Media Librarian (1-year contract)

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At Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Partnership (MLSE), we exist to deliver the ultimate fan experience by lifting trophies, spirits, and communities – united as one.

We're more than a workplace. We are a team of passionate people, boldly building the future of sport and entertainment, together. We believe in the power of play, the strength of collaboration, and the energy that comes from showing up with purpose.

From the ice to the pitch, the hardwood to the digital arena, we’re proud to be the driving force behind the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL), the Toronto Raptors (NBA), Toronto FC (MLS), Toronto Argonauts (CFL) and development teams with the Toronto Marlies (AHL), Raptors 905 (NBA G League), Toronto FC II (MLS NEXT Pro League) and Raptors Uprising Gaming Club, the Toronto Raptors Esports franchise in the NBA 2K League.

We bring these teams – and world-class entertainment – to life at our iconic venues, including Scotiabank Arena, BMO Field, Coca-Cola Coliseum, Ford Performance Centre, BMO Training Ground, and OVO Athletic Centre. Off the field, we serve up elevated dining at e11even, Real Sports, and our signature club spaces like Hot Stove Club, ScotiaClub, and Platinum Club.

Through MLSE Foundation and MLSE LaunchPad, we use the power of sport to help youth facing barriers reach their full potential. Since 2009, we’ve invested more than $45 million into Ontario communities -- and we’re just getting started.

This is what it means to be One MLSE: a culture where everyone plays a role, everyone belongs, and everyone contributes to something bigger than themselves.

So, if you're ready to play with purpose, grow with passion, and win as one, we’d love to have you on our team.

** We know that great candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Even if you do not meet every qualification listed, we encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective, transferable skills, and lived experience may be exactly what we’re looking for. **

Job Description

As part of the Media Assets team, you will select, analyze, index, preserve, retain, research and manage digital media in accordance with the rules and principles of library and information sciences and with corporate standards and policies.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage ingestion, storage, integration, cataloging, and delivery of assets while continuously looking for efficiencies in these processes.
• Research, identify, and pull DAM assets for creative producers and projects, with an understanding of varied creative needs and sensibilities.
• Support revenue generation across the organization by working cross-departmentally to archive shoots and pull relevant assets for a variety of campaigns and proposal planning
• Lead the development, use, and administration of the DAM and associated workflows , standard operating procedures for asset upload, download, renditioning, publishing and deactivation across DAM.
• Dedicate time to quality improvement and proactively suggest assets to capture or produce to fill gaps in visual library.
• Serve as liaison to marketing technology, web and social teams from the broader digital asset management system collaboration, interaction points and hand offs.
• Manage legal restrictions, rights, and approved usage.
• Properly select and annotate a large volume of media into the digital asset management system to facilitate retrieval and use in production.
• Evaluate digital assets for archiving, research rights issues and maintain quality control of archiving operations.
• Act as the point of contact for all final assets, work with producers and post production team on closing out and archiving projects.
• Manage user groups, security, and permissions.
• Train Creative Studios team members on proper usage and best practices of the DAM system.
• Manage special operations assignments, which can include, but are not limited to, training and development, project management and executing reporting.
• Consult with key stakeholders and full Creative Studios production team on content usage and rights management of assets.
• Provide support to the greater MAM team as needed

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in library and information sciences or equivalent, plus one (1) year's relevant experience in the field
• Knowledge of copyrights and related compliance
• Experience with DAM systems
• Experience with Tenovos is an asset
• Experince with Vidispine or other MAM systems is an asset
• Extensive general knowledge
• Excellent knowledge of news, current affairs, and newsmakers
• Very good knowledge of Hockey, Basketball, Soccer and our Teams
• Solid understanding of how databases are structured
• Ability to work in a multi-system, multi-task environment
• Able to analyze and synthesize
• Ability to do research in databases
• Flexible to work evenings and weekends at times as required

Please apply by: Monday, October 26 at 11:59 pm.

This note this is a 1-year contract with benefits.

Job Posting Compensation Range/Rate:

$65,000 - 75,000

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