Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) is one of the leading integrated sports and entertainment companies globally. MSE’s portfolio spans premier professional sports teams, world-class venues, and next-generation media properties, with marquee assets including the NHL’s Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s Washington Mystics, NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go, Capital One Arena, and Monumental Sports Network, along with an investment in Team Liquid.
Rooted in the nation’s capital, MSE brings Washington, D.C's distinct influence, ambition, and leadership to the global sports and entertainment landscape. The company harnesses the power of its platform to drive continuous innovation and deliver extraordinary experiences that inspire and unite our community, our fans, and our people.
Our success is powered by talented people who bring passion, creativity, and collaboration to everything they do. If you're looking to build your career in a dynamic, fast-paced organization that's shaping the future of sports and entertainment, we'd love to hear from you.
Position Overview:
The Content Metadata & Distribution Coordinator is responsible for the organization, accuracy, tracking, and distribution of Monumental Sports Network content and associated metadata across owned platforms and third-party distribution partners.
Are you highly organized and passionate about sports and digital content? Do you enjoy working behind the scenes to bring content to life across multiple platforms? Apply today! We'd love to hear from you!
Responsibilities:
- Maintain metadata for Monumental Sports Network video content, including titles, series and episode information, descriptions, content IDs, categories, tags, runtimes, artwork references, availability windows, rights information.
- Maintain centralized content inventories, metadata repositories, delivery trackers, and partner-specific tracking systems that provide an accurate source of truth for distributed content.
- Coordinate the packaging and delivery of content to third-party distribution partners, including platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, DAZN, and future distribution partners.
- Format content metadata according to partner-specific schemas, naming conventions, templates, and technical delivery specifications.
- Prepare and validate partner delivery packages containing video assets, metadata, artwork, captions, and other required materials.
- Track content through the full distribution lifecycle, including preparation, submission, ingestion, publication, updates, expiration, and removal.
- Monitor partner platforms to verify that delivered content has been published accurately and is represented according to Monumental Sports Network requirements.
- Identify and document metadata discrepancies, incorrect artwork, improper merchandising, duplicate content, incorrect availability windows, or other partner-platform issues and coordinate resolution.
- Handle content availability and expiration information to help ensure programming remains accessible only within approved distribution and rights windows.
- Conduct regular quality assurance reviews of metadata and distributed content across Monumental+, third-party platforms, and internal tracking systems.
- Maintain and help implement consistent metadata standards, taxonomy, naming conventions, and documentation across the Content Strategy team.
- Find opportunities to improve and streamline metadata and distribution workflows by addressing manual processes, recurring errors, and opportunities for greater consistency or automation.
- Coordinate with Content Strategy, Production, Programming, Legal, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and external distribution partners to resolve content, rights, metadata, and delivery questions and support the onboarding of new distribution partners.
- Maintain organized documentation of partner specifications, delivery procedures, technical requirements, and operational contacts.
- Support content-library cleanup and reconciliation projects to ensure internal systems accurately reflect current content status and distribution history.
- Generate reports and status updates identifying outstanding deliveries, missing assets, metadata issues, publishing discrepancies, and upcoming expirations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 1+ years of relevant experience in digital media, content operations, metadata management, streaming, media distribution, or a related field.
- Ability to maintain accuracy across large amounts of information.
- Strong organizational and project-management skills with the ability to handle multiple simultaneous content deliveries.
- Strong proficiency working with spreadsheets, structured data, tracking systems, and content management platforms.
- Strong written communication skills.
- Ability to understand and follow detailed technical and operational specifications.
- Experience with digital video, streaming platforms, media operations, content distribution, metadata management, or content management systems is strongly preferred.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including sorting, filtering, formulas, data validation, and handling large datasets, is required.
- Familiarity with video asset specifications, file naming conventions, artwork requirements, caption files, or digital media delivery workflows is a plus.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical team members.
- Interest in sports media, streaming, content operations, or digital distribution is a plus.
Pay Range: $60k-65k USD.
Benefit Eligibility: This role is eligible to participate in health and welfare benefits.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
