Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs, and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through accessible media, reflection, and portrayal.
We are currently looking for an Operations Coordinator to join our Operations team in Toronto. The Operations Coordinator will support the operational aspects of the execution of AMI’s live show productions. This role will operate all equipment as necessary and train and advise the programming and production team to achieve high standards of content production and distribution uptime.
If you are interested in being part of such an awesome team and have the following qualifications, please let us know.
Results & Responsibilities
• Resolve issues onsite Monday-Friday, 08:30 to 16:30 any operational issues identified within live show pre-show; segments; breaks; between shows; post show, via workarounds, and instigate corrective measures with Technical Services.
• Document operations processes, how information is received from Production partners and work closely with Production Control Room Operators in order to ensure that their processes are documented as well.
• Support the requirements of audio and video content creation and distribution for live broadcasts.
• Coordinate system upgrades for hardware, software and routine updates of firmware, software, and test functionality to keep elements up to date.
• Deploy to remote sites (AMI host homes, remote live shot locations) to troubleshoot, correct, replace, or repair, equipment associated with production related issues.
• Ensure the ability of the video and audio production teams and freelance creators and production companies, to execute content production and distribution workflows.
• Work with vendors and warranty providers to uninstall, ship, replace, and reinstall equipment as well as configure soft systems.
• Train programming, production and operations teams on live production and operations matters.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related tasks as needed.
Requirements
• Diploma in Broadcasting or an equivalent mix of education and experience
• 3 years’ industry experience and understanding of broadcast technical standards and content guidelines.
• Expert knowledge of live production fundamentals and production control room roles. Knowledge of live production software and hardware such as switchers, audio consoles, graphics systems, video playback, cameras, lighting, zoom application, video recorders, NDI devices, signal routing/patching,
• Strong organizational, planning, analytical and project management skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills, with a customer service orientation.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks, schedule priorities and meet deadlines.
• Bilingual English/French an asset
Accessible Media Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified women, men, visible minorities, aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities. Should you require an accommodation for the recruitment or interview process, please let us know.
We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.