Job Description

Designation:
Archivist - Quality Control


Category:
Group Technology


Level:
Skilled


Closing date:
17 Nov 2023


Position Type:
Permanent


Location:
MultiChoice Technology




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The MultiChoice Group is a multinational media and entertainment group headquartered in South Africa, Dubai and the Netherlands with principal operations in pay television, video entertainment, advertising and content security. Brands within the Group include DStv, GOtv, SuperSport, M-Net, DStv Media Sales, Showmax and European-based content security leader Irdeto. Wexe2x80x99re proud to say we serve 20 million subscribers across 52 African markets, with a successful history of identifying and adapting to industry trends, allowing us to continuously deliver the best in entertainment. Key areas of operations are:

• Storytelling ranging from content creation, production and aggregation including the best global general entertainment, sport and eminent African content library, delivered to customers
• Pay Television: direct-to-home satellite and digital terrestrial television services;
• SVOD: subscription video on demand services across multiple online platforms with a focus on library and local content in developing markets, and
• Advertising: providing dynamic media solutions; handling commercial airtime, on-air sponsorships, content integration, and online sales across a variety of 130+ channel brands on linear TV, VOD, social media, and digital platforms.

The groupxe2x80x99s strength lies in its focus on local language and culture, its entrepreneurial spirit and the quality of its workforce. Multichoice Group has a successful history of identifying trends early, adapting them for the markets in which it operates and leveraging them to maximum advantage. The group generates revenues primarily through subscription model, with a growing contribution from advertising revenue. Its key objectives are to:

• Expand Pay TV, SVOD subscriber base and Advertising sales
• Focus on investment and technology
• Maintain a local approach
• Provide quality service
• Attract innovative and motivated employees

Join Africaxe2x80x99s most loved storyteller!
Purpose of the Position: To ensure effective cataloguing, coordination, selling and archiving of Multichoice owned content.
Key Performance Objectives Cataloguing:

• Proactively establish and maintain effective working team relationships with all stakeholders
• QC all catalogues (this will include stock footage, entertainment, sports, promotions, and meta-tagged content)
• Coordinate the timely correction of cataloguing and meta-tagging errors identified and reported by ensuring that the responsible cataloguers address these issues within specified timeframes. Expert knowledge and experience to ensure effective administration of the thesaurus, and various control lists/dictionaries through monthly discussions with archivists about keyword entries to transfer knowledge and to ensure 100% accuracy, inclusive of the correct spelling of names and surnames, places, etc.
• Update thesaurus and dictionaries with relevant keywords to optimize content discovery.
• Effective communication and guidance to the team to ensure cataloguing standards and quality of work regarding global entries and scene selections and descriptions.
• Ensure that all legacy Titles are up to standards as per project requirements.
• Provide user support for the cataloguers and stakeholders.

Administration & Standard Operating Procedure:

• Maintain an accurate record of requests processed.
• Provide training to new customers and stakeholders.
• Seek opportunities to continuously improve on cataloguing workflows and procedures.
• Accurate and quality handover report on activities.
• Provide client onboarding and training support onto the Bynder platform.

Qualifications

• College Degree
• Excellent English knowledge, written and spoken

Experience

• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in broadcast/ information services or similar position
• Video Entertainment Industry specific knowledge and experience
• Understanding of general international cataloguing rules and practices/standards
• Media and content experience
• Excellent English knowledge

Technical Competencies

• Media and content experience
• Writing
• Content manipulation and production
• Planning and organizing