Media Engineer at Skydance

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Media Engineer

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United States

60k - 80k USD

Hybrid

Full Time

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#Adobe Creative Cloud

#Zoom

#Foundry

#Animation

Skydance is looking for a Media Engineer

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If you are passionate about making movies and television, Skydance is the place for you! Our creative divisions are led by industry veterans that put audience above all else when it comes to our storytelling approach. At Skydance, we embrace visionary artists and cutting-edge technology to create event-level entertainment. With the benefit of powerful distribution partnerships – Paramount Pictures, Tencent, Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, and other top tier studios – our premium content can reach billions of consumers around the world.
 
Our corporate headquarters in Santa Monica, where we strive to create a collaborative environment, is the center for all our film and television teams. Other departments include production, marketing, business affairs, finance, human resources, and operations. Whether you are a seasoned executive or an assistant just starting out, everyone is valued on the Skydance team!
 
For information on Skydance’s privacy practices, see the Skydance U.S. Personnel Privacy Notice located at  https://skydance.com/privacy-personnel/.
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The Media Engineer at Skydance Media is a member of the Information Technology team and is responsible for operating, supporting, troubleshooting, and scaling all things Audio/Visual to support the needs of Skydance. The Media Engineer is responsible for managing the post-production capable theaters on campus as well as the conference room and AV systems. Skydance seeks an individual passionate about movies, television, and gaming to ensure the presentations of that content are consistently at the highest quality.

Responsibilities
  • Maintain an array of stakeholder screenings in the post-production capable screening room including a state of the art projection Atmos theater with diverse sources, color spaces, and settings
  • Maintain a wide variety of AV/Multi-Media/Video Tele-Conferencing solutions and standards including control systems, collaboration systems, and streaming
  • Collaborate with other division’s Media Engineers to determine technology standards and staying abreast of Production’s needs
  • Work with AV contractors in new product and process design plus improve existing ones
  • Interpret facility and AV/MM drawings, specifications, and related documents from architects and AV contractors
  • Manage daily activities of configuration and operation of AV/MM/VTC and provide preventative/remedial hardware maintenance support 
  • Assist studio users with AV/MM/VTC systems and prepare presentation/review meetings
  • Document hardware and software SOPs
  • Code and design UI/UX for devices
  • Analyze AV/MM/VTC systems and ensure designs are cost efficient, integrable, and reliable
  • Communicate with engineering personnel to coordinate interrelated design and assure project completion
  • Analyze hardware systems, design, architecture, and network
  • Develop costing proposals with IT leadership
  • Manage asset inventory
  • Execute AV/MM installation schedules based upon equipment delivery, integration complexity, and customer priorities


  • Requirements
  • 3-5+ years of experience in an enterprise-level technology environment
  • 2+ years of experience supporting C-Suite executives
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities
  • Excellent communication skills in dealing with both technical and artistic groups
  • Ability to tenaciously solve unfamiliar problems
  • Ability to read AV system drawings
  • Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk products, Zoom, Avid, Shotgun, Foundry Flix, and Animation/VFX applications a plus
  • Experience in the Visual Effects, Animation, or media and entertainment industries a plus
  • Experience with:
  • Screening rooms, collaborative media environments, video conference, and multi-site media-review systems
  • Analog, SDI, and HD SDI signal processing and conversion
  • Scalable video coding, compression and decompression techniques, and encoding/decoding of TV standards such as ATSC, QAM, NTSC, PAL
  • Crestron environments and code
  • HD/SD broadcast equipment (switchers, cameras, etc.)
  • Integration of audio and video teleconferencing systems
  • Installation and maintenance of IP based television
  • Operation of audio mixers and wired/wireless microphone systems
  • Must be able to:
  • Stand, kneel and/or crouch for long periods of time
  • Climb ladders and scaffolding
  • Lift in excess of 50 pounds
  • Work in high places and small cramped places


  • The salary range for this position in Los Angeles is $60,000 – $80,000.  The salary offered may vary based on the candidate’s location, qualifications, experience and relevant expertise, among other factors.  The range indicated is for base salary only and does not reflect the total compensation package, including bonus, benefits, etc. 
    We realize that skills and expertise can come from many different experiences and paths, and we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements as written in the job description. 
    #Media #LI-hybrid
    Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, interactive, and animation divisions.
     
    Skydance is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building and fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. We welcome and consider applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy status, military/veteran status, disability, or any other protected category. Diversity in the workplace is not just a commitment, it is who we are and a reflection of what makes our world special.
    Recruitment Fraud Alert
    It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activity by individuals impersonating our Talent Acquisition team. Skydance will only contact you from an official “@skydance.com” email address. If you suspect that you are being contacted by an unauthorized person or believe that the correspondence you have received is suspicious, please do not click on any links or attachments in such emails and submit any questions or concerns to our information security team at [email protected].
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