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Form of workDiamond Kinetics (DiamondKinetics.com) is a growing sports-tech company focused in baseball and softball. As the market leader in the space, DK combines motion-based sensors with mobile applications and a robust digital platform to provide hitting and throwing data to players, parents, coaches, and teams - helping them understand their performance, improve, and have more fun playing the game they love.
Diamond Kinetics is a fast-paced, performance-driven company where responsibility comes quickly, and exceeding expectations is the expectation. The work is challenging and exciting, especially for those who love sports. We believe in stretching for growth as a company and as professionals. We seek competitive, self-motivated people as teammates who do the same.
Diamond Kinetics (DK) is seeking a talented individual to join our Product team as a Video Effects and Automation Engineer. This person possesses a unique blend of technical skills, creativity and a deep understanding of the baseball world. The person in this role will work closely with the Product team to shape the presentation and manage the scalability of auto-generated content sourced from DK's partners. The person in this role will also be responsible for editing on-demand instructional content from DK's remote instructors.
This position reports to the Director of Product Content.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Product team to execute creative ideas for digital content that will be featured in the DK app and/or shared on DK's social channels
- Design creative elements: custom graphics, interstitials, visual Effects and templates that align with DK's brand and can be applied to MLB video highlights and other partner content.
- Automate and optimize the sourcing, packaging and delivery of MLB content with creative elements
- Edit remotely-captured baseball & softball instructional videos
Experience Required
- BA or BS in Multimedia, Film Production, Software Engineering or related field.
- Strong proficiency in Python programming, with the ability to automate and optimize the video content creation process
- Proven experience in video production with a strong portfolio showcasing relevant work.
- Proficient in using Premiere Pro and After Effects
- Experience in creating digital content at scale, ensuring a consistent and high-quality output.
Core Competency Requirements
- Excellent communication and organization skills
- Team player
- Self-motivated
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Attention to detail, ensuring that all content is accurate and adheres to brand guidelines and industry standards.
- Genuine passion for the sports of baseball and softball
Additional Desired Experience
- Proven experience with Blender or other 3D graphics software
- Experience with ffmpeg or other programmatic video editing tools
- Strong understanding of baseball metrics and Statcast data
- Ability to illustrate data and metrics
- Familiarity with automation and scripting within Creative Suite (Adobe Scripting)
- Start-up and/or early-stage company experience.
- Unique and exciting opportunity to work at an MLB-backed early-stage company
- Flexible work environment in our office in Pittsburgh, PA, or remotely in US time zones
- Must be legally eligible to work in the United States
- Competitive compensation package including salary, bonus, stock options, health insurance and 401K plan.
- Diamond Kinetics is an equal-opportunity employer
