Global Media Operations Lead — Archives & Workflows

Paramount Pictures; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles is seeking a Media Operations Senior Manager to own end-to-end media infrastructure, access, and workflow decisions supporting high-volume, multi-brand production across Paramount's global ecosystem.

Based in LA, you will set and enforce storage and archive policy, provisions and secures editorial and production access, and coordinate with production, editorial, engineering, content security, and network stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in media management, post-production operations, or media infrastructure/IT roles supporting production, with prior coordinator-level experience preferred
• Demonstrated experience managing storage systems, Active Directory security groups, and access provisioning in a production or enterprise media environment
• Strong working knowledge of editorial workflows, media formats/codecs, and professional editing platforms (Avid, Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve)
• Experience with cloud storage platforms (AWS, Azure, OCI), enterprise file transfer systems (Signiant/Media Shuttle, Aspera), and MAM/DAM or archive systems
• Basic understanding of live and near-live production and streaming ingest workflows
• Ability to make and own operational decisions for the betterment of clients, balancing the team's ability to support those decisions
• Strong cross-functional communication skills, with experience supporting multiple brands, productions, and stakeholder groups simultaneously
• Willingness to travel and support on-site production workflows as needed, including off-hours coverage
• Experience managing a team

Responsibilities

• Storage and archive strategy for on-premises storage and cloud environments, including capacity planning and coordination of data migrations
• Audit and secure access to media environments; determine restricted vs open access for users
• Set up and support live and near-live production and streaming workflows and troubleshoot encoding and routing with engineering
• Coordinate media transfer, transit, and delivery workflows across internal teams and external vendors/post houses using enterprise tools
• Manage relationships with media technology vendors, including feature evaluation and usage guidance for shared services and tools
• Serve as the first point of contact for cross-brand client groups for media needs, archive/retrieval, and workflow troubleshooting
• Maintain and audit reference data supporting media operations, such as personnel/location directories and workflow documentation
• Manage a team of media coordinators, including scheduling, time-off and overtime approvals, training, and client communication

Skills

Media management

Post-production operations

Media infrastructure

Storage systems

Active Directory

Access provisioning

Editorial workflows

Media formats/codecs

Editing platforms

Avid

Adobe Premiere

DaVinci Resolve

Tools

Signiant/Media Shuttle

Aspera

AWS

Azure

OCI

Job description

Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles is seeking a Media Operations Senior Manager to own end-to-end media infrastructure, access, and workflow decisions supporting high-volume, multi-brand production across Paramount's global ecosystem.

Based in LA, you will set and enforce storage and archive policy, provisions and secures editorial and production access, and coordinate with production, editorial, engineering, content security, and network stakeholders.