Department/Area of Business: Global Media Operations
Contract: Permanent
About Fremantle
Join the place creatives call home!
Fremantle is a powerhouse of the TV and Film industry. We're one of the world's largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of Entertainment, Drama & Film and Documentaries.
From critically acclaimed dramas like The Responder, starring Martin Freeman, award winning films including Paolo Sorrentino's Oscar nominated The Hand of God to incredible entertainment like The Rap Game, Too Hot to Handle, The Apprentice and Britain's Got Talent, we make shows with global appeal.
Our Purpose
We aspire to tell stories that connect people around the world. We believe our shows should reflect and celebrate the world we live in and we want to create irresistible entertainment and engage with our audience. To achieve this, we must have people from all backgrounds and cultures working in our teams and on our shows, and we commit to creating opportunities for talent by being inclusive in all that we do.
Overall Purpose of the Role
The Content Operations Coordinator will have total responsibility for the receipt and operational processing of materials, associated elements and metadata from a wide range of suppliers internally and externally. They will ensure that all elements of the content and ancillary data are ready for onward delivery. Working alongside other Content Operations teams for storage ingress and further version creation, to ensure that each version or subsequent element of a programme, adheres to the Fremantle requirements and is processed to deadline. The role will involve ensuring multiple internal software tracking and material management systems are populated with relevant data and suppliers can deliver files. This role requires daily global liaison with multiple teams across the business and external entities. They are responsible for troubleshooting any material or workflow challenges.
Main Objectives of the Role
- Working within Media Supply Chain architecture to process materials.
- Maintaining live system records, keeping these accurate and up to date.
- Ensuring materials are delivered to contract and spec and exceptions managed appropriately
- Booking required edits with post houses and managing timelines for these
- Effectively hitting all deadlines for delivery, dispatch and return of materials.
- Prioritising tasks around 'live show' deliveries if needed outside of normal working hours.
- Highlighting any legacy issues in advance and managing transfer of catalogue delivery schedules alongside the MAM team.
- Troubleshooting any late running files, daily communication with edit houses and localisation operations as well as internal clients depending on impact.
- Updating tools with metadata and documentation
- Elevated level of both internal and external communication.
- Ad hoc tasks to co-ordinate material support for campaigns, launches and colleague cover.
Knowledge and Skills
- Some experience of the Media Industry and in content operations
- Computer literate, previous use of Media Supply Chain systems
- Excellent organisational/administrative skills
- Attention to detail is essential
- The ability to effectively manage many different projects and clients simultaneously, prioritising as necessary.
- Excellent people and interpersonal skills, good team player.
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to different demands.
- Excellent problem solving skills.
- Initiative, proactivity, and motivation.
- Language skills would be an advantage.
Responsibility for Resources
- Media Supply Chain application(s) use
- Internal Edit/Post House - Work Order Management
Fremantle is part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, content and digital, itself a division of the international media giant Bertelsmann.
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