Job Abstract

Prime Video offers customers a vast collection of movies, series, and sportsall available to watch on hundreds of compatible devices. U.S. Prime members can also subscribe to 100+ channels including Max, discovery+, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, BET+, MGM+, ViX+, PBS KIDS, NBA League Pass, MLB.TV, and STARZ with no extra apps to download, and no cable required. Prime Video is just one of the savings, convenience, and entertainment benefits included in a Prime membership. More than 200 million Prime members in 25 countries around the world enjoy access to Amazons enormous selection, exceptional value, and fast delivery.

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Do you want to invent, disrupt and redefine what entertainment means for fans, creators, and communities all around the globe?

As part of the Prime Video team, youll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. Also, youll get to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.

Well look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented creatives, technologists, marketing professionals and so much more, you can decide where a career with Prime Video takes you!

Prime Video is seeking a Digital Assets & Media Manager for our growing Global Live Sports Production Technical Operations team. The Digital Assets & Media Manager will support the entire Live Sports team with management of our media assets library. This role requires vision, ability to deal with ambiguity, and a drive to learn and be curious.
A successful candidate has the ability to create and maintain a categorization system that will allow production teams to efficiently access and use media assets. A successful candidate will have experience managing teams and workflows related to cataloging, digitization projects, archives management, and digital archiving. This person will have a leadership role envisioning, applying, and preserving assets with metadata and is expected to build and support a modern, secure system that will stand the test of time. You will work alongside both production and technical operations teams, often with little oversight. You will need to be a quick learner able to understand and follow stakeholder workflows. The Digital Assets & Media Manager will be expected to make decisions to ensure the system fits the groups changing technical and editorial needs.
You will find yourself in scenarios where you are working as part of a team and where you act on behalf of our team. Project management skills and the ability to balance competing priorities and deadlines will be critical to the success of this position.
The desire to stay on the cutting edge of technology and the passion for learning are of the utmost importance. The technology is changing at such a rate and the way that data is moved and organized is also changing so quickly that the ability to adapt to new situations and new technologies can never be looked over. The understanding that there is always more than one way to do just about anything technical in the broadcast industry.


Key job responsibilities
Oversee day to day workflow of all assets and documents to make sure they are efficiently delivered as required and outlined in Prime Video Live Sports Production Post Delivery Guidelines for each live event.
Work closely with Production teams and Vendors to manage timely delivery of assets.
Liaise with production teams (internal and external) and vendors regularly to ensure best practices are communicated as the delivery of assets move into the QC stage.
Ensure that all assets and documents (broadcast materials, archival elements/paperwork) are efficiently delivered as required and outlined in PVLS Delivery Guidelines (this includes but is not limited to confirming that assets adhere to technical specifications, follow mandated file naming conventions and pass QC).
Learn new platforms as in-house Media Asset Management tools expand.
Collaborate with Technology teams to improve existing tools and operational workflows by identifying problem areas and providing smart solutions.
Knowledge of digital media assets and file formats required
Ability to coordinate and track high volume of work through an end-to-end workflow
Adaptability and resilience to quick changes in priorities, tools, workflow and technology
Project management experience
Proficient with Microsoft Office products


About the team
PVLS Technical Operations' primary goal is to support global live sports productions with technical solutions and architecture that makes our production partners more successful. We strive to remove technical roadblocks while pushing technology to new limits. We build infrastructure that helps Prime Video Live Sports Production bring their vision to life. PVLS Tech Ops works tirelessly to implement the projects we own. We approach every challenge with the question, how can we help? The technical operations team takes the time to listen to the challenges our production partners are facing and address them with their needs in mind.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Culver City, CA, USA

10+ years of media management experience Deep knowledge of and previous experience with metadata creation, management & remediation best practices Knowledge of video, audio, and image encoding formats and industry best practices Experience working with multiple stakeholders Understanding of the workflow within a marketing, production, or creative department or company Experience with high-volume, high-velocity, large-scale file management (workflow orchestration, file-movement, permission management, etc.) Experience with budgeting, scheduling, and technical workflows Experience educating non-technical stakeholders and working across multiple teams and regions Ability to problem-solve and multi-task in fast-paced, dynamic environment Extremely detail-oriented, organized, and a team player

Undergraduate degree in Library Science, Information Science, or Media Production, (or equivalent experience in Media Management operations or admin role), or equivalent work experience Experience working on or with large-scale, global projects Previous experience with metadata schema development & input, organizing a large number of files, high-resolution file transmissions (FTP, servers, etc.), file naming conventions, and database reporting Experience in digital asset media migration and consolidation Experience with common editing programs (e.g. Avid, Final Cut, Adobe Premiere)

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $304,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.