What are the responsibilities and job description for the Replay Operator (Seasonal) position at Major League Baseball (MLB)?
Major League Baseball seeks a Replay Operator, Broadcasting, to produce augmented reality and virtual visualizations and broadcast enhancements for live MLB telecasts. Operators will utilize proprietary software to generate visual enhancements that will be used both pre-game and in-game. This role will train and work within efficient workflows and be expected to have a high sense of detail focused on ensuring the product is delivered to broadcasts seamlessly. This position ensures high-quality broadcasts, working within a well-trained team, and using our system that provides continual improvements to meet the MLB Broadcasting team’s strategic priorities.
Requirements
The actual offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Major League Baseball (MLB) considers relevant to the hiring decision
Why MLB?
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
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Colorado Residents: Colorado based applicants may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us at accommodations@mlb.com. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 1 year experience in broadcasting, production, or a related field
- Must have very strong computer skills
- Proficiency with Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.)
- Understanding of television production, ideally within sports broadcasting
- Familiarity with advanced broadcast production tools, including graphics and augmented reality systems
- Some experience in a live production/broadcast environment (Scorebug, Duet, Viz, EVS, Dreamcatcher, etc)
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across production teams and broadcast crews
- Strong knowledge of baseball, including an understanding of both common baseball stats as well as Statcast metrics.
- Must have excellent interpersonal skills, multi-tasking skills and a strong attention to detail
- Must be willing to work nights/weekends/holidays
- Review and learn process and procedure documentation
- Set up graphic rendering software for assigned games
- Generate assigned content and coordinate video feed and/or file delivery to the Broadcast
- Receive requests from producers/directors in-game
- Provide clips of high quality content from broadcast feeds for review
- Check for accuracy of data & stats on all graphics
- Maintain accurate logs of all elements that air across broadcasts
- Provide detailed information on errors, bugs or on-air or software issues in order to further improve the system
- Communicate with remote production teams including Producer, Director, Engineer, Venue Techs
- Communicate with broadcasters & on-site personnel prior to games to ensure everything is functioning properly
- Collaborate with the Director of Production to optimize workflows for Statcast 3D operations
- Partner with management on creative enhancements and process improvements
The actual offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Major League Baseball (MLB) considers relevant to the hiring decision
Why MLB?
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
California Residents: Please see our California Recruitment Privacy Policy for more details.
Colorado Residents: Colorado based applicants may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us at accommodations@mlb.com. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!
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