
Technical Coordinator London, England
Job description
About The Role
Reporting to the Production Manager, and working closely with our ingest team, producers, sound and video editors, the Technical Coordinator will play a vital role within Acamar’s production team, taking responsibility for coordinating the global post-production process as well as acting as the day-to-day liaison point.
The successful candidate must be a collaborative team player who is willing to roll up their sleeves and support the business as it continues its rapid expansion and growth.
What you’ll do
- Assist with technical deliveries and ingest of Acamar produced content between departments.
- Working directly across post production with project management in mind.
- Work with external post-production houses overseeing QC and ingest.
- Ensure all technical specifications are strictly adhered to
- Ensure that existing digital production assets (Audio and Video) are labelled and catalogued appropriately.
- Manage and maintain the Vimeo platform.
- Ensuring security guidelines are always followed, and assets are protected.
- Provide comprehensive administrative support by carefully managing the tracking, scheduling and archiving of all digital assets to meet deliverables deadlines.
What you’ll bring
- An efficient and logical approach to file storage, movement and management.
- In-depth knowledge of industry-standard media file formats (primarily video & audio).
- Meticulous attention to detail, and a keen eye for spotting and flagging anomalies, whilst offering solutions
- Have extensive knowledge of the post-production workflow and knowledge of the series animation process.
- A proactive approach, that is solutions focused - making suggestions for improvements where necessary and understanding when to draw on support, where appropriate
- Well organised, inquisitive, & punctual individual.
- A strong team player, who is also able to work independently and make effective, calculated decisions.
- Approachable, open-minded, and willing to learn new skills.
- Agility and adaptability to change and able to remain calm under pressure.
- Excellent communicator, both verbally and written.
- Strong multitasker – ability to track and work across multiple orders, simultaneously with great time management skills.
- The ability to take instruction and provide clear and regular progress reports to multiple departments.
Essential Skills
- Previous experience (2+ years) in a media ingesting role or a post-production company
- In depth knowledge of video file formats.
- In depth knowledge of audio file formats.
- Working knowledge of quality control of broadcast content.
- Strong IT skills; an ability to troubleshoot software & hardware issues
- Extensive knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, as well as some familiarity with DaVinci Resolve.
- Proficiency with tools such as Google Sheets/Google Docs, and experience with resource/project management software such as Forecast/Harvest, AirTable, or equivalent
Most importantly, the most qualified candidate will be strongly aligned with Acamar core values, which include: Collaboration, creativity, curiosity, diversity, and kindness.
