Job Description
TO APPLY TO THIS JOB: Please send your resume to staffing@storysyndicate.com.
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Position Summary
We are an established production company working across documentary and unscripted content. We’re seeking a freelance IT & Post-Production Specialist to provide ongoing temp coverage when our IT Manager and/or Media Manager are out of office.
This role combines post-production, media management, and internal IT support, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations for all employees and editorial teams.
Schedule: variable, as needed
Hours: 9:30am-6:30pm
Rate: $325/day
Required on-Site: This position is required to work from our office in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
Functions and Responsibilities
1. Overall Company IT Management
- Fast and professional verbal and written communication, with less than 15 minutes expected in response time to Support tickets
- Troubleshoot general desktop user issues in person
- Manage and track software licenses for all company platforms
- Act as a gatekeeper for access to sensitive company material
- Onboard new freelancers to Google Workspace and all necessary company platforms
- Support any company software issues (Google, Airtable, Microsoft, Adobe, Miro, Coronet etc.)
2. Post-Production Support
- Act as the primary technical support for post-production operations, providing front-line troubleshooting and technical diagnostics for Avid MC, Davinci Resolve, Adobe Creative Suite for both in person and remote users
- Administrate Facilis Hub Storage for all project teams
- Setup new users on Jump Desktop and troubleshoot as necessary
- Act as an Administrator with Media Silo, Frame.io, Media Shuttle, Aspera, Sonix.ai, Louper.io
- Prepare and distribute DIT kits for Production Shoots
- Manage media trackers and organize physical storage
- Transcode OCM in Resolve 20 with custom LUTs
- Conform AAFs turnovers and consolidate media for Color and Picture Finishing in Resolve 20
- Run LTO backups as necessary using SDNA Fabric