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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. In this role, you will: Lead end-to-end media operations from ingest through archive, including metadata, deletion, and restores.

Supervise media managers ensuring accurate ingest, cataloging, delivery, and metadata tagging for studio shows, streaming, remote productions, and partners. Drive Tennis Channel’s migration to a cloud-native media environment. Be the on-premise lead developing physical workflow for migrating LTO tapes to cloud.

Manage file movement workflows, including transcoding, encoding, metadata entry, and troubleshooting. Stay ahead of industry trends in file-based technologies, formats, and workflows. Collaborate with Engineering and Production on physical hardward and software system maintenance and workflow optimization.

Support content delivery across departments—Production, Marketing, Digital, Sales, and third-party vendors. Train and support media team and ingest personnel to ensure consistent workflows. Provide NLE troubleshooting and manage editing projects (original programming, promos, matches, etc.).

Maintain onsite hardware inventory, including SD cards, LTO archive, and hard drives. Required 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, 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! Tennis Channel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. About PickleballTV Pickleballtv (PBTV) is the 24-hour television home of America’s fastest growing sport. With coverage of tournaments throughout the year, the network offers 1,000+ hours of live matches from the game’s top professionals and biggest stars.

PBTV also provides viewers with first-class instruction, exclusive lifestyle programming and studio news content and more. About Tennis Channel Tennis Channel is the media home to two twenty-four-hour television networks, a subscription streaming service, online magazine and podcasts dedicated to the sport and its unique lifestyle. The tennis-media hub is home to every aspect of the wide-ranging, worldwide tennis community.

Tennis Channel is carried nationwide by every one of the top ten pay-TV service providers. About Sinclair Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports.

The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, ROAR, and The Nest. Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation's largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net .

About the Team The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good?

Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let’s talk.

The base salary compensation range for this role is $70,000 to $87,000. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates’ relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, personal time, parental leave and employee stock purchase plan.

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