Product Operations Specialist

Posted 12 Hours Ago
El Segundo, CA
Entry level
Automotive • Digital Media • News + Entertainment • Software
MotorTrend Group is the automotive digital media market leader building our own int'l SVOD platform.
The Role
The Product Operations Specialist at MotorTrend Group will manage customer issues, analyze app reviews, configure systems, and collaborate across functions. They will also train and mentor staff, maintain product features, and perform data analysis. Strong problem management and technical skills are essential for this role.
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Machines that Move Us.
People who Inspire Us.
Stories that Drive Us.


About Us

MotorTrend Group is the largest automotive media company in the world.  MotorTrend Group, a Warner Bros. Discovery company, is the largest automotive media company in the world, bringing together MotorTrend TV and a vast automotive digital, direct-to-consumer, social, and live event portfolio, including MOTORTREND, HOT ROD, ROADKILL, AUTOMOBILE and more than 20 other industry-leading brands. With a monthly audience of 26 million across web, TV and print, and 110 million social followers, culminating in 1.3 billion monthly impressions across all platforms, MotorTrend Group encompasses television’s #1 network for automotive fans, a leading automotive YouTube Channel and MotorTrend+, the only subscription streaming service dedicated entirely to the motoring world. MotorTrend Group serves to embrace, entertain and empower the motoring world.

An institution in the automotive industry, we have been delivering premium content, in depth analysis, and culturally relevant material since 1949. We celebrate our heritage, while boldly looking to the future — reimagining motor entertainment for a broader, more diverse audience.  MotorTrend Group has remained ahead of the automotive world and developed the single most relevant resource for any auto enthusiast and in-market shopper. 


Have a look at what we do!  https://bit.ly/motortrendintro


Our People

The people who work at MotorTrend embody the passion of our content, and wake up every day intent on embracing, entertaining, and empowering the motoring world. 


The Role

Job Summary & Responsibilities:

The Product Operations Specialist (full-time) will be a fixer that can work to keep our Product working.  They are an innovative and creative person who is tech-savvy and can pick up new tools and skills quickly.  Essential duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:

  • Customer problem management including escalating to Product and Tech teams
  • App Review responses and analysis
  • System configuration and metadata maintenance
  • Cross functionally collaborates and provide input from the Voice of the Customer
  • Provide product input on feature requests to increase our publishing throughput
  • Independent investigation and resolution of configuration issues


Supervisory Responsibility:

  • This position may include supervising one or more employees and outsourced staff where applicable. Supervisory responsibilities include but are not limited to:
  • Provide consistent training, support, and mentorship to support agent team
  • Fairly and consistently ensure compliance with company policies and procedures


Education/Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience


Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

  • Problem management experience, with a sense of urgency to resolving business impacting issues and clearly report on status to key stakeholders
  • Technical skills to be able to review HTML and update CSS
  • Expertise with our metadata & content taxonomy
  • Ability to use our publishing tools (Curator, Webiny CMS, & Ceros) to service content needs by stakeholder teams
  • Collaborate with stakeholders including creatives to create pages quickly
  • Work with Product on learning new features or changes to publishing tools
  • QA monitoring of Customer Care agents and retraining as needed
  • Manage and troubleshoot system configuration
    • Including Sonic Legal text, Site Builder, transactional email templates, offers & campaigns
    • Support ticketing and related workflows and configuration
    • Support articles and help center design
  • Perform user audits for our app store accounts
  • Use SQL to access Redshift DB for reporting on regular (refund reporting) and ad hoc data (find accounts that meet the criteria of an investigation)


Physical Requirements:

  • The ability to sit for prolonged period of time and view computer screen.


Equipment/Software Used:

  • Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Webiny & Page Builder
  • Ceros
  • Sonic (UMS, VMS, and Site Builder)
  • Zendesk
  • App stores: Amazon, Apple, Google, Roku
  • Payment systems: Adyen & PayPal
  • SQL
  • Excel and/or Google Sheets
  • Be able to use formulas and perform data analysis and visualization
  • Amplitude
  • Apptentive
  • PagerDuty
  • ViralSweeps
  • Mux
  • New Relic
  • Grafana
  • GitHub
  • Kibana


Work Environment:

  • Work is performed in an office environment that is well lit and ventilated.


In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles that will be performed in California. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of MotorTrend's total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $65,000.00 - $85,000.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, MotorTrend provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

NOTE: This position description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict any other tasks that may be assigned.

*MotorTrend Group will never ask for sensitive personal information or fees as part of your application process*

*A warning about recruitment scams*

Unscrupulous individuals sometimes pose as MotorTrend Group recruiters and mislead jobseekers into providing sensitive personal information (such as social security numbers) or paying fees as a condition of submitting an application to MotorTrend Group or obtaining a job at MotorTrend Group. These individuals or entities posing as recruiters are not affiliated with MotorTrend Group and do not act on behalf of MotorTrend Group. Always utilize the MotorTrend Group Careers page https://boards.greenhouse.io/motortrendgroup to find available openings and whenever submitting a job application to MotorTrend Group, and know that MotorTrend Group will never ask for sensitive personal information or fees as part of your application.

Top Skills

CSS
HTML
SQL
The Company
HQ: El Segundo, CA
400 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

With a monthly reach of more than 131 million, MotorTrend Group is the largest automotive media company in the world. Our portfolio brings together Discovery’s #1 TV network for automotive super fans, with our vast automotive digital platform that includes direct-to-consumer products, websites, apps, social, and live events.

Why Work With Us

The team at MotorTrend Group embody the definition of Passion - Passion for their role and collectively working together to Embrace, Entertain, and Empower the motoring world. We work to expand and continue the legacy of our brands in a new digital era. Our office is open, collaborative, flexible & health conscious.

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