Media Tech BA: Post-Production Transformation

Xcede; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcede in London is seeking an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in media technology and post-production workflows to join a major UK broadcaster and global content business.

You will analyse current processes, collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Engineers, Production teams and operational stakeholders to shape future workflows, including cloud-based workflows and AI technologies, and define future operating models for post-production and media asset management.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience as a Business Analyst or similar role.
• Experience in media production, broadcast, entertainment or post-production environments.
• Strong understanding of media asset management and post-production workflows.
• Familiarity with video/audio ingest, transcoding, editing, delivery and archiving.
• Strong business process analysis and requirements gathering skills.
• Experience facilitating workshops and engaging stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to turn complex information into clear, actionable requirements.
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria, ideally using Gherkin syntax.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and prioritisation frameworks (MoSCoW, RICE, WSJF).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and document current media and post-production processes, workflows and tooling.
• Identify pain points, inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement.
• Produce process maps, stakeholder analysis, data flows and other BA deliverables.
• Gather, define and prioritise functional and non-functional requirements.
• Write clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Support testing to ensure solutions meet user and business requirements.
• Work with Product Managers and project teams to prioritise ongoing change.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency across the wider production environment.
• Support the development of future target operating models for post-production and media asset management.
• Explore opportunities around cloud-based workflows and AI technologies.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across technology, production and operations.

Skills

Business Analysis

Media Technology

Post-production workflows

Stakeholder Engagement

Gherkin syntax

Agile Methodologies

Requirements Gathering

Job description

Xcede in London is seeking an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in media technology and post-production workflows to join a major UK broadcaster and global content business.

You will analyse current processes, collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Engineers, Production teams and operational stakeholders to shape future workflows, including cloud-based workflows and AI technologies, and define future operating models for post-production and media asset management.