£8.72 per hour

Hours: 10am -6pm

Want to work with the biggest names in the TV and movie business?

From Hollywood to Bollywood, it’s not every day you get a chance to be employed by a company that works on titles and technology for the biggest names in the TV and movie business.

We are looking to recruit a temporary Subtitle Technical Quality Control Operative (QC) for a period of up to 3 months to work within our subtitling and dubbing production team that provides subtitling, captioning and dubbing services for our clients which include major Hollywood studios and global broadcasters.

What we do at ZOO

We securely showcase, localise and distribute the movies and TV shows the world wants to see. We combine our world-class cloud technology with amazing client teams in the UK and US, some of the most talented in-territory translators in the industry and a growing network of trusted local partners, to deliver awesome results for our clients each and every day.

Due to a new project with a major client, we are looking to add new members to our Subtitle team in Sheffield.

Technical QC is the very important final stage in a project before it is delivered to the client. The primary focus of the Technical QC operator is to uphold excellent quality throughout all work and ensure that only content meeting the required standards is delivered. Steps taken to achieve this include tracking, download and conversion of subtitles as well as testing and enforcement of the Quality Control standards using ZOO’s proprietary subtitling system. The Technical QC operator interacts with a number of client sites to collect, update, deliver materials & create new entries for assets within archiving systems.

Key Accountabilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Maintaining client sites ensuring all data is present and accurate
• Locating and retrieving assets from various archiving systems
• Updating, uploading & creating new entries & assets within archiving systems
• Performing Quality Control checks on client materials and the upholding of standards

Requirements

The position requires attention to detail, following strict guidelines, check lists and instructions, detail oriented and have ability to comprehend complex technical topics.

Any prior audio/video, quality control experience or exposure to working with multiple languages would be highly desirable. An understanding of video compression and the various codecs used by broadcasters and VOD platforms would be advantageous, but not essential

Essential:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage a variety of tasks under pressure
• Proactive, flexible and able to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Able to work independently and as a team player
• Analytical and structured problem-solving abilities

Desirable:

• Prior QC experience
• Prior experience with audio and video

Benefits & Rewards

We employ the brightest and most original thinkers in our industry. We value all the folks that make ZOO a great place to work. Along with a competitive salary we also offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Pension scheme
• City Centre parking
• 25 days holiday
• Free fruit and snacks
• Staff Socials
• Share scheme (save as you earn)