Metadata Associate

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 theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
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.
Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.
Job Description
The Media Operations team is hiring a Metadata Associate to assist the Metadata & Operations team for our direct-to-consumer streaming service, Peacock. This role will have direct responsibility for creating and optimizing the metadata that appears on our streaming service - from the visible words on the platform to the behind-the-scenes tags fueling platform features. The Metadata Associate plays a critical role in ensuring creative and operational excellence across Direct-to-Consumer platforms.
Responsibilities:

• Optimizes a high volume of descriptive metadata in English and Spanish, including proofreading and copyediting services.
• Ensures copy deliverable timelines are successfully met for fast-paced content launches.
• Enforces style guide and metadata specifications, adjusting internal standards to accommodate Product updates when required.
• Effectively communicates creative copy specifications with internal and external partners, including detailed style guidance presentations required for successful onboarding.
• Track and derive reporting system defects, reliability and availability.
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with initiatives and projects.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Requirements:

• We are seeking a solutions-minded, critical thinker, and wordsmith who is adept at swiftly handling change in a constantly evolving industry.
• Bachelor's degree in communication, media, business administration, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience
• 1+ years editorial copyediting and proofreading experience
• Excellent writing and presentation skills and must be willing to complete copywriting, proofreading, and keyword tagging test.
• Ability to write in a wide variety of styles (short and long-form), adjusting for purpose, audience, tone, and copy specification guidelines.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English.
• Film and television subject matter expertise, including a demonstrated interest in current events, pop culture, and sports entertainment.
• The ability to prioritize and concurrently handle multiple, time sensitive requests in a high-pressure environment.
• Working knowledge of digital artwork deliverables including, but not limited to photograph, key art, and logo treatments.
• Hands-on experience with content management systems and publishing workflows.
• Ability to support an ever-changing content pipeline 7 days a week; must be willing to work evenings, weekends, extended hours or holidays as needed.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be willing to travel for business as needed with the potential for short term assignment(s) at NBC facilities.

Desired Characteristics:

• Exceptional technical, analytical, organization, research, and presentation skills.
• Familiarity with Gracenote or other metadata aggregation services.
• Strong comfort level with taxonomy management and metadata best practices.
• Curiosity for consumer insight research, cultural nuance, and linguistic diversity.
• Fluency in Spanish language.

Additional Requirements:

• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, which currently requires contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week. Beginning January 5, 2026, hybrid employees will be required to work from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.

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: $65,000 - $75,000
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].