Closed Captioner (10-month contract)

at  Blue Ant Media

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Blue Ant Media is a privately held, international production studio and rights business and channel operator. The company’s studio creates and distributes a premium slate of programming, in all content genres, for streaming and broadcasting platforms around the world. Blue Ant Media also operates free streaming and pay TV channels under several media brands internationally, including Love Nature, Cottage Life, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth Canada, HauntTV, Homeful, Drag Race Universe, Total Crime, Declassified, Love Pets and Love Drama. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with six international offices in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, London, Washington and Sydney. blueantmedia.com⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn⼁X⼁
Our employees are passionate experts in all of our business areas. They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences, and about delivering them on new and evolving platforms. We actively seek new employees who embody our core values. We want them to think big, act with purpose, celebrate creativity, do the right thing, respect one another, and succeed together. We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in recognizing opportunities where others see challenges. At Blue Ant Media, we give them the flexibility to think like entrepreneurs, take ownership of their projects, take risks, and embrace innovation in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners by building trusting, respectful working relationships.

CLOSED CAPTIONER (10-MONTH CONTRACT)

Blue Ant Media Inc. is currently looking for a Full-Time Closed Captioner on a 10-Month Contract. This position will be responsible for closed caption creation and quality assurance across all brands.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Must be fluent in English
• Ability to work cross‐functionally with various departments to ensure all teams interface efficiently
• Basic knowledge of Broadcast Centre Signal Flow
• Technical or Operational knowledge of the following systems preferred, but not limited to:
• MacCaption/Stanza/WinCaps/Captionmaker
• Swift
• FTP, Filezilla and web portal transfers and management
• Microsoft Excel
• Google Applications
• Familiarity with multiple aspect ratios and UHD technology
• Ability to troubleshoot issues and efficiently meet tight deadlines
• Good communication skills and strong technical vocabulary
• Understanding of non-linear editing practices and all formats of technical specifications (North American and International)
• Responsibility for and “ownership” of on-air captioning look and feel through data integrity, troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
• Self starter that demonstrates initiative and ability to work both independently and as a member of a core technology team
• Post-secondary education in a television/broadcast media-related discipline and or journalism is an asset
  At Blue Ant Media, we believe promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility. We can all contribute. As a global media company, we recognize our platform and opportunity to influence change and promote a more inclusive world. We know what we create, distribute, and produce is better with a diverse workforce. In recruiting for our teams, we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds (who are eligible to work in Canada) and welcome the unique contributions each person brings.
  If you have most of the qualifications listed in our posting, but are not sure whether to proceed with your application, we still encourage you to apply. We thank all candidates for their interest in Blue Ant Media and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please email our Human Resources team at hr@blueantmedia.com

CAPTIONER DAILY PERFORMANCE DUTIES

• Maintain a high level of On-Air Quality captions
• Transcribing and Captioning of all on-air materials for all BAM services
• Acquired Programming and In-House Productions
• Short Form Productions, Paid Advertising and Special Projects
• Edited for Time, Censored, Multi-to-Single Segment versions of Programming
• Single Segment captioning files as required for VOD
• Uploading and Passing of all .scc files to the automation system for all BAM services
• Programming that has been re-sent or re-wrapped after initial ingest
• Notification to Presentation/Media Services when A/V is not available or in a QC required state
• Coordinating the third-party transcription of materials
• Referencing Monthly Programming Timelines for upcoming Programming
• Maintain Channel/Programming .scc files for easy access in regards to revisions, edits, VOD and on-air
• Updating of Broadview for Programming that has been fully captioned
• General Captioning Software troubleshooting
• Create Weekly Shift Reports and attend Captioning Department meetings
• Special Projects and Other Duties as assigned