Job Description
The New York Times is seeking a leader of people, technology and products for its digital video area. Video is a strategic, expanding and exciting area of great importance to our company. You will play a key role in the success of this venture.
Responsibilities
o Responsible for all aspects of video technology, systems and tech staff working on video at The New York Times.
- There are seven systems and areas of video technology which will include:
- broadcast engineering: production systems, cameras, other video sources, lighting, routers, outboard processors, audio, signal paths and cabling and television technologies;
- media management: asset management, workflows, metadata taxonomies and library science, content lifecycle and management and archiving;
- video engineering: codecs, encoding/format conversion, render farms, live streaming, video on demand and content delivery network (CDN) publishing;
- systems administration: networking, storage, tape and business continuity/disaster recovery/high availability;
- application development: client player, Web page integration, ad integration and customer experience;
- content publishing: integration with content management systems;
- vendor management: contracts and service level agreements.
- Supervise a team of technologists and lead by influence other technologists doing work on video reporting to other parts of the technology organization.
- Responsible for video related systems and workflows, end-to-end from cameras capturing videos to playback on devices, with everything in between.
- Serve as the primary technology contact for the GM of Video Production.
Qualifications
- Five years of related professional work experience.
- Proven track record of managing and leading people across departmental lines, working well with your direct reports and leading people by influence who do not report in to you.
- Experience being the head of a technology team, being the primary technical contact for the senior business stakeholder.
- Deep subject matter expertise and hands-on experience in many of the systems and areas of video technology listed above.
- Expert in the business of digital and online video, including video content, video advertising and integration of video with other forms of content.
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Company Information: The New York Times Company, a leading global, multimedia news and information company with 2012 revenues of $2.0 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, NYTimes.com , BostonGlobe.com , Boston.com, and related properties. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news and information.
EEO Statement: The New York Times Company is an equal employment opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, national origin, citizenship or any other protected characteristic. The New York Times Company is committed to diversity in its most inclusive sense.
The New York Times is seeking a leader of people, technology and products for its digital video area. Video is a strategic, expanding and exciting area of great importance to our company. You will play a key role in the success of this venture.
Responsibilities
o Responsible for all aspects of video technology, systems and tech staff working on video at The New York Times.
- There are seven systems and areas of video technology which will include:
- broadcast engineering: production systems, cameras, other video sources, lighting, routers, outboard processors, audio, signal paths and cabling and television technologies;
- media management: asset management, workflows, metadata taxonomies and library science, content lifecycle and management and archiving;
- video engineering: codecs, encoding/format conversion, render farms, live streaming, video on demand and content delivery network (CDN) publishing;
- systems administration: networking, storage, tape and business continuity/disaster recovery/high availability;
- application development: client player, Web page integration, ad integration and customer experience;
- content publishing: integration with content management systems;
- vendor management: contracts and service level agreements.
- Supervise a team of technologists and lead by influence other technologists doing work on video reporting to other parts of the technology organization.
- Responsible for video related systems and workflows, end-to-end from cameras capturing videos to playback on devices, with everything in between.
- Serve as the primary technology contact for the GM of Video Production.
Qualifications
- Five years of related professional work experience.
- Proven track record of managing and leading people across departmental lines, working well with your direct reports and leading people by influence who do not report in to you.
- Experience being the head of a technology team, being the primary technical contact for the senior business stakeholder.
- Deep subject matter expertise and hands-on experience in many of the systems and areas of video technology listed above.
- Expert in the business of digital and online video, including video content, video advertising and integration of video with other forms of content.
J2W:DIC
J2W:MB
Company Information: The New York Times Company, a leading global, multimedia news and information company with 2012 revenues of $2.0 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, NYTimes.com , BostonGlobe.com , Boston.com, and related properties. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news and information.
EEO Statement: The New York Times Company is an equal employment opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, national origin, citizenship or any other protected characteristic. The New York Times Company is committed to diversity in its most inclusive sense.