Data I/o Operator - London, United Kingdom - Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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_Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here._

_ Welcome to Warner Bros. Discoverythe stuff dreams are made of._

Who We Are


When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth.

Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the _storytellers_ bringing our characters to life, the_ creators_ bringing them to your living rooms and the _dreamers_ creating what's next


From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves.

Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Our studios are considered one of the foremost motion picture and television production and post-production facilities in the world. They inform, engage, and transport audiences to new worlds.

The key to that lies with our Studio Operations group, which includes areas like soundstage/backlot set rentals, events, design, culinary, construction, landscaping and much more.

Whether it's hosting an unforgettable studio tour, creating an optimal workspace, or equipping talent to tell the best stories, these teams lay the foundation for the memorable experiences we provide.


Your New Role


Data I/O facilitates all digital and physical media deliveries between clients, internal systems and storage volumes and works directly with engineering and operations.

The Data I/O Operator is responsible for reading and writing of data to various media formats. The Data I/O Operator will be handling data and content throughout the building, across multiple platforms and equipment configurations.

This role is a key coordinator of the flow of content and data in, out and throughout the building and coordinating data movement and storage usage across multiple storage volumes, providing data backup for operations activities and other duties as required.


Your Role Accountabilities

  • Provide prompt and secure handling of all material received and sent from the facility.
  • Log, track, QC, and communicate with production teams after receiving delivery materials.
  • Expedite work orders for both picture and audio departments.
  • Ensuring media management and archiving protocols and procedures are adhered to.
  • Digital file transmission using Aspera Faspex and ASCP programmes, Signiant, etc.
  • Managing of disk space within the storage environment for a large scale postproduction facility.
  • Develop scripts and/or programmes to automate operations and simplify processes.
  • File manipulation including renaming and renumbering metadata information.
  • Interact directly with client facing personnel to establish scope of data work required and to architect an appropriate workflow for each production.
  • Enforce retention policies; monitor storage volumes to prolong disk health.
  • Work directly with the engineering department to troubleshoot and remedy equipment issues.
  • Adhere to established and approved in house workflows for requesting, creating, editing, publishing, and archiving content.
  • Check the integrity of all incoming and outgoing video and audio signals and monitoring the performance of operational systems.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Working knowledge of Mac OS, Linux, Unix and Windows for mounting of drives, formatting and encryption read/write.
  • Ability to use standard Unix commands for file system hierarchy and navigating online, launching command line scripts, naming conventions and file permissions.
  • Knowledge of Baselight, Flame, Adobe Creative Cloud, AVID, Pro tools, Clipster, Transkoder and various standard postproduction systems and platforms.
  • Good working knowledge of digital cinema workflow, camera types and formats, codec's, framerates, colour spaces and industry standard deliverable formats.
  • Ability to recognise different file formats/image size resolutions for file processing and quality control.
  • Must learn quickly and have a keen eye for detail, the ability to problem solve, multitask and work well in high pressure environment.
  • Work a flexible schedule; weekend and evening shifts are possible.
  • Good level of knowledge of all delivery formats is essential for this role as is a good understanding of the postproduction process & technical requirements for international delivery.
  • Maintain data integrity and standards compliance checks using inhouse and thirdparty tools.
  • Excellent working knowledge of Aspera and other secure file transfer networks and platforms.
  • Technical and data support and tracking with a full understanding of tapeless workflows.
  • Must have experience with EDL's, OMF/AAF's, various QuickTime codecs, etc.
  • Good working knowledge of digitising, transcoding, logging, syncing and grouping.
  • Experience as an Assistant Editor and/or Media Operator.
  • Exposure to pr
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