QC Technician

Company:

Pixelogic Media Partners, LLC provides technology solutions to the entertainment industry. We are responsible for helping Hollywood Studios and content owners to get their content to global audiences by providing all language services including scripting, subtitling, access services and dubbing. Our products and services span the digital spectrum, from enhanced extras packages promoting digital purchase to physical disc authoring.

Our clients include major Hollywood studios and dozens of independent studios. To date, we’ve delivered thousands of titles to iTunes, Google, Netflix, Amazon, and others. We’ve created a large percentage of iTunes Extras titles available on the App Store, developed the specification of and delivered the first Cross-Platform Extras titles, authored more than eight-thousand DVDs, two-thousand Blu-rays, as well as award-winning tablet and mobile apps.

Experience start-up momentum with us and be part of building innovative solutions to service our clients in the entertainment industry with their media distribution needs. Join us if you’re passionate about entertainment, innovation and customer service excellence!

Job Description:

To support our Digital Cinema department, we are seeking swing-shift and graveyard shift QC Technicians who can fulfill the responsibility of linear QC for Digital Cinema Package (DCP) in a theatrical and/or production suite environment, while ensuring that all security protocols are followed when dealing with sensitive material.

The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of DCP including image, audio, accessibility and immersive elements. They should have knowledge and experience with Digital Cinema playback servers, audio, captioning, motion devices and other equipment required to carry out the QC workflows. In addition, QC experience with other formats and media including IMP, video, discs are pluses.

They should be highly motivated, possess a flexible attitude, keen eye for details and a highly effective communicator especially with clients. They should also able to work as part of a team that deals with changing priorities and workloads.

We are hiring for Swing Shift

Friday - Monday: 1:00pm - 11:30pm

3:00pm - 1:30am

Hourly Rate: $23 - $25/hr

Responsibilities:

 Perform theatrical QC services

 Perform QC on other materials such as sources from clients (for example DCDM, DSM, video, audio on workstations such as DVS Clipster, Resolve, Colorfront’s Transkoder etc)

 Perform the above QC internally or/and with clients

 Manage client engagements in the theaters where appropriate

 Ingest materials via physical media or electronic transmission to playback servers or devices such as Dolby IMS2000, GDC, Doremi etc

 Create detailed QC reports

 Follow internal as well as client specific security protocols

 Must be willing to work weekends, holidays and past their normal scheduled shift if needed

 Create stereography maps for foreign language versioning

 Other related tasks as assigned to fulfill responsibilities

Qualifications:

 Experience in QC workflows within a theatrical environment

 Excellent knowledge and understanding of media including audio, video, subtitles and other immersive elements such as 3D, ATMOS, DTSX, D-Box etc

 Requires accurate and methodical approach to QC. A very detailed attention and focused attitude to audio, video and film impairments and artifacts, while making subjective decision to the severity of an issue and delivering appropriate feedbacks

 Experience in working directly with clients and an excellent communicator

 Passionate about quality, customer experience and customer service excellence

 Ability to work on own initiative and also be a good team player

 A positive attitude when experiencing obstacles and enthusiastic towards getting work done

 Ability and willingness to learn new methods, procedures, or techniques and take on new tasks

Requirements

• Minimum one (1) to two (2) years of experience in quality assurance within a theatrical environment is preferred, but not required.
• Strong knowledge of home entertainment audio/video equipment
• Requires attention to detail, sound problem solving and root cause analysis
• Ability to prepare e-mails and professionally communicate both written and verbally
• College degree in media or computer science or other related schooling (preferred)
• Technically literate; comfortable with a variety of computer applications
• Strong familiarity with Mac and Windows OS and networking