Senior Media Manager

The Film Market; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Tennis Channel is seeking an experienced Senior Media Manager in Santa Monica, CA to lead the acquisition, organization, and distribution of media assets across all platforms. This onsite role guides a team of media managers and drives cloud-native workflow adoption, ensuring seamless collaboration across production, post, marketing, and external partners.

The role requires strong experience with Avid tools and cloud migrations, plus expertise in codecs, Signiant, Telestream, and other MAM

Qualifications

• 7 years in media asset management or related field.
• Strong experience with cloud production/post workflows and cloud migration.
• Expert-level proficiency with Avid tools: Interplay, Media Composer, Nexis, Fast Serve, Media Central UX.
• Avid Interplay administrator experience.
• Ability to work onsite in Santa Monica, California to maintain physical inventory of drives, LTO tapes, and troubleshoot NLE hardware.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Experience with MAM systems (e.g., Mimir), Telestream, Kumulate, and Signiant.
• Deep knowledge of codecs, wrappers, and transcode workflows.
• Experience in sports media is a plus; knowledge of tennis and pickleball is a bonus!

Responsibilities

• Lead acquisition, organization, and distribution of media assets across platforms both physical and digital.
• Set examples for a team of media managers and champion best practices.
• Help shape the future of media supply chains, including cloud-native workflows.
• Collaborate with production, post-production, marketing, digital, and external partners.

Skills

Media asset management

Cloud production workflows

Team leadership

Tools

Avid Interplay

Media Composer

Nexis

Fast Serve

Media Central UX

Telestream

Kumulate

Signiant

Job description

Tennis Channel is seeking an experienced Senior Media Manager to lead the acquisition, organization, and distribution of our media assets across all platforms both physical and digital. This role is central to our media operations, ensuring content flows seamlessly between production, post-production, marketing, digital, and external partners.

As the Senior Media Manager, you'll set the example for a team of media managers, champion best practices, and help shape the future of our media supply chain-including the transition to cloud-native workflows. If you're highly organized, tech-savvy, and passionate about media systems, this is for you.

This role is onsite and based in Santa Monica, CA.

Senior Media Manager

Role Type

Full-time

Requirements

• 7 years in media asset management or related field
• Strong experience with cloud production/post workflows and cloud migration
• Expert-level proficiency with Avid tools: Interplay, Media Composer, Nexis, Fast Serve, Media Central UX, etc
• Avid Interplay administrator experience
• Ability to work onsite in Santa Monica, California to maintain physical inventory of drives, LTO tapes, and trouble shoot NLE physical hardware
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud
• Experience with MAM systems (e.g., Mimir), Telestream, Kumulate, and Signiant
• Deep knowledge of codecs, wrappers, and transcode workflows
• Experience in sports media is a plus; knowledge of tennis and pickleball, is a bonus!

Compensation: $70,000 - $87,000 /year USD