Research Specialist

Summary

Join Trusted Media Brands as a Research Specialist and contribute to a community-driven entertainment company reaching millions globally. You will track, analyze, and identify video trends across social media platforms. Collaborate with content and production teams to curate and appraise content, conducting thorough online research to verify video origins and ownership. Your responsibilities include content discovery, ownership identification, content appraisal, reporting, and collaboration. The role requires strong research, analytical, and legal awareness skills, along with familiarity with video-sharing platforms. Trusted Media Brands offers a collaborative culture, work/life balance, generous time off, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• Schedule Flexibility (different shifts - weekends, holidays, overnights), excellent time management skills and exceptionally detail oriented
• Research Skills: ability to conduct in-depth online research using advanced open-source search techniques, and tools like Google Reverse Image Search
• Analytical Thinking: Ability to assess the legitimacy, authenticity, and value of video content and determine potential usage or copyright risks
• Understanding of Video-Sharing Platforms: strong familiarity with the landscape of UGC, Viral Videos and social media, including platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram
• Legal Awareness: basic understanding of copyright law, intellectual property rights, licensing, and fair use policies
• Attention to Detail: exceptionally detail oriented and meticulous in tracking ownership, video metadata, and licensing information

Responsibilities

• Content discovery: search and identify original video content across social media platforms, websites, and video-sharing platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and others
• Research and ownership identification: investigate viable leads for clearance, by using metadata, research tools, and open-source intelligence techniques like reverse image/video search to track the source and authenticity of videos
• Content appraisal: evaluate user-generated videos for business needs & clearance opportunities
• Reporting: organize and present research findings in comprehensive reports that follow internal data integrity guidelines
• Collaboration & Communication: work with Manager and Function Lead to understand business content needs and apply to day-to-day tasks

Benefits

• Work/life balance
• Generous time off
• Comprehensive benefits and programs
• Comprehensive Time Off policies
• Maternity and Paternity Time off
• Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits including access to OPD consultations*, Gym/Yoga studios, Teleconsultation/Telemedicine*
• Access to Mental Health Reimbursement
• Annual Sport Reimbursement and Home Office Reimbursement
• Office with in-house kitchenette