# Specialist, Technical Operations

**Company**: National Geographic
**Location**: Washington, DC, DC
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $60,400 to $80,900 per year
**Category**: Operations

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## Description

The Specialist, Technical Operations role supports media operations, content preparation, and distribution activities for internal and external stakeholders across productions, marketing, communications, technical, and events teams.

Responsibilities:

- Process internal requests and resources within internal systems for work orders, post-production schedule management, and adjust for 3rd party inquiries.

- Troubleshoot technical requests on the fly to support departments for program duplication needs and distribution.

- Onboard and support requests in the MediaSilo/screening sites.

- Work with high-profile content that will be distributed across internal and external teams.

- Maintain on-time delivery of priority materials from the Event tracker.

- Assist Corp. Communications for full staffing events requiring the A/V team expertise.

- Oversee the organisation and tracking of audio/video equipment through equipment check-in/check-out and inventory control processes, ensuring camera systems and related gear are operational, production-ready, and accurately accounted for.

Basic Qualifications:

- Minimum 3 years of experience in media operations, content distribution, post-production, mastering, or other event/distribution-related functions.

- Strong organisational, communication, and customer-service skills.

- Experience working with digital media assets and content delivery systems.

- Must have a good understanding of the motion picture post-production process (asset creation, versioning, and QC) and technical delivery requirements (codec, aspect ratios, and audio layouts); in addition to localisation, documentation, and captions.

- Demonstrated experience maintaining and tracking audio/video production equipment, including cameras, microphones, tripods, batteries, chargers, and SD cards, with proficiency using Airtable or similar inventory management systems to ensure equipment readiness and accountability.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with MediaSilo, PIX, Frame.io, Aspera, Airtable, or similar systems.

- Knowledge of media workflows, file formats, and digital asset management practices.

- Experience supporting media distribution, content operations, or post-production teams.

The hiring range for this position in Washington, DC is $60,400 to $80,900 per year.

## Skills

### Required
- media operations
- content distribution
- post-production
- digital media assets
- content delivery systems
- motion picture post-production process
- technical delivery requirements
- inventory management systems
- organisational skills
- communication skills
- customer-service skills

### Nice to have
- MediaSilo
- PIX
- Frame.io
- Aspera
- Airtable
- media workflows
- file formats
- digital asset management practices

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