Digital Quality Control Specialist
Resume:
Derek Arter
Glendora, CA **741 310-***-****
********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Results-driven, detail-oriented professional, with excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Recognized as both a successful team leader and individual contributor that will be able to utilize my experience, sound decision-making, coordinating, organizing, and excellent time management skills. I have worked with digital content for Movies, TV episodic, VOD, Live Streaming, CTV, and OTT.
WORK HISTORY:
Anuvu
Assistant Compliance Editor 08/2020 - 10/2021
Santa Ana, CA
Job Responsibilities:
I was an Assistant Compliance Editor of content for Movies, and TV episodes noted that fell within Sensitive Middle Eastern Guidelines for Anuvu In-Flight Entertainment.
I consulted with and discussed this with the Compliance Team edits to ensure all regional and cultural guidelines were met.
Working experience with audio, video, subtitles, images, metadata, tagging, and naming convention.
Daily communication with multiple groups internally and externally via email, phone, and Slack.
I was responsible for identifying the synopsis of TV shows and the synopsis of each show episode.
Knowledge of Compliance guidelines within the In-Flight Industry.
Familiar with working 100% remotely.
Experience with excel spreadsheet grids for adding notes for Feature movies and TV shows for Cathay International’s content cycle for sponsoring airlines that are affiliated with Anuvu.
Comfortable working with Gmail, Google Drive, Google Documents, and Sheets.
Accessing the Jira board for the internal database for movies and TV shows to work on.
Used internal storage like Teridici rigs and SharePoint folders to upload completed EDLs for movies and TV series and assess video and audio content.
Accountable for delivering assets promptly and on time.
Paying attention to detail and a keen eye for any potential issues
Excellent organizational, and interpersonal skills.
Basic editing using Adobe Premiere.
Providing editors with recommendations on what to include or exclude from the edit lists.
Global Eagle Entertainment 02/2017 - 08/2020
Digital/Analog QC Specialist Irvine, CA
Job Responsibilities:
Strong knowledge of Video QC standards and best practices for working with video artwork, and metadata.
Stitching audio and video together during the QC process. Sometimes using foreign language files.
Performed 3-point spot checks on files/tapes (Beginning/Middle/End) and/or Full QC.
Most of the content reviewed was movies and TV episodes.
Used DaVinci Resolve to QC video, audio tracks, and some languages to make sure all elements were in sync.
100 % QC on all DVD, Blu-rays, and VOD Disc projects.
Worked on Audio Descriptions of movies, and TV episodes for SDH.
Managing all digital MES files assigned to me. Then, if there are QC failures report and fix them if applicable.
Updating content logs and sending emails to the Project Managers for updates on fixes. Prioritize work based on delivery dates and Supervisor instruction. Monitor incoming emails and facilitate requests as per Supervisor instructions.
Warner Bros 02/2002 - 03/2013
SD/HD Digital Video Compression Operator Los Angeles, CA
Job Responsibilities:
I was involved with the video compression process and standards, video codecs, wrappers, aspect ratios, frame rates, and metadata for each project assigned to me and the compression team.
Review audio and video content for technical issues that may be produced by compression or digital artifacts.
Exercised sound judgment in reviewing content and troubleshooting if problems arise.
Ability to make quick changes and prioritize workflow when needed.
Evaluated QC reports on source files and provides solutions for resolving technical issues.
Knowledge of video aspect ratios and resolutions for SD, VOD, and HD.
Additional Digital Video working experience and knowledge:
●Worked with Compression wrappers and Video Codecs such as AVI, YUV, QT, WMV, WMA, WAV, MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, TS- Transport Streams, HEVC, H.264, H.265, MP4, MP3.
●Experience with working with image file formats like TIF, PSD, EPS, IMF JPG, SVG, PNG
●Familiar with FTP/SFTP to transfer files.
●Experience using HD, SD, and Blu-Ray formats
●Knowledge of 2.0 and 5.1 stereo audio configurations.
●Familiar with ATMOS a Dolby surround sound audio format used in cinemas, home systems, and some mobile phones.
●Good written and verbal communication skills.
●Familiar with working 100% remotely.
●Reliable high-speed internet service, smart Phone, used Slack to communicate at times.
●Live Streaming of buffering, network connectivity, and video lag, that affect the bitrate and picture quality
●I am a sports enthusiast.
●Familiar with Adobe Premiere, and DaVinci Resolve.
●Ability to handle multiple projects and tasks simultaneously while adapting to strict guidelines.
●Experience working with Windows / Mac using Word, WinZip, and web browsing.
●Knowledge of Close Captioning making sure captioning falls within the safe areas of the screening monitor. Forced Narrative and SDH.
●Familiar with logging tapes using SMPTE timecode standards.
●Familiar with frame rates for film 24fps and video (NTSC) 29.97 fps PAL 25 fps.
●Knowledge of SD 640 x 480, HD 1920 x 1080, UHD 3840 x 2160.
●Troubleshooting video or audio sync issues, digital hits, macro-blocking, and audio dropouts.
●Interlacing to de-interlacing or any other conversion-related issues.
●Understanding of ABR – Adaptive Bit rate and CBR – Constant Bit Rate.
●Knowledge of Color space for SD 601 and HD 709.
●Video format used NTSC 525 scan lines, PAL 625 scan lines, CC blocking line 21
●Understanding of the MPEG GOP structure IBP (Initial, Bidirectional, Predictive), Inverse Telecine 3:2 pull-down, banding, audio /video artifacts, I-Frame pulsing, and other digital anomalies.
●Video Players: VLC, Power DVD emulator, DivX 10
LinkedIn Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-arter-81b21736
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Video, Imaging, and Digital Arts (Multimedia Studies)
University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
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