Content Specialist
Calgary-based Dissolve, a stock footage and photography company, is looking for a Content Specialist. You will be part of a team responsible for ensuring that incoming digital footage and photography content adheres to curation guidelines and metadata standards including commercial release criteria.
Who we are:
We are a dedicated team full of passionate members and departments all working towards common goals. Here, collaboration is key. We work in an exciting, fast-paced environment and a close-knit culture. At Dissolve, our vision is to transform stock footage and photography from so-so to spectacular. Dissolve licenses stock video clips and photography for use in commercials, television shows, documentaries, feature films, creative work, and advertising & design projects. Dissolve's footage and image collections are handpicked for technical quality, aesthetic style, and cultural relevance.
Who you are:
You have passion and an eye for footage and photography. You love collaboration and coming up with new ways of doing things. You're organized, motivated, and detail-oriented, and you work well in a collaborative team environment. You have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
A day in the life:
• Help with processing footage and photo content onto our website.
• Provide feedback to contributors on client needs and enhanced content creation.
• Provide internal feedback to improve our online search experience and keyword functionality.
• Provide internal support to improve content production workflow process & tools.
• Coordinate our distributed team with our content review queues
What you bring to the role:
• Ability to interpret clients’ visual requirements.
• Capable of juggling projects and completing a large volume of work efficiently and effectively.
• Great attention to detail.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, project management, and critical thinking skills.
• People management abilities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ability to work in a multi-app environment.
Bonus points if you’re an expert in one or more of these:
• Familiarity with copyright issues as they pertain to both fine art and commercial photography.
• Experience in image curation.
• Experience with digital asset management and an understanding of metadata.
Education:
• Certificates or experience in photography, film, graphic design, advertising, communications, or equivalent is preferred.
Don't meet these criteria exactly? But you are a go-getter who’s keen to work and learn in a highly dynamic environment? We want to talk to you.