Digital Media Specialist

This is a Freelance Job

Freelance Digital Media Specialist (Temporary)

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Company Overview

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We're home to the world's best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

The Job

The Freelance Digital Media Specialist is an entry level position within Warner Media Studios geared towards building upon the foundations of a career in post-production and asset management. This position is designed for craftspeople and technically minded persons who have a passion for post-production, asset-management, media workflows, and a driving desire to succeed in the media industry.

This candidate needs to have previous experience with the fundamentals of post-production, such as general media workflows, preparing media for edit sessions, and preparing assets for delivery and archive. The core focus of this job is to strengthen technical support skills, including asset and project management, while gaining essential experience to further develop understanding of network branding and workflows.

The Daily

As a Freelance DMS, you will provide media support by:
• Organizing, transcoding, and transferring media for editorial sessions (e.g. films, episodes, and dailies to and from library, shoot footage, game footage, sports selects etc.)
• Ingesting media into asset and project management systems complete with extensive metadata tagging
• Communicating with network and editorial partners, including linear, streaming, and social, around their media needs
• Organizing, managing user permissions, and managing assets inside our asset management systems
• Archiving and retrieving content per the needs of edit, audio, and design/VFX teams

The Essentials
• Intermediate experience in Adobe Premiere (or similar NLE) and/or After Effects
• Very familiar with asset and project management processes
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Thorough understanding of media workflows, file transcoding, and post-production processes
• Must be able to perform under very tight deadlines
• Must be self-motivated, intuitive, and take initiative
• Excellent customer service skills, solid interpersonal skills, strong communicator, high attention to detail, meticulous organizational skills, excellent time management skills
• Knowledge and appreciation of the WarnerMedia brand
• Previous post-production television experience preferred

WarnerMedia, LLC and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and E-Verify users. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

The Perks
• Exclusive WarnerMedia events and advance screenings
• Paid time off every year to volunteer for eligible employees
• Access to well-being tools, resources, and freebies
• Access to in-house learning and development resources
• Part of the WarnerMedia family of powerhouse brands

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.