Mastering Technician

**About the Company**

Premiere Digital Services (PDS) is a trusted media services and software solutions partner for content owners, video distributors, digital retailers, broadcasters, subscription video, and ad-supported platforms. We simplify the complexities of content distribution, supply chain, and digital storefront management and provide flexible B2B technical SaaS solutions and managed services for media assets. As a leader in cloud-based digital asset delivery and content optimization solutions for clients in the growing Media & Entertainment industry, Premiere brings to life the quality of film and television, transporting to the hands of millions around the globe. Through the magic of media services, we are a rising thought leader providing innovative, smart tools and intelligent operations as an essential business in media entertainment. Together with industry leaders like Google, Apple, NBC Universal, Microsoft, Disney, Warner Brothers and more, we work to revolutionize media delivery at the forefront of entertainment technology and software services.

**About the Role**

The Mastering Technician is responsible for QC’ing and correcting the digital files of studio clients in preparation for their digital release.

**Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions**)***:
**Responsibilities**:

- Performing edits on Episodes, Features, Trailer, and Trailer Clip based on QC notes and create an error free output for digital distribution.
- Thoroughly update portal when titles are in process, rejected, or ready for Finalization.
- Reviews the QC reports and assesses the problems noted by the QC team. Repair issues and finalize the content to ensure it matches our master file specifications.
- Conduct video compliance for various territories and ensure censorships and statutory warning are followed.
- Various degrees of edit & conformance matching the content and audience.
- Generating local proxies for conformance.
- Various types of Conversions HD to SD, UHD to HD.
- Sync external audio to deliverable Final file.
- Mezzanine creation.
- Making a Texted file Textless using Textless material.
- Syncing Closed Captions and Subtitles to the deliverable Final files on Mac Caption/ Ooona/ EZ title/ Subtitle Edit.
- Providing XML or.Mov to create a subbed or dubbed files.
- Working on various language subtitles and exporting them with the right language codes as per territory requirement.
- Knowledge of working on various text formats like itt, srt, scc, vtt, stl, ttml, dfxp, etc.
- Perform complex conformance on challenging text assets.
- Thoroughly update portal when titles are in process, rejected, or conformed.
- Reviews the QC reports and fixing the subtitles as per guidance.
- Editing text content as per compliance review for various territories and ensure censorships rules are followed.
- Various degrees of conformance matching the content and audience.

**Required Skills**:

- Experience with Premiere Pro, thorough understanding of frame rates, both progressive and interlaced, as well as field cadence and processing terminology like telecine and inverse telecine.
- Well versed with Industry standards Terminologies.
- Understanding of video compressions and conversion methods (Apple ProRes vs H.264 vs DVCPRO HD etc.)
- Basic Experience with Pro Tools, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Studio,
- Good knowledge of QuickTime Pro, Switch and Microsoft Office.
- Any transcoding and encoding background is a plus.
- Experience in Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision would be a bonus.
- Proficient with both Mac and PC operating systems.
- Experience on Mac Caption, Ooona, Subtitle Edit, EZ title, thorough understanding of frame rates, conversions, encoding text to UTF-8,
- Well versed with Industry standards Terminologies.
- Good knowledge of QuickTime Pro, Switch and Microsoft Office.
- Any transcoding and encoding background are a plus.
- Proficient with both Mac and PC operating systems.
- Strong communication skills and attention to detail.

**Qualifications**:
**Education**: Any Degree

**Experience**:

- Minimum 2-4 years’ experience in working in digital media operations and entertainment
- Experience with Quality Check of digital assets.

** NO PHONE CALLS, OUTSIDE AGENCIES OR RECRUITERS**

**Equal Opportunity Employer