Senior Metadata Specialist - Los Angeles, CA - Long Term Contract

Data Analyst: Metadata - Los Angeles, CA - Long Term Contract Summary: Working closely with Programming and Metadata teams across US, EMEA, Asia and LATAM, you will be part of a team who is responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely entry of metadata into client systems to drive the content supply chain workflow. You will act as advisor on data structure, researching and analysing metadata to ensure data integrity and quality, and will manage the change control process for updates, working with legal and downstream system owners to ensure alignment of changes.You will be responsible for analysing and reporting on the metadata database to identify gaps and work with relevant teams to enrich data in line with the client's metadata governance standards, for use across all platforms and services, as well as supporting the de-duplication of data within the global workflows.The role will work alongside operations, legal, programming and finance teams.Responsibilities:

• Create title records withinmetadata system aligned to programming pipelines and contracts, ensuring integrity of data structure to enable the media supply chain.
• Regularly analyze data withinmetadata systems to identify gaps within our dataset across all languages.
• Research and source data for enrichment of records, validate against technical QC guidelines for entry into systems, ensuring the fullest dataset possible and in line with publication requirements to support distribution to clientand affiliate platforms
• Liaise with metadata teamsglobally to ensure alignment of data ID's across systems and avoid duplication within the media supply chain.
• Manage the metadata change control process, working with relevant downstream system owners including Programming, Legal, Content Ops and Business System Support, to ensure changes are approved and managed correctly.
• Manage metrics and reporting for stakeholders where appropriate.
• Assist with ad hoc updates and remediation in applicable metadata and rights systems as the pacific time zone lead as part of the global team of metadata management personnel.

• Experience working within a similar role
• Understanding of importance of editorial metadata, for consumer, SEO purposes etc.
• Understanding of media supply chain workflows
• Analytical with a high level of attention to detail
• Experience of supporting automated workflows and ability to input into technical solutions
• Excellent linguistic skills, including understanding of different language sentence structure, grammar, punctuation.
• Understanding of rights including OTT
• Can communication professionally and effectively at all levels
• Flexible, with a willingness to embrace change
• Self-starter with ability to take ownership
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Willingness to be on call for emergency support needs