Company Overview:
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), one local grassroots series and three international series. The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, Americrown Service and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (‘NASCAR’).
Job Description:
NASCAR Media Ventures seeks a talented professional to join in the position of Media Specialist III based in our Charlotte, North Carolina office.
This person will be responsible for content ingestion and file distribution to clients and executives. Also responsible for facilitating video streaming delivery for both live and video-on-demand.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Manage and fulfill ingest and distribution requests from outside clients and internal executives
- Act as shift-lead when required
- Training and delegating work to other staff members
- Facilitate requests from Competition and Research & Development departments
- Live Streaming for various company entities
- Maintain a knowledge of current and legacy video formats
- Build and test transcoding profiles and provide workflow pointers for the Production Technology department
- Keep the Production Network operational and maintained
- Create workflow documentation as technologies evolve
- Update internal Sharepoint portal
- Perform CDN configuration updates as requested
Required skills / experience:
- Bachelor’s degree and 5 years’ experience in information technology or similar computer support.
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and NLE operations.
- Experience with Apple and Mac OS including Adobe Premier Pro Creative Cloud
- Adobe Photoshop, After Affects and HTML is a plus
- CMS experience is beneficial
- Well organized with the ability to work with flexible and shifting priorities
- Ability to carry out duties with little direct supervision
- Attention to detail
- Familiarity with principals of web streaming and CDN delivery
- AWS Console experience
- Knowledge of web analytics
- Proficient in project management framework
Apply Now:
Learn more about this role and our team by applying at www.careers.nascar.com for consideration.
We are a company unlike any other. At NASCAR, you will find a community of passionate individuals who care about the sport and are united in seeing it grow. We want you to bring your experience, skills and passion to our close-knit, high-energy environment in which our employees thrive and where you can prosper. We know the key to our success is our employees and we offer highly competitive salaries, a solid benefits package focused on wellness, and opportunities for you to grow and develop both personally and professionally. It won’t take you long to find out that you are on the right track here at NASCAR!
NASCAR is committed to fostering a diverse work environment where all employees feel valued and empowered. NASCAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). We seek to attract and retain the best qualified people available. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any basis that is protected by applicable law except where a bona fide occupational qualification exists.