Senior Post-Production Technician

Senior Post-Production Technician page is loaded Senior Post-Production Technicianlocations: Shepherds Building (except Banijay Rights)time type: Full timeposted on: Posted 4 Days Agotime left to apply: End Date: March 16, 2026 (6 days left to apply)job requisition id: R782 Opportunity Senior Post-Production Technician Company Banijay UK Location Shepherds Bush, London Company Banijay UK delivers award-winning multi-genre content to all the UK's major broadcasters, as well as the world's leading platforms. The division boasts an impressive heritage, bringing together the industry's best creative talent and programme makers under its production labels. Banijay UK represents a powerhouse of productions which include Grantchester, Peaky Blinders, The Sixth Commandment, Hunted, MasterChef, Banged Up, SAS Rogue Heroes and Big Brother among others. Imagining and delivering high-quality multi-genre IP that was born locally and travels globally, the business offers the best stories told the best way. Catering for every genre and every taste, the combined operation brings together a multitude of indies and a host of the country's leading creative entrepreneurs. In its new capacity, the business will continue to drive collaboration and creativity to bring the best and most innovative IP to local buyers, and Banijay clients worldwide.Each of Banijay UK's unique companies brings to the market its own identity and specialist knowledge, while benefiting from the synergy and support of a central operational team and the wider group. Job Purpose Banijay UK is expanding its in-house post-production capabilities through the newly formed department named B Post - supporting productions across a range of labels across the UK.As Senior Post-Production Technician, you will take ownership of post-production engineering, IT systems, and technical excellence within the London post-production team in addition to being hands on within the edit support team. This role sits at the intersection of postproduction workflows and IT infrastructure, with responsibility for ensuring that editorial, finishing, and delivery environments are stable, secure, well-maintained, and aligned with Banijay UK standards.This position combines deep technical and IT ownership with a practical, hands-on approach to day-to-day post-production support. You will work directly with editors and production teams, providing edit support and troubleshooting within active productions, while also managing and maintaining the underlying post-production and IT infrastructure. This includes working with third-party specialists and collaborating closely with Banijay's wider UK technical team to ensure consistency, resilience, and best practice across sites. As part of a small and growing team, the role involves broad remit across all aspects of a busy post-production environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical foundation from working in post-production, with experience across systems such as Active Directory, HP Anywhere, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, and related platforms, alongside a proactive, problem-solving mindset and a willingness to be hands-on at all levels of edit and post support where required. Duties Engineering and IT • Ensure delivery of all engineering and IT requirements, alongside third-party support teams. • First line support for all offline and final post suites, on-site, hybrid and remote. • Maintaining security requirements and responsibilities. • Managing licensing (Avid, Resolve, ProTools, Boris FX, etc.). • Maintaining all client and staff Active Directory and 2FA accounts. • Proactively explore technology innovations, working with the operational team to test and roll out. Conform, Online and Mastering • Conform sequences from offline to online resolutions within Avid Media Composer & DaVinci Resolve. • Prep and conform sequences for grading, ensuring correct XML/AAF relinking and media pipeline integrity. • Create and check AS-11 DPP, ProRes and other broadcast master files, ensuring compliance with broadcast standards. • Perform quality control (QC) checks on final deliverables, identifying and flagging potential audio, video, or metadata issues.Media Management & Ingest • Ingest, organise, and manage rushes and project assets for editorial workflows. • Link, transcode, and consolidate media to Avid Nexis via Avid Media Composer, ensuring correct codec, resolution, and metadata handling. • Perform multicam grouping and syncing of footage when required. • Maintain a clean and structured Avid project workflow, including consistent bin organisation and metadata tracking. • Complete all production and post rushes ingest logs and key paperwork. Knowledge & Skills • Strong understanding of IT technologies involved within a post environment (networking best practice, storage, cloud services, security ) • Good knowledge of Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating systems. • Proven experience of managing post-production workflows for offline and finishing, QC processes, and digital media management. • Proficient in navigating and trouble-shooting industry-standard tools, including: • Avid Media Composer • DaVinci Resolve • ProTools • Ability to adhere to complex, fast-paced workflows while troubleshooting technical issues efficiently. • Knowledge of archiving, nearline storage systems, and media asset management. • A detail-oriented, proactive approach with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under tight deadlines. • Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments and contribute to the wider Banijay UK success. • Proven knowledge of cloud-based workflows is desirable, not essential. • Experience supporting a Dolby Atmos audio suite is desirable, not essential. Reporting To Head of Technical Operations, Banijay UK Contract Type Permanent Hours 9:30am - 6:00pmWe will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. Date Posted 4th March 2026 Deadline 15th March 2026 Banijay People Contact Mollie you apply for this role, your personal information will be used by Banijay UK for recruitment purposes and in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Policy Recruitment Privacy Notice. We are an inclusive and disability confident employer. We actively encourage applications from individuals from diverse and under-represented backgrounds and are committed to providing a creative and inspirational home for all people. 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