Operations & Asset Manager

Radial Entertainment; California; Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with match

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Hybrid work

Job summary

Radial Entertainment is seeking an Operations & Asset Manager to join the Creative Services team in a hybrid role based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. You will own intake, prioritization, capacity planning, and timelines for creative workflows, and lead the department's MAM administration and metadata governance.

You will manage asset ingestion, QC, metadata, archiving, and delivery across print, digital, and AV.

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years in creative operations or traffic coordination
• Hands-on experience using a MAM/DAM system
• Proficient with project management software & office tools
• Knowledge of design/video production tools and asset specs
• Familiarity with marketing legal requirements
• Strong communication and diplomacy
• Excellent organization and attention to detail
• Self-starter with independent workload management

Responsibilities

• Traffic and project management for Creative Services
• Manage daily workflow; prioritize with VP when demand exceeds capacity
• Set milestones against release slate and partner requests
• Maintain workflow systems and report on volume, turnaround, and capacity
• Oversee MAM metadata governance and asset ingestion
• Ensure assets are linked to rights data and flag issues
• Document procedures and evaluate new tools and automation

Skills

Creative operations

Traffic coordination

Project management

Communication

Tools

MAM/DAM system

Project management software

Office productivity tools

Job description

Radial Entertainment is a global entertainment company, formed through the merger of Shout! Studios and FilmRise, backed by Oaktree Capital Management. Radial boasts a diverse library of over 70,000 movies and episodes, making it the largest independent catalog in the industry. The company delivers high-quality entertainment to all major consumer platforms including FAST channels, AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, physical product, theatrical film and more. Its programming spans a wide range of genres, including true crime, reality, animation, action, westerns, horror, award-winners, cult classics, creator content, and more. Radial is the pre-eminent, purpose-built independent distributor for the streaming era.

We are seeking an Operations & Asset Manager to join Radial Entertainment's Creative Services team. This role is the operational backbone of the department and carries two mandates. The first is traffic and project management: owning the front door of the department, including intake, prioritization, capacity planning, and timelines for creative workflow. The second is Media Asset Management (MAM) for Creative Services: the ingest, quality control, metadata, archive, and delivery of all incoming, outgoing, and archived marketing materials across print, digital, and audio/visual. This role will lead the department's administration of the new MAM system and metadata, and will hold file discipline across the team until the system officially launches company-wide. The Operations & Asset Manager is expected to hold the standard consistently, including returning work that isn't ready, while keeping thecreative team supported and productive.

Department: Operations

Reports to: Vice President, Creative Services

Exemption Status: Exempt

Pay Rate: $70,500k - $85,000k if annualized DOE

Paid Time Off: Holidays, Vacation, Paid Sick Leave, Personal Days

Compensation: Full benefits package including 401(K) with match, medical, dental, vision, and more

Work Location: Hybrid, must reside in Los Angeles Metropolitan area

Key Responsibilities:

Traffic and Project Management

• Serve as the point of entry for creative work; confirm each brief is complete, scoped, and prioritized before it is assigned.
• Manage daily Creative Services' workflow, and recommend priority calls to the VP when demand exceeds capacity.
• Set and enforce Creative Services' milestones against Radial's release slate as well as platform and partner requests.
• Own Creative Services workflow systems day-to-day (work orders, routing, status tracking) and report on volume, turnaround, on-time delivery and capacity - tracking title and project status, chasing missing information, and managing stakeholder expectations.

Media Asset Management and Metadata Governance

• Serve as the Creative Services' administrator of the MAM as it pertains to the department's asset management.
• Enforce the standardized metadata schema, keyword framework, file-naming convention, and folder structure across print, digital, and audio/visual assets as they flow through Creative Services.
• Own the asset-ingest protocol for all finished marketing materials coming into the department, internal or external (agencies, vendors, international licensors): a single landing zone, QC against a defined checklist (specs, required legal elements, version control), return of failed assets with notes, and ingest of approved assets with required metadata.
• Confirm archived assets are connected to rights data in the company's rights management system, and flag missing, unclear, or restricted rights to the appropriate rights or legal contact before assets are released for use.
• Document procedures for intake, QC, ingest, and delivery, and evaluate and pilot new tools and automation as the department's needs evolve.

Qualifications

• 4-6+ years of experience in creative operations, creative production management, or traffic coordination within a high-volume agency or in-house creative team.
• Hands-on experience using a Media Asset Management (MAM) or Digital Asset Management (DAM) system.
• Proficiency with project management and work-order software and standard office productivity tools.
• Working knowledge of industry-standard design and video production tools and their outputs, and of asset formats and specs across print, digital, and audio/visual.
• Working knowledge of legal requirements on marketing materials, such as billing blocks, copyright notices, ratings, and licensor approvals; this is not a legal role and does not require contract interpretation.
• Strong communication and diplomacy; able to hold firm boundaries with stakeholders while keeping the creative team supported and productive.
• Sharp attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to adjust priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter who owns a full workload independently with minimal oversight.

Preferred:

• Experience in entertainment, home entertainment, or content distribution, with an understanding of creative teams and workflows.
• Understanding of video production asset structures and visual specs (camera codecs, proxies, audio tracks, file resolution/specs) and their storage impact.
• Familiarity with rights management concepts (territory, term, usage restrictions) and rights management systems.
• A passion for television and film and a desire to explore technology and tools.

**Radial Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.