Media Operations Specialist

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Hiring Remotely in Centennial, CO, USA
Remote or Hybrid
60K-80K Annually
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AdTech • Cloud • Digital Media • Information Technology • News + Entertainment • App development
NBCUniversal has a rich history of evolving the media and entertainment industry.
The Role
Perform technical and content quality control on digital media assets, validate encoded/transcoded files, support inbound/outbound workflows, troubleshoot and escalate complex issues, maintain SOPs, assist with training, and coordinate with internal teams to ensure timely, accurate media delivery across broadcast, streaming, and international platforms.
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Company Description
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
Job Description
NBCUniversal's Media Operations Center is home to multiple teams that support the inbound and outbound digital delivery of NBCUniversal content in a 24/7/365 environment. One of these teams is Quality Control (QC), which plays a critical role in ensuring content delivered to both linear and nonlinear playout destinations meet all technical and operational requirements.
The QC team is responsible for screening broadcast content through real-time monitoring and spot checks. In support of Peacock, Broadcast, Studio, International, and Digital Supply Chain workflows, QC also captures key metadata on longform assets that enables viewer-facing functionality such as "Skip Intro." All NBCUniversal longform content, promos, commercials, and graphics flow through QC for validation, with issues identified and escalated according to established operational procedures.
QC operates at significant scale, processing extremely high content volumes with turnaround times that can be as short as 15 minutes. To ensure a high level of reliability and consistency, technicians complete an extensive training and certification process across multiple standard operating procedures, supporting near-continuous accuracy in a mission-critical environment. The Media Operations Specialist is a critical individual contributor within NBCUniversal's Media Operations organization, responsible for ensuring the accurate, timely, and reliable fulfillment of media content across NBCUniversal's distribution platforms. This role supports the end-to-end digital supply chain, including quality control, troubleshooting, workflow execution, and cross-functional coordination, while upholding operational reliability, technical accuracy, and service-level commitments.
The Media Operations Specialist serves as both a hands-on operator on the QC team and a subject-matter resource, acting as an escalation point for complex issues and supporting continuous improvement through SOP development, training, and workflow optimization.
Basic Requirements:
  • Execute day-to-day media operations workflows including quality control, and distribution for NBCUniversal content across broadcast, digital, and international platforms.
  • Perform thorough technical and content QC on digital media assets to ensure compliance with internal and external delivery specifications.
  • Validate encoded and transcoded files across multiple formats, codecs, and delivery profiles with a high expectation of accuracy and zero-defect output.
  • Support inbound and outbound asset workflows, ensuring assets are sourced, prepared, and delivered on time.
  • Troubleshooting & Escalation
  • Serve as an escalation point for technicians and operations staff for complex workflow, system, or asset-related issues.
  • Troubleshoot media prep, QC, and delivery issues in real time, following defined escalation and communication protocols.
  • Document issues, root causes, and resolutions, partnering with Supervisors, Engineering, Product, and Support teams to implement long-term fixes.
  • Workflow, SOPs & Continuous Improvement
  • Assist with the creation, maintenance, and publication of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure operational consistency and reliability.
  • Support testing, rollout, and implementation of new systems, tools, workflows, and process enhancements.
  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reliability, and quality across media operations workflows.
  • Training & Collaboration
  • Support team training initiatives, including onboarding, workflow updates, and cross-training across media operations functions.
  • Assist Supervisors with maintaining training documentation and training matrices.
  • Partner closely with Program Operations, Technical Operations, QC, and other internal stakeholders to ensure successful asset fulfillment.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Qualifications:
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in media operations, broadcast operations, post-production, media prep, or digital content fulfillment.
  • Working knowledge of digital media formats, file types, codecs, and industry standards (e.g., QuickTime, MXF, MPEG, MP4).
  • Experience performing technical quality control of video and audio content.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly document and escalate issues.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
  • Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to operational accuracy.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working with media asset management, QC, and workflow systems.
• Familiarity with non-linear editing/QC tools (Adobe Premiere, Avid, Iris QC Pro).
• Experience supporting 24/7 or high-availability media operations environments.
• Prior experience assisting with SOP creation or operational training.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt quickly.
Additional Job Requirements:
  • Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
  • Hybrid: This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.
  • Must have unrestricted employment authorization to work in the United States.
  • Must be at least 18 years old.
  • Must be willing and available to work any shift including overnight shifts, weekends, and holidays to meet the needs of a 24x7/365 operation, with possibility of schedule changes based on business needs and priorities.
  • Must be willing and able to view all content including that considered to be mature in nature, repetitive, and potentially controversial

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $60,000 - $80,000
We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.
Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].

Skills Required

  • Minimum 2 years of experience in media operations, broadcast operations, post-production, media prep, or digital content fulfillment.
  • Working knowledge of digital media formats, file types, codecs, and industry standards (e.g., QuickTime, MXF, MPEG, MP4).
  • Experience performing technical quality control of video and audio content.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly document and escalate issues.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
  • Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to operational accuracy.
  • Must have unrestricted employment authorization to work in the United States.
  • Must be at least 18 years old.
  • Must be willing and available to work any shift including overnight shifts, weekends, and holidays for a 24/7 operation.
  • Hybrid schedule requiring in-office contribution a minimum of four days per week.
  • Must be willing and able to view all content including mature, repetitive, and potentially controversial material.
  • Experience working with media asset management, QC, and workflow systems.
  • Familiarity with non-linear editing/QC tools (Adobe Premiere, Avid, Iris QC Pro).
  • Experience supporting 24/7 or high-availability media operations environments.
  • Prior experience assisting with SOP creation or operational training.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt quickly.

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NBCUniversal Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability, with mental‑health resources, and many benefits start on day one. This breadth and early eligibility point to robust core healthcare support.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave is outlined at 16 weeks for a primary caregiver and 4 weeks for a non‑primary caregiver, alongside fertility, adoption, and caregiving programs. These offerings indicate strong support for family‑building and caregiving needs.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth The U.S. time‑off framework includes vacation, company holidays, personal “myDays,” caregiving days, flexible sick time, and compassionate/bereavement leave. This structure provides substantial paid time away and flexibility across personal and family situations.

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HQ: New York City, NY
68,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1912

What We Do

From film, television, news, theme parks, interactive media, and streaming, our people are at the center of it all. ​Here, we solve complex and business-critical problems. That’s why we’re looking for people to help us continue our evolution, imagining and delivering the most innovative and disruptive products and services through the latest tech advancements in the industry. ​ Here you can develop solutions. You’ll develop solutions that allow engineers to broadcast live TV from the comfort of their homes. These solutions will enable the use of our collection of hundreds of thousands of distinct intellectual properties across our film, television and streaming brands. Here you can transform. You’ll make decisions and solve complex problems by leveraging insights that come from data, building AI to help enable solutions to optimize every aspect of our content eco-system. Here you can build. You’ll build emerging immersive technologies that are used to power the broadcasts and streaming of global events like the Super Bowl and Olympics. You can create secure, elastic cloud-based services connecting parts of our global platform ecosystem that effect tens of millions of viewers, consumers and businesses that consume and love NBCUniversal’s content. And while you design, build and architect your career, we have the culture to make sure you’re supported. Here you can work and still live your best life! We’re leaders in our fields. We hire smart people and trust them to get the job done. We are never too busy to develop a fellow colleague. We understand our goals – or we ask. When we see something that needs doing – we do it. We make data-driven decisions. We fiercely believe in our talent and their growth. If you're ready to make an impact, here you can.

Why Work With Us

For us, it's more than just a work life. It's a daily passion. We take great pride in our legacy. We find fun in the challenge. We collaborate and inspire others. We're always creating, always solving and always ahead of competition.

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