Purpose of the job:
It’s an exciting time at Digital Domain. Our Virtual
Reality Platform is expanding exponentially and we want your expertise. We
are looking for a Live VR Broadcast EIC who is as passionate about creating
cutting edge VR productions as we are.
As the Live VR Broadcast Executive in Charge, you will
support all Digital Domain’s Live VR productions including live-streaming
landmark events in 360° Virtual Reality,
performing quality control measurements to insure proper video and audio
quality is maintained and working closely with our creative production management,
engineering, and integration teams to ensure all engineering related items
are delivered as needed for production.
The ideal candidate is a seasoned Live
Broadcast EIC who not only thrives in a faced paced environment, but is
looking to broaden their experience with immersive technology and help usher
the entertainment industry into a new era, bringing immersive visual
experiences directly to captivated audiences.
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Essential Functions/Responsibilities:
- Support and execute
live programming
- Conduct quality control
of all pre-contribution encode outgoing feeds
- Monitoring, trouble
shooting, maintaining studio equipment and setup needs.
- Hands on
responsibilities involve making sure all broadcast equipment is calibrated
and operating correctly during studio productions.
- Engineer will learn
& have full understanding of the technical facility and the complex
broadcast video/audio equipment and systems within the network center.
- The engineer interacts
daily with local clients.
- The engineer will be
responsible to follow all Digital Domain standards and guidelines.
- Adjusts, aligns and
integrates all elements of truck and/or Flight Pack equipment inventory to
provide a mobile production facility as required by events. Elements include
but not limited to camera, lenses, video servers and other video recording
devices.
- Responsible for reading
and understanding patchfield layouts and signal flow diagrams.
- Understands, configures
and maintains broadcast transmission including audio, video, and fiber systems.
- Understands video and
audio file formats and structures for both import and export to
post-production and IP-delivered sources and destinations.
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Qualifications: Education and/or Experience Required:
- Min. 5 years experience
in broadcast engineering & studio operations.
- Candidates must have
experience working on studio television shows (live or non-live productions).
- Must be knowledgeable
in all areas of technical production and familiar with all production
equipment, both standard and high definition including file based workflow,
tape, drive and memory based video technology, production switchers, routers,
cameras, RTS intercoms, and transmission equipment.
- Must have a strong,
working knowledge of television systems engineering. Additionally, knowledge
of the integration of complex broadcast television systems and can
troubleshoot computer based broadcast equipment.
- In-depth knowledge of
video encoding standards such as MPEG, H.26X and others is a plus.
- Detailed understanding
of IT networking and systems, firewalls, fiber-optics, MPEG, SAN and RAID
based systems, TCP/IP, DNS, and SNMP.
- Used and deployed
Evertz terminal equipment: audio embedders, time code generation, EXQ routers
and VIP systems.
- Hands on experience
with TAC & SMPTE fiber deployment.
- Experience with
servicing, customizing and deploying fiber systems like the Multidyne
Silverback system.
- Familiar with location
comms & audio mixing systems. Calrec, ClearCom, RTX, Studer &
SoundCraft.
- Able to directly
support and interface with producers, TD’s, A1’s and network operation
managers.
- Able to visually
identify video signal issues, noise, compression artifacts, sensor base
issues, quantization errors, aliasing, etc.
- Experience with 4K
cameras and 4K broadcast infrastructure a major plus.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD
and Visio is a strong plus.
- Ability to support
others in the process of video streaming during live events.
- Able to succeed in high
pressure live production environment with multiple stakeholders.
- Must perform job duties
with little to no supervision while remote.
- Excellent
troubleshooting skills while under time and resource constraints with strong
prioritization and triage skills.
- Experience in 360° or Immersive experiences a bonus
- Bachelor or Associates
Degree or equivalent broadcasting experience.
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