Bryan Yum Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Guided the integration of our 50 employee Media Operations department with the new parent company (see prior job experience)
• Developed and implemented upstream Video Mastering into our menu of services to major entertainment studios, whilst ensuring continued success of existing operations
• Process improvement and transformation of media workflows for transitioning requests, services, and volumes
• Primary stakeholder in developing a MAM with the technology departments
• Continued managerial oversight of all Media Operations services to ensure product fulfillment and staff success (bleed over from prior job experience)
• Primary US Media Operations driver in cross functional process improvement and workflow creation linking the two merged companies (Iyuno with SDI Media)

Los Angeles, CA

• Development and management of US Media Operations and Audio Mixing Post Production workflows at leading localization company, SDI Media
• Aided by 3 ~ 4 Line Managers, led 60+ employee department consisting of Video & Audio post processing operator teams: Scheduling, Media Engineering, Audio Mixing, Media Transcoders, Asset Management/Fulfillment.
• Using metrics based analytics of capacity vs volume, complete overhaul of the department was done for maximizing efficiencies and creating an environment of accountability and long term sustainability
• Management and decision making role in the day to day workflows, priorities, and issues
• Responsible for managing 1 PB nearline production and offline archive storage capacities
• Primary stakeholder in all things digital asset management, including partnering with technology groups for software development and solutions, including a MAM

Burbank, CA

• Led 40+ employee department to upkeep 4 domestic linear networks, 30+ domestic VOD platforms, 12 European linear networks, 30+ European VOD platforms, and 20+ International/Joint Venture clients
• Media Services department included operators in Post Production, Transcoding, Asset Management, Media QC, and Media Fulfillment for linear broadcast, VOD, and international sales
• Partnered with Technology departments, took part in complete rebuild of Post Production infrastructure and media processing space
• Rebuild of entire media operations process to accommodate new consolidations and requirements, including transition to fully digital assets and a new asset management environment
• Managed monthly throughput and process of 100 ~ 200 media assets for the various platforms
• Owner of the vetting and implementation of the upgrade of the company wide traffic/scheduling software, which included data migration, process mapping, and workflow integration

Los Angeles, CA

• Responsible for the broadcast launches and media operations for 11+ international channel feeds for E! and style. Networks
• Managed 20+ employee department that included media processing and fulfillment, broadcast maintenance, localization responsibilities, and post production editorial needs
• Developed and continued maintenance of the localization process and vendor management for 22+ subtitled languages and 5 dubbed languages
• Travel to various international broadcast playout facilities to oversee and manage any live event programming that occurred on our channels for successful error free transmission
• Broadcast scheduling and traffic/EPG maintenance, including commercial ad insertion process and asset timing metadata entry
• Developed and maintained compliance workflow for Standards & Practices requirements of all channels, including OFCOM and various APAC needs

Los Angeles, CA

• Primary role in the launch and maintenance of the E! and style. International networks. Maintained media operations and channel upkeep
• Management of foreign language subtitling and dubbing process. Launched 13+ subtitling languages and 5 dubbing languages. Took part in RFP and aided in the negotiation of language vendor contracts
• Developed the International department’s Avid post-production facilities and scheduling, along with maintenance of Avid Unity administration (including 1000+ hour program inventory and foreign language assets)

Los Angeles, CA

• Coordinated programming grids for international channels for E! and style.
• Maintained EPG schedules and made strategic programming decisions

Los Angeles, CA

• Supported the International Program Sales team in an administrative capacity
• Supported marketing group in preparation for entertainment trade shows such as MIPCOM and NATPE

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication Arts And Psychology

High School Diploma