Media Operator

Posted at: 10/07/2025

Glendale, CA

Onsite  -  IT - Project / Program / Change Management  -  Contract  -  Job ID: 25-16578

Title: Media Operator 
Location: Glendale, CA
Compensation: 
$40.00-$45.50/Hour 
Duration: 12 month contract 
Work Requirement: US Citizen, GC Holder, or Authorized to work in the U.S. 

Job Overview: 
The Media Operator is responsible for Data I/O, ingest, media prep, asset conformance, editorial, troubleshooting file issues, fixing assets, and asset validation. The Media Operator will need to understand both horizontal and vertical workflows, timed texted files, localization conformance and file transfer mechanisms. The right person for this role has working experience in all manner of media operations, scheduling, project management, encoding, transcoding, and asset validation They should have a good understanding and aptitude for automation, workflow design, file trafficking and the use of Ai tools to help within video recognition. The candidate will need to work through many stages from experimentation through sustainment at scale.

Responsibilities:

  • Perform the processing and management of media assets in a results-driven environment
  • Traffic media in systems such as google, air table or other internal tooling
  • Media Prep for OTT, Streaming and necessary downstream destinations
  • Make editorial updates to final files for compliance with network specs;
  • Perform audio loudness measurements to ensure correct specs;
  • Review and remediate timed text files for final distribution
  • Receive and Send media via Aspera or other cloud-based delivery mechanisms
  • Help to troubleshoot issues with files and recommend fixes
  • Perform metadata validation and entry including segment timings to create broadcast automation database records
  • Collaborate with team members as part of a high functioning team that is able to effectively and efficiently execute assignments
  • Assist manager in developing, maintaining and creating daily, weekly executive reporting

The Media Operator will need to understand and have knowledge and experience using the following types of software, hardware, media and workflows:

  • Prior use of cloud based asset management software such as Aspera On Cloud, MAMs and Data I/O
  • Understanding of streaming specifications and workflow from curation to delivery
  • Ability to transcode and encode video and audio files using tools such as Premiere Pro
  • Ability to handle ex
  • Solid Understanding of digital file formats and creation of ProRes files, and Proxy files
  • Solid Understanding of Timed Text files both English SDH and Foreign language subtitles
  • Knowledge of HDR and SDR color workflows and using tools such as Colorfront Transkoder to interpret color space
  • Experience in Data I/O, Media Curation and Trafficking
  • Experience with short form clips, especially in horizontal and vertical formats.
  • Experience with validating assets through tools such as Media Info and Dolby Vision Metafier
  • Experience with Harding software for PSE testing
  • Media trafficking
  • Asset Prep
  • Remediation
  • Reporting 

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

  • 2+ years professional work experience 
  • Prior use of cloud based asset management software such as Aspera On Cloud, MAMs and Data I/O
  • Understanding of streaming specifications and workflow from curation to delivery
  • Ability to transcode and encode video and audio files using tools such as Premiere Pro
  • Solid Understanding of digital file formats and creation of ProRes files, and Proxy files
  • Solid Understanding of Timed Text files both English SDH and Foreign language subtitles
  • Knowledge of HDR and SDR color workflows and using tools such as Colorfront Transkoder to interpret color space
  • Experience in Data I/O, Media Curation and Trafficking

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in Data I/O, Media Curation and Trafficking
  • Experience with short form clips, especially in horizontal and vertical formats.
  • Experience with validating assets through tools such as Media Info and Dolby Vision Metafier
  • Experience with Harding software for PSE testing

Experience with:

  • Adobe Premiere
  • Air Table
  • Transkoder
  • Ai video recognition software

Required Education:
Bachelors Degree

Our benefits package includes the following:

  • Comprehensive medical benefits
  • Competitive pay, 401(k)
  • Retirement plan
  • and much more!

About INSPYR Solutions

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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