About the position
The Media Operations team is hiring a Metadata Associate to assist the Metadata & Operations team for our direct-to-consumer streaming service, Peacock. This role will have direct responsibility for creating and optimizing the metadata that appears on our streaming service – from the visible words on the platform to the behind-the-scenes tags fueling platform features. The Metadata Associate plays a critical role in ensuring creative and operational excellence across Direct-to-Consumer platforms.
Responsibilities
• Optimizes a high volume of descriptive metadata in English and Spanish, including proofreading and copyediting services.
• Ensures copy deliverable timelines are successfully met for fast-paced content launches.
• Enforces style guide and metadata specifications, adjusting internal standards to accommodate Product updates when required.
• Effectively communicates creative copy specifications with internal and external partners, including detailed style guidance presentations required for successful onboarding.
• Track and derive reporting system defects, reliability and availability.
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with initiatives and projects.
• All other duties as assigned.
Requirements
• We are seeking a solutions-minded, critical thinker, and wordsmith who is adept at swiftly handling change in a constantly evolving industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in communication, media, business administration, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience
• 1+ years editorial copyediting and proofreading experience
• Excellent writing and presentation skills and must be willing to complete copywriting, proofreading, and keyword tagging test.
• Ability to write in a wide variety of styles (short and long-form), adjusting for purpose, audience, tone, and copy specification guidelines.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English.
• Film and television subject matter expertise, including a demonstrated interest in current events, pop culture, and sports entertainment.
• The ability to prioritize and concurrently handle multiple, time sensitive requests in a high-pressure environment.
• Working knowledge of digital artwork deliverables including, but not limited to photograph, key art, and logo treatments.
• Hands-on experience with content management systems and publishing workflows.
• Ability to support an ever-changing content pipeline 7 days a week; must be willing to work evenings, weekends, extended hours or holidays as needed.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be willing to travel for business as needed with the potential for short term assignment(s) at NBC facilities.
Nice-to-haves
• Exceptional technical, analytical, organization, research, and presentation skills.
• Familiarity with Gracenote or other metadata aggregation services.
• Strong comfort level with taxonomy management and metadata best practices.
• Curiosity for consumer insight research, cultural nuance, and linguistic diversity.
• Fluency in Spanish language.
Benefits
• This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks.