Master Control Operator (Evenings/Overnight)
About the role
VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass. Work with a driven and highly motivated team to support the on-air operations of Versant Media. As a Master Control Operator at Versant, you will be responsible for all aspects of maintaining and ensuring the reliability of all Versant Networks and streaming platforms including live execution of events for news, entertainment, and sports. Will be required to monitor and recover live networks for all Versant media outlets.
Responsibilities
- Perform the duties of a live sports master control operator in a fast-paced environment, including manipulating commercial playlists, executing program/commercial/marketing changes, managing playlists, sending logs for reconciliation and maintaining the overall reliability and execution of live events for network and streaming broadcasts.
- Monitor and maintain the continuity and availability for various networks (including linear, streaming and VOD services).
- Perform control room duties (Technical Director, Commercial Integration, and Associate Director) to support live events.
- Receive and execute directions to successfully execute the desired traffic integration of the operating networks.
- Perform ingest and quality control