Trailers Technical Operations Manager [C5213]

SEARCHLIGHT; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative agency is seeking a Trailers Technical Operations Manager responsible for managing film trailer launches. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge in technical operations and be confident with Clipster DCP encoding software, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Media Encoder. Team management experience is a plus. This role involves localising trailers, finalising AV content, and overseeing a small team. Join us to play a key role in delivering high-quality content.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of end to end technical operations for trailer launches.
• Experience with ingest, finishing, and creating localised versions.
• Confident in final file production including DCP creation.

Responsibilities

• Manage end to end operations for film trailer launches.
• Localise trailers including graphics insertion, subtitling, and audio layback.
• Finalise localised AV content for international distribution.
• Encode and transcode files to various formats.
• Be the main technical point of contact for studio accounts.
• Manage team resources and workloads.

Skills

Clipster DCP encoding software

Adobe Premiere Pro

Media Encoder

Job description

Overview

Experience using Clipster DCP encoding software, Adobe Premiere Pro and Media Encoder is essential.

COMPANY

Our Client is a creative agency which creates, manages and distributes localised content worldwide.

Role

As a Trailers Technical Operations Manager, you will manage end to end operations for film trailer launches and oversee a small team.

Responsibilities

• Localisation of trailers– graphics insertion, subtitling and dubbed audio layback.
• Finalise localised AV content for international distribution.
• Encode and transcode files to various broadcast and online formats.
• Execute standards and frame rate conversions.
• Upload and download content to and from various Digital Asset Management
• Be the main technical point of contact for your assigned studio account.
• Manage resourcing, workloads and holiday approvals.
• Set clear objectives and provide feedback for your team during reviews.
• Liaise with account and shift managers to allocate resources effectively.
• Work with the client services account manager to plan workloads and prepare for upcoming campaigns.

The Person

You should have strong knowledge of end to end technical operations for trailer launches (ingest, finishing/creating localised versions, final file production including DCP creation)

It is essential that you are confident using Clipster DCP encoding software, Adobe Premiere Pro and Media Encoder.

Team management experience would a plus.

What to Expect

• Searchlight only advertises active roles
• Your details will be sent directly to the Consultant who is handling this role
• We aim to respond to candidates within 14 days.

If this role isn’t quite right, but you would like us to have your CV on file, please send it to sroffice at searchlight.global

Searchlight strives to promote equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

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