Job Description

TELLING CAPTIVATING STORIES TO AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE

Blue Ant Media is a privately held, international content producer, distributor and channel operator. We own and operate numerous production companies in North America and Asia-Pacific, creating content for broadcasters and streaming platforms in multiple genres including factual entertainment, natural history, documentary and adult animation. Our distribution business, Blue Ant International, offers a substantial catalogue of content, including one of the world\'s largest 4K natural history offerings. Blue Ant Media operates linear and free streaming channels under several brands including Love Nature, Smithsonian Channel (Canada), BBC Earth (Canada), BBC First (Canada), HauntTV, Homeful, CrimeTime, TotalCrime and HistoryTime. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with eight international offices in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Washington, Mumbai and Beijing. Blueantmedia.com Twitter\xe2\xbc\x81Instagram\xe2\xbc\x81LinkedIn

Our productions and media brands are a product of our employees who are passionate experts in all of these areas. They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences; and enthusiastic about delivering it on new and evolving platforms.
We actively seek out people who embody our core values: optimism, creativity, entrepreneurism, agility and integrity. We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in seeing opportunity where others see challenges. We encourage employees to think like small business owners by taking ownership on projects and giving them the flexibility to take risks and embrace an evolving media landscape. Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners and our culture fosters sharing ideas and treating all people with respect.

Master Control Operator (Part-Time)


Blue Ant Media Inc. is currently looking for a part-time Master Control Operator. This position will be responsible for data integrity and on-air quality across all brands.


What You\'ll Be Doing...


MCR Daily Performance Duties:

• Maintain a high level of On-Air Quality
• Continuous monitoring of audio, video, captioning, graphics, and descriptive video on both domestic and international feeds
• Troubleshoot and respond to third party clients, BDUs on outages
• Manage Automation Playlists - Import and modify traffic log content of both domestic and international feeds
• Ensure programming, promotional & commercial content are consistent with scheduling
• Downloading of commercial content as per traffic instructions
• Ingest, Marker/Trim, and general QC of content
• Occasionally assist with Closed Captioning duties as assigned
• Perform any live system switches as required; Department On-Air Discrepancy reporting and follow-up.
• Perform Quality Control for on-air programming to ensure it is acceptable for air
• Work cross\xe2\x80\x90functionally with various departments to ensure all teams interface efficiently
• Ability to work all shifts including weekend and overnight shifts.
• Other duties as assigned

What You\'ll Bring...

• Must be willing to work shift work in a 24/7 environment
• Must be fluent in English (written & oral)
• Knowledge of Broadcast Centre Signal Flow
• Technical or Operational knowledge of the following systems preferred, but not limited to:
  • Evertz Mediator Automation
  • Telestream Vantage Transcoding
  • FTP, Filezilla and web portal transfers and management
  • Media Proxy
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Google Workspace (i.e Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets etc.)

• Familiarity with multiple aspect ratios and UHD technology
• Ability to troubleshoot efficiently and meet tight deadlines
• Good communication skills and strong technical vocabulary
• Responsibility for and \xe2\x80\x9cownership\xe2\x80\x9d of on-air look and feel through data integrity, troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
• Self starter that demonstrates initiative and ability to work both independently and as a member of a core broadcast team.
• Post-secondary education in a television/broadcast media-related discipline is an asset

Blue Ant Media celebrates diversity in both its programming and workforce. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds who are eligible to work in Canada. We thank all candidates for their interest in Blue Ant Media and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise Human Resources.