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Director of Live Operations
Blizzard Entertainment
Irvine, CA, United States
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Director of Live Operations, Global Broadcast
Global Broadcast is looking for an experienced Director of Live Operations to manage the creation and support of a live operations group. The ideal candidate will create and innovate new systems and processes around digital broadcasting, with a focus on engaging, interactive broadcast technology. they will also be able to build up the necessary support on a show production level to support these initiatives.
Responsibilities
• Develop and oversee creation of a global transmission platform
• Develop and manage the creation of software tools in further support of creating interactive broadcast experiences thru a variety of mediums
• Collaborate across Activision Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment, King and MLG to help guide infrastructure decisions that support our global businesses
• Develop and oversee new tool creation for localization of broadcast content (live, near-live and VOD)
• Collaborate with sales teams across Activision Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment, King and MLG to develop new advertising features and support integration with existing tools
• Create global technical standards around technical broadcast production and transmission
• Collaborate with internal Technology Teams, IT, Web & Mobile, Infrastructure, and Broadcast to create seamless technical solutions leveraging existing global capabilities
• Build a Broadcast Global Operations Center utilizing and integrating in to Blizzards already existing infrastructure.
Requirements
• Working knowledge Video on demand content ingest and encoding platforms, IPTV standards, interactive 2 way television platforms.
• Understanding of global television distribution networks.
• Understanding of workflow of file management systems and integration in to MAM/DAM systems for distribution.
• Intimate knowledge of video encoding and distribution formats.
• Understanding of cloud and physical storage infrastructure
• Integration of analytics and metric tracking components
• Best practices for platform agnostic delivery for high quality viewing.
• Build and manage a team of broadcast and technical professionals.
• Superior organizational and budgetary management skills.
Pluses
• A passion for video games and esports
• Previous experience in Live Broadcast and events.
Required Application Materials
• Resume
• Cover Letter which should include:
◦ Why you are interested in working at Blizzard
**Only submittals with Cover Letters will be considered.