Ingest Operator Internship

Cape Town TV is looking for an individual skilled in video editing for the internship position of ingest operator.

Operational requirements

• Receive videos for ingest from in-house productions, independent producers and acquired content.
• Check that the content required for the week reaches the Final Control Centre on time and liaise with producers or video editors to ensure such deliveries.
• Review the content and apply technical quality control standards including checking conformity with audio levels specifications, video quality and video format standards.
• Run content through Adobe Premiere to check the above and make minor adjustments if necessary or request the contributor to re-edit the content to address major faults.
• Run content through the Vantage processor to conform it to broadcast standards re. aspect ratio and frame rate.
• Send conformed content to the server for scheduling and playout.
• Review programmes for technical errors which might occur during production or post-production as well as for conformity with the channel’s editorial standards (e.g. inappropriate depictions of sex, violence, hate speech etc.).
• Write reports on technical or editorial faults in programmes.

Qualifications and experience

• Tertiary qualification in a field relating to film, video, media or television.
• Experience with video editing software (experience with Adobe Premiere is an advantage).
• Knowledge of video formats and technical parameters.
• Ability to review content for both technical and editorial conformity.
• Good understanding of film and video production techniques and technical standards.
• Must be meticulous and have attention to detail.
• Reliable and trustworthy.
• Proficiency in one or more local African languages is an advantage.

The successful candidate will be offered a one-year, fixed term contract with a four-month probationary period and will be based at our offices in Observatory, Cape Town.

Send your detailed CV to jobs@capetowntv.org with the subject line “Ingest Operator Internship”.

The closing date for applications is 13 August 2023.

Correspondence will only be conducted with short-listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Company Description

Community television broadcaster

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