The Role
Manage video operations, oversee media organization, coordinate syndication and distribution, and optimize workflows for podcast and TV video assets.
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About Us
Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.
About The Role
We are seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented Video Operations Manager to join our Global Series & Specials team. In this role, you will manage the end-to-end lifecycle of podcast and TV video assets—from ingest and media organization to metadata recording, managing and optimizing internal storage systems, and leading distribution requirements to our syndication partners.
This position is ideal for someone with a strong background in digital video operations, media asset management, and content delivery workflows, especially in a fast-paced editorial or broadcast environment.
This is 100% remote for candidates currently residing in the United States or Canada.
Media & Metadata Management
- Oversee organization, ingest, and quality control of both long form video episodes and social media assets, across all shows produced.
- Manage metadata standards and data input across platforms and databases to ensure discoverability, consistency, and compliance with partner requirements.
- Collaborate with producers and editors to ensure accurate metadata tagging, internal management, and asset distribution.
Syndication & Distribution
- Manage the packaging, export, and delivery of video episodes and vertical short videos to internal programming teams and syndication partners.
- Maintain delivery schedules and ensure timely distribution to platforms, such as YouTube, and third-party partners.
- Coordinate with external vendors and internal stakeholders to troubleshoot and resolve delivery or encoding issues.
- Partner with Design Teams and develop media assets for distribution requirements, such as video thumbnails and transcriptions.
Workflow & Tools Optimization
- Help define and refine media management and delivery workflows across multiple show teams.
- Implement best practices for file naming, version control, and archival systems.
- Stay up to date with changes to platform specs, syndication policies, and emerging video delivery standards.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Liaise with editorial, product, engineering, legal, and partnerships teams to ensure smooth operations across all video podcast projects.
- Partner with internal Programming Teams to locate, organize, and share daily video assets to proper stakeholders.
Requirements
- 4–6+ years of experience in video operations, media asset management, or content distribution—preferably in a podcast, sports, or digital media environment.
- Deep understanding of media formats, transcoding, video specs, and metadata schemas.
- Experience managing syndication to platforms like YouTube, Acast, Aspera, and social media platforms.
- Experience with managing global database recording, such as Gracenotes, and continuous organization and information input.
- Familiarity with content management systems (CMS), digital asset management (DAM) tools, and project management platforms (e.g., Airtable, LucidLink, etc.).
- Strong organizational and communication skills, with a proactive and collaborative approach to problem-solving.
- Experience in Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Photoshop and Premiere Pro, is a plus.
- Passion for sports and digital storytelling is a plus.
The annual base salary range for this role is $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 USD. The total compensation offered for this position may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, and location. It may also include non-cash rewards and benefits. The base salary range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
The Athletic offers unique perks and benefits to all full-time employees based on their country of residence. Our comprehensive US benefits package includes:
- Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.
- Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.
- 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.
- Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
For international candidates: Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.
The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Top Skills
Acast
Adobe Creative Suite
Airtable
Aspera
Cms
Content Delivery Workflows
Dam
Lucidlink
Media Asset Management
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The Company
What We Do
Here for every sports story that matters.
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The Athletic (http://theathletic.com) is a subscription-based media publisher of smarter sports coverage for die-hard fans. Founded in 2016, The Athletic’s all-star team of writers have produced thousands of quality stories for subscribers free of ads, pop-ups and auto-play videos. The Athletic now offers in-depth local coverage in 47 North American pro sports markets along with premium national coverage across MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA & more. Readers can count on original, authentic storytelling written by talented local and national sports journalists like Ken Rosenthal, Pierre LeBrun, Seth Davis, Stewart Mandel, Shams Charania and many more.
The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
