Feeds Technician - New York, United States - Newsmax Media

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    Core Duties and Responsibilities:

    • Facilitate technical & logistical traffic to support live news shows and recorded productions
    • Support editorial & production staff on use of studio and control room technology
    • Support engineering team in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of the technical equipment
    • Maintain a remote studios database
    • Book remote studios, satellite trucks, and personal studios for remote productions, recordings, and live to air shots
    • Assign, establish, and coordinate all IFB and PL lines
    • Ensuring Newsmax technical quality standards are being met
    • Perform other duties as assigned.

    Position Requirements:

    • Bachelor's degree
    • Technical acumen and aptitude with strong communications and diplomacy skills
    • Expert understanding of studio and remote production equipment
    • Experience in broadcast transmission-based operations support across IP, fiber and satellite services preferred
    • Knowledge and ability to setup multiple live shots over cloud-based technology like Skype and Zoom and their advanced audio and video settings as well as online platform management tools, smartphone applications including Newtek's TalkShow VS4000
    • Experience with bonded cellular service providers such as LiveU, Dejero and TVU
    • Understanding of audio and video routing, audio manipulation and color correction and broadcast quality assurance standards that are practiced routinely
    • Solutions-based, team player who can effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders in multiple areas
    • Ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently and work on deadline in a high pressure, 24/7 news environment
    • Professional appearance