Video Media Asset Manager

Video Media Asset Manager, Homes.com

Job Description

CoStar Group Company Intro:

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.  Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives. 

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings for our customers.  We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.  We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.  This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.  By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate. 

Homes.com 

Homes.com is already one of the fastest-growing real estate portals in the industry, we are driven to be #1. Just ask Brad Bellflower, Chief Change Officer at Apartments.com. After its acquisition in 2014, Apartments.com quickly turned into the most popular place to find a place. Proven success at the highest level – and we’re doing it again with the new Homes.com.  Homes.com is a CoStar Group company with 20+ years’ experience in leading and growing digital marketplaces. We pride ourselves on continually improving, innovating, and setting the standard for property search and marketing experiences. With Homes.com we’re building a brand on the cusp of defining the industry. We’re looking for big thinkers, brave leaders, and creative advertising wizards ready to influence a new age of homebuying within a tried-and-true, award-winning company. 

Learn more about Homes.com. 

Role Description: Are you a stellar visual storyteller who loves to be organized? Join us at Homes.com as we create top-tier content to support buyers, sellers, and real estate agents at all phases of the home search process.

As a Media Asset Manager, you will be based at the Richmond, VA campus and work with a world-class team of managers and video editors that will create compelling media in local markets. You will lead the development of all video production assets and train staff in top-tier video organization. CoStar Group editors provide high-quality video materials on high-visibility commercial and residential properties and neighborhoods. CoStar Group customers rely on our team to offer content that drives real estate transactions.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be a critical thinker and a creative problem solver. You’ll draw on previous experience in team and project processes with up-to-date file management logic. Changes can happen often to adjust for new workflows so adaptability and directing people are necessary.

CoStar Group has 20+ years of experience in leading digital marketplaces. We are looking to add dynamic leaders to our full-time staff of hundreds of video professionals. This role will be supported by our growth and innovation at our expanding global campus in Richmond, Virginia.

You’ll be an integral part of our stellar team of writers, editors, and photographers striving to produce the best content in our industry. There’s no place like Homes.com.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in developing new media management procedures and workflows with video editors and senior leadership.
• Maintain assets contributed and integrate with other enterprise DAMs and MAMs.
• Work with other enterprise partners to improve DAM/MAM experience and for tracking and analytics.
• Research and recommend new technologies and trends in asset management.
• Standardize all file structures and asset allocations for file managements as well as metadata tagging and tagging logic.
• Facilitate training to senior leadership, managers, and video editors. Programs will include new hire orientation, continual updates, and quarterly department training.
• Coordinate or perform administrative functions necessary to deliver and document changes and issues.
• Cross-departmental communication to develop new initiatives and improve learning outcomes. Groups may include content writing, field research and photography, voice-over artists, trainers or managers within function-specific teams, systems developers, and CoStar Group Senior Leadership.
• Spend quality time with local and regional team members to demonstrate best practices with media management process optimization.
• Professional and effective communication with internal partners during all aspects of tasks and projects
• Continued learning and development of your craft, including staying up to date on new techniques and technology.

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, not-for-profit University or College.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers.
• 5+ years of experience as a digital imaging technician or media asset manager at an agency, brand, or cable network.
• Demonstrate understanding of digital asset preservation standards and best practices
• Understanding of database administration
• Experience overseeing a digital asset inventory.
• Ability to execute projects quickly under tight deadlines.
• Highly organized, able to immediately assist team members’ requests
• Make safeguarding data a top priority.
• Demonstrable practical experience as a video editor through submission of past work
• Must be proficient with non-linear editing software (Adobe Suite, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Audition, Davinci Resolve, and may include Fairlight, Fusion, Final Cut Pro, and Motion)
• Creative problem-solving, attention to detail, objectivity, and the ability to think strategically.
• Proficiency and deep understanding of various codecs, file wrappers, color sciences (Wide Gamut, SDR, HDR, Rec709, and BT2020).
• Ability to create an inclusive learning environment and adjust based on the audience’s learning needs
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Proficient with MS Office applications Including Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with Mac OS
• Ability to interact at all levels and establish rapport with both internal and external stakeholders

What’s in it for you?

Working at CoStar Group means you’ll enjoy a culture of collaboration and innovation that attracts the best and brightest across a broad range of disciplines. In addition to generous compensation and performance-based incentives, you’ll be supported in both your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness center
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

This role offers 4 days a week onsite with 1 day remote.

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply.  However, please note that CoStar is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing