Michael Green

Experience

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  KUSI Television

  Aug 2005 - Apr 2006

  Production Assistant
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  Butcher Editorial

  Feb 2007 - Apr 2009

  Managing Assistant Editor, Autodesk Flame Assistant

  Worked solely on multiple projects for high-profile clients such as Lexus, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Subaru, and HBO, among others. Supervised all freelance assistant editors.• Designed and managed finishing schedules.• Supervised coloring and online editing sessions.• Archived and delivered all completed projects including tape and digital file delivery.• Managed archiving of projects through Inferno as well as recovering archived projects onto the active project list.

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  Freelance

  Apr 2009 - Jan 2011

  Freelance Assistant Editor

  Booked jobs for offline and online editing and assistant editing. Oversaw digitizing, ingesting, breakdown, assembling rough cuts and final cuts, then exporting and finishing final cuts to a variety of media.• Gained first-hand experience with a wide variety of editing and visual effects software, including Avid, Final Cut, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Autodesk’s Combustion, Smoke, and Inferno among others.

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  Comcast

  Sept 2009 - Jan 2011

  Lead International Master Control Operator

  Installed, built, configured, tested, and troubleshot iTX Playout automation software systems. Trained management, operators, and engineering in operation and troubleshooting of automation software.• Interfaced with automation vendor regarding problems and upgrades.• Authored 120-page operational manual for international playout operators and engineering staff.

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  NBCUniversal, Inc.

  Jan 2011 - Mar 2013

  International Technical Operations Supervisor

  Developed, monitored, and enforced standard operating procedures for international operations. Launched new channels in the European and Asian markets and liaised with international affiliates on issues.• Prepped playlists and supervised all live broadcast shows for the international E! network including the Oscars, Emmys, BAFTAs, Grammys, and others.• Authored training modules for all international operators, identified areas of improvement, created solutions and implemented strategies to improve workflow and efficiency.• Designed and produced playout system diagrams for troubleshooting. عرض أقل

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  Playboy Plus Entertainment

  Mar 2013 - Mar 2015

  Director | Operations and Distribution Technical Partnerships

  Served as the primary point of contact for the broadcast of 20 linear television channels, all Operations and Post-Production services, Linear and Video-on-Demand Media Fulfillment, Archive and Asset Management.• Continually engaged with IT, Sales, and Product teams, reaching across departments to deliver 100+ broadcast and VOD products to more than 30 affiliates worldwide with an exceptional variety of technical requirements.• Designed and continually improved internal workflows, delivering 1,700 pieces of media per month.• Oversaw Post-Production managers and over 18 editors producing 1,500 scene and film versions monthly.• Launched a continuing weekly coordination meeting between ops, sales, and product teams managing 20-30 simultaneous new launch ventures through the various stages assuring high quality, cost-conscious execution.• Project managed a 14 broadcast channel transition from a European to a Domestic playout facility.• Managed all internal and external client-facing communication for the Operations department.• Created and maintained all technical operational technical diagrams from media distribution to linear playout. عرض أقل

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  Machinima

  Mar 2015 - Mar 2019

  Director | Content Operations

  Designed, and managed all aspects of content creation, distribution, and preservation from an operational level for Machinima from estimating costs, through the inception of workflows, to execution and constant process improvement.• Reverse-engineered the YouTube video surfacing algorithm using a|b testing, hypothesis testing, gathering, analyzing, and presenting data with recommendations for best practices for our partner network.• Used data to drive deadlines with our Biz Intel, Programming, IT, Marketing and Production teams on a daily basis.• Managed the group responsible for branding, distribution, and archiving all assets created by internal and external production teams, processing over 120 assets a week with an operating team of four (4).• Designed and enforced delivery specs for incoming assets from internal and external production houses creating a new Mezzanine spec for Machinima based on current deliverables and future-proofing our content library.• Launched Machinima’s off-YouTube OTT distribution by driving departments to curate content from our partner networks and internal productions, building a 420-hour library distributed to multiple platforms in 60 days.• Initiated and maintained technical relationships with our vendors and distribution partners from onboarding through delivery and ensured that any issues were caught early and corrected quickly.• Interpreted and summarized technical aspects of our current and potential distribution agreements and tracked those deliverables over the course of the contract providing weekly updates to the executive team.• Hosted daily scrum meetings with all departments involved in distribution to identify and eliminate process roadblocks. عرض أقل

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  Warner Bros. Discovery

  Mar 2019 - now

  Senior Director | Digital Media Engineering

  Led a nationally distributed team of media and software development engineers that focused on quality control of digital media’s file formats, archive and preservation, and future-proofing legacy workflows with cloud-based technology including the media supply chain and archive applications. Delivered a prioritized list of stakeholder requests using the Agile project management methods. • Managed WBD’s Archive tools and workflows, managing the tech roadmap and building requirements with the media librarians charged with preserving 100 years of film and television content.• Created and maintained technical relationships with current and potential vendors; drove initiatives and testing to add new abilities to our pipeline and internally managed applications.• Turned highly technical information, terminology, and concepts into executive-ready presentations for team members with a wide variety of technical understanding, giving stakeholders the essential information needed to make decisions.• Built and managed state-of-the-art technical review bays for both audio and video compliance and troubleshooting including Dolby Vision and Atmos audio, saving our Mastering and Localization time and money in review, approval, and troubleshooting asset issues.• Represented Warner Brothers in the technical community at industry forums such as ISDCF, SMPTE, DCI, etc. including serving as technical chair for DCI in 2020.• Worked with Finance to manage the department’s $11MM+ budget including signing POs and approving invoices. عرض أقل