direction of media assets.
* Must be highly organized and self-motivated with the ability to work independently but also interface and collaborate with a diverse group of people and situations to facilitate discussions and consensus.
* Must be able to prioritize, multi-task and to be a proactive thinker.
* Must be detail oriented, meticulous and able to maintain confidentiality.
* Ability to translate approved objectives into work plans and procedures.
* Demonstrated success in meeting objectives, schedules and budgets.
* Very strong computer skills required, including proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and use of the Internet. Experience with Final Cut Pro and other nonlinear editing systems highly preferred.
* Knowledge of a server-based file system required.
* Must have media industry experience generally and MAM experience specifically
* Experience managing project teams within and across departments.
* Multi-genre interest in and general knowledge of performing arts preferred.
* MAM experience in a broadcast-dependent environment preferred.
* BA preferred.

To Apply: Please send cover letter, resume and salary requirements to: [email protected], 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, NY, NY 10023.

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Technical Architect, Metropolitan Museum of Art - NY

Initially, this position will be deeply involved in the administration and technical oversight of MediaBin, the museum's digital asset management system. Looking forward, the person in this position will have a key role to play in any initiative that involves the management of digitized assets at the Museum, including system upgrades or migration to a new DAM, task automation, application customization, troubleshooting, reporting and other digitization procedures.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:

• Provide technical expertise for enterprise content management systems, based upon a strong understanding of the client server environment, web services, security roles etc. as well as demonstrated experience with a variety of image, audio and video formats.
• Serve as primary technical liaison to internal stakeholders and external vendors and consultants for all digital asset management activities and related projects.
• Work with IS&T and/or contractual partners to design, specify, execute and monitor data migration/synchronization tasks between various Museum data repositories.
• Streamline acquisitions, deployments and conversions of multimedia content for both internal and external uses.
• Design, develop, and maintain reports for the Museum’s content management systems (e.g., production workflows, digital rights management, licensing activities).
• Review, analyze, and evaluate system and user needs. Assist in the development and deployment of solutions based on user requirements.
• Evaluate, maintain and install systems upgrades and fixes. Coordinate changes with technical staff and affected users, as required.
• Other related duties

Requirements and Qualifications:
Experience and Skills:

• 3+ years experience in information / content management.
• Demonstrated experience with data services in Microsoft SQL Server, or equivalent RDBMS
• Demonstrated experience with web-related application development in Visual Basic, .NET, Java or equivalent programming language.
• Demonstrated skill with IIS or equivalent web service infrastructure.
• Demonstrated skill with PC & MAC client-server systems and architectures.
• Experience with end-user support and service; strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Preferred: experience with technical implementation and maintenance of digital asset or other enterprise content management systems (especially MediaBin).
• Preferred: knowledge of digitization processes for content, including digital image capture and scanning, image, audio and video formats and codecs, file conversion and archiving, data mining and harvesting, and metadata taxonomies.

Knowledge and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant technical certification (preferred in a related field)
• Knowledge of digitization processes for content, including digital image capture and scanning, image, audio and video formats and codecs, file conversion and archiving data

See: http://www.indeed.com/cmp/The-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art/jobs/Technical-Architect-2363f869e0a4f768

 

Director of Content Operations, Shutterstock - NY

Headquartered in New York, Shutterstock is an innovative e-commerce company and a leading provider of royalty-free stock photos, illustrations, and footage. With over 20 million images and videos, Shutterstock sources content from a contributor community of over 35,000 photographers, videographers, artists and illustrators from around the world.  We consider our contributor community and supply chain to be among our greatest assets.
 
We are seeking a Director of Content Operations to lead the large-scale curation, management and ingestion of digital images and video.  This is an exciting opportunity to drive content quality and operational excellence at one of the most respected and creative marketplaces in the world. 
 
Responsibilities:

• Lead the team responsible for Shutterstock’s image and video standards, marketplace integrity, and operational planning and logistics with respect to managing content.
• Oversee the ingestion, evaluation and approval of over 10,000 image and video assets per day.  Increase operational capacity and throughput while reducing costs and time-to-market.
• Manage processes, tools, technology and workflows to ensure that content operations are increasingly productive, scalable, reliable and effective.
• Collaborate with the legal team to enforce intellectual property standards and policies to ensure the highest levels of collection integrity.  
• Drive continuous improvement in metadata, editorial and quality standards to increase the overall quality of the collection.
• Oversee supply chain forecasting, planning and modeling.
• Establish and improve KPIs and related metrics.
• Develop a scalable and efficient resource model for content operations.
• Optimize cross-departmental workflows and relationships.
• Manage independent contractors and vendors who supply workflow tools and resource solutions.  

 
 
Requirements:

• BA / BS in relevant discipline with at least 5-7 years experience in general operations, supply chain logistics, image or video distribution workflows, or large-scale Digital Asset Management (DAM).
• Skills in project management, program management or resource planning.
• Ability to identify, prioritize and execute process improvements. 
• Confident and collaborative leadership style, with the proven ability to coordinate solutions through multiple teams. 
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and quantitative skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to create partnerships across all levels of the organization.
• Experience working in eCommerce environment, media or technology company preferred.

See: http://www.shutterstock.com/jobs.mhtml?nl=1&jvi=oE6ZWfwp,Job&jvs=Indeed&jvk=Job

 

Digital Repository Assistant, Columbia University - NY

Columbia University's Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS), a division of the Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, seeks a full-time Digital Repository Assistant to work within the Repository team and across all of the Center's teams to increase and enhance the collections in Academic Commons, the digital research repository of Columbia and its affiliates. Regular activities of the Repository Assistant include the solicitation, acquisition, upload, and description of scholarly content; oversight and training of work-study employees and interns; and various other content management, quality control, copyright clearance, and communication work as needed. Knowledge of scholarly publishing, information systems, and office productivity software will be useful to the successful applicant.

This position reports to the Digital Repository Manager.

Position Duties:

- Acquiring and processing digital research assets
- Deploying standard metadata schemas and controlled vocabularies to describe scholarly content and facilitate resource discovery and access
- Providing training to and oversight of student employees and interns in the description of acquired content
- Providing quality control and assurance for the repository's digital assets, including descriptive and technical metadata
- Liaising with the other primary areas of activity at CDRS, which include scholarly communication, production, and social media
- Assuming complementary project and duties as assigned by the Digital Repository Manager 

Education:

Bachelor's degree or its equivalent, and 0-2 years of related experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience) 

Additional requirements:

Ability to do careful, detail-oriented work for extended periods of time
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Experience in using productivity software suites (e.g., Microsoft Office, Google Apps)
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment 

Preferred Qualifications:

Familiarity with electronic publishing and editing workflows, especially in an academic environment
- Experience with XML, metadata schemas, or both
- Advanced degree in a relevant field, such as Library and Information Science
- Experience in Web design, usability, or both
- Experience with communication on social media platforms such as Twitter and Google Plus 

See: https://jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1354758484009