Master Control Operator

Dougall Media; Northwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free event tickets

Staff celebrations

Staff development

Job summary

Dougall Media, Thunder Bay’s locally owned broadcast and multimedia company, seeks a full-time Master Control Operator for the On-Air Operations team. The role focuses on frontline quality control and ensuring signal integrity across CKPR Television and Global Thunder Bay.

Live news production and affiliate communications are part of the duties. The ideal candidate will manage live system switches, monitor feeds, and resolve outages while supporting a diverse, inclusive workplace culture and

Qualifications

• Excellent multitasking and great attention to detail.
• Ability to work as an integral team member across on-air operations.
• Ingest of in-house commercials and programming to servers for playout.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high level of On-Air quality.
• Continuously monitor audio, video, captioning, graphics, and descriptive video on feeds.
• Troubleshoot outages with third party clients and BDUs.
• Ensure content aligns with scheduling and promos.

Skills

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Team player

Ingest of in-house content

Verbal and written communication

Tools

Broadcast servers

Playout system

Job description

Dougall Media, Thunder Bay’s only locally owned broadcast and multimedia company, has an opening in our On-Air Operations team for a full-time Master Control Operator.

Do you have the eye and quick reflexes to be frontline quality control? Dougall Media provides a healthy work/life balance in a supportive and inclusive corporate culture. Working with Dougall Media, you will receive unique employee perks such as free event tickets, staff celebrations, and staff development.

The Master Control Operator is tasked with following a traffic log to put programming and commercials on air, for both CKPR Television and Global Thunder Bay. This position will be responsible for signal quality to ensure video, audio, closed captioning, and descriptive video are correct and present. Communication with affiliates during live sporting events, and production of live News will also be required.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain a high level of On-Air quality;
• Continuous monitoring of audio, video, captioning, graphics, and descriptive video on both domestic and national feeds;
• Troubleshoot and respond to third party clients, BDUs on outages;
• Ensure programming, promotional and commercial content are consistent with scheduling;
• Perform any live system switches as required; department on-air discrepancy reporting and follow-up;
• Ability to work all shifts including weekend and night shifts;
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements for this position:

• Excellent multitasking skills and great attention to detail;
• Ability to work as an integral team member for both on-air operations and other departments in television;
• Ingest of in-house commercials and programming to servers for playout;
• Excellent verbal and written skills.

Dougall Media is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals including women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Dougall Media is committed to an environment of open access to employment opportunities. Accommodations are available for all applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. Should an applicant require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources at [phone].

We thank you for your interest in working with Dougall Media, however, only those selected for an interview will be notified.