Freelance Media Services Coordinator

Sterling Entertainment Enterprises, LLC • Contract • New York, New York, United States • $22.11 - $20 / hour • 5d ago

About Us

SNY is an Emmy Award–winning regional sports media company delivering content across linear television and digital platforms. SNY provides unmatched, exclusive coverage of the New York Mets, New York Jets, and all things New York sports. As the Tri-State area’s leader in local sports coverage, SNY offers comprehensive access to professional and collegiate teams through exclusive live games, nightly sports shows, and original programming. SNY also delivers real-time New York sports news and exclusive digital series on SNY.tv and across its social channels, including YouTube, Facebook, X, and Instagram. SNY is available to viewers throughout New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and northeastern Pennsylvania, and nationally through select providers.

About the Role

SNY is seeking a detail-oriented and technically proficient Freelance Media Services Coordinator to support the day-to-day operations of our media infrastructure. This role is integral to the management, organization, and distribution of video assets across SNY's newsroom and production environments. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with a strong understanding of broadcast media workflows and digital asset management. This role reports to the Director, Post Production.

What you will do

Organize and send content from interplay to the archive in assigned folders and partner with newsroom staff to ensure the accurate storage and identification of media assets, through a standardized library identification and logging system to support efficient content retrieval.
Log and put locators on clips with metadata for easy searching
Help oversee and train interns
Be able to delete media with standardized protocols
Uploading / Downloading melts via Aspera, Signiant, Media Shuttle, and Drop Box.
Support end-to-end media workflows including ingestion, distribution, and restoration of video assets, while troubleshooting routine newsroom video issues to minimize disruption to production operations.

What you will bring:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience required
Knowledge of Avid interplay and CloudUX
Ability to communicate well with others
Basic knowledge of ingesting content from files, camera cards and tape formats.
Knowledge of NY sports and local sports current events.
Must have working knowledge of Avid Interplay, Media composer and Cloud UX
Willingness to work non-traditional business days/hours
Excellent attention to detail with excellent written and verbal communications skills required
Ability to work in a fast paced, high pressure environment
Experience using Aspera, Signiant, or other media downloading site is a plus.
Strong work ethic, positive attitude, and leadership qualities with the ability to handle multiple tasks and set priorities

This role is in office at our office 4 days per week at 4 World Trade Center. Must be flexible with the ability to potentially work on weekends.