Senior MCR Operator

Hogarth; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private Medical Care

Life Assurance – four times annual salary

Pension Scheme

Job summary

A leading content production company in London is seeking a Senior MCR Operator. This role involves managing technical productions, ensuring high quality for various media outputs. Ideal candidates should have experience in post-production facilities, strong QC knowledge, and skills in relevant software. Offering a hybrid working model and an attractive benefits package including private medical care and life assurance.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an MCR capacity in a post-production facility or agency.
• Strong knowledge of broadcast QC and delivery specifications.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Ingest, QC & delivery of content for various platforms.
• Liaise with production and post to manage upcoming workflows.
• Assist Editors with syncing footage.

Skills

Broadcast QC

Delivery specifications

Compression

Codecs

Premiere

After Effects

Photoshop

Davinci Resolve

Time management

Problem-solving

Job description

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Hogarth is the Global Content Production Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with top brands worldwide and offers production and technology capabilities across channels and media.

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities.

Hybrid working model

We have adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

What does a Senior MCR Operator do at Hogarth?

This role requires understanding all technological aspects of the production chain, from consultation, camera origination, to transfers and data integrity, with a focus on QC and delivery. The operator liaises between production and post teams to ensure processes and workflows are followed, delivering work efficiently to the highest standard.

Responsibilities

• Ingest, QC & delivery of content for broadcast, cinema, social and digital platforms
• Liaise with production and post to manage upcoming workflows (rushes from shoots, edit preps, conforms, project collects)
• Assist Editors with tasks such as syncing footage/audio for offline edit
• Encode/Transcode files to specification
• Scope, waveform & audio monitoring
• QC of supplied edit and graphics projects to determine suitability for production
• Create standards conversions using Alchemist
• Overall responsibility for the technical quality of files created for distribution
• Manage the life cycle of assets from ingestion to archiving; help curate physical media/drive library on the production server

Ensure our global way of working is followed and a high level of output is maintained.

Reporting lines and key stakeholders

The Senior MCR Operator supports the Head of MCR and MCR Supervisor in all operations within the MCR department across Creative Content and Adaption.

Requirements

• Previous experience in an MCR capacity in a post-production facility and/or agency
• Strong knowledge of broadcast QC, delivery specifications and DAM/MAM solutions
• Excellent understanding and experience with compression, codecs, formats and deliverables
• Excellent knowledge of social platforms from creative best practice to latest formats and specs
• Working knowledge of Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop
• Working knowledge of Davinci Resolve for prepping assets for edit and grade
• Attention to detail and strong organisational skills
• Understanding of camera codecs, rushes ingest and workflow
• On-set experience as a DIT is an advantage
• Ability to adapt to new methods and technologies, including AI and automation
• Excellent time management and multitasking abilities
• Positive problem-solving attitude and ability to work under tight deadlines
• Ability to support junior team members as required
• Willingness to work on a shift rotation and occasional out-of-hours/on-location support

The Package

• 25 days holiday
• Private Medical Care (Bupa)
• Life Assurance – four times annual salary
• Pension Scheme – Company contribution matched as detailed

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Advertising, Production, and Marketing

Industries

• Media Production, Broadcast Media Production and Distribution, Advertising Services