Nathan Butler
Broadcast Operations & Media Technology Professional
📍 Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About
Media operations professional with nearly 20 years in television production and post-production. I handle post-production workflows including footage ingest, proxy creation, and archival processes. I work with news, sports, archive footage, and other broadcast programming, and build automation tools to streamline repetitive tasks.
Skills
Post-Production
Adobe Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, Proxy Creation, Media Management
Storage & Asset Management
Media Asset Management, Archive workflows
Content Types
News, Sports, Archive footage, Broadcast programming
Technical & Automation
FFmpeg, C#, .NET, PowerShell
Other
Technical troubleshooting, Process documentation
Experience
- Ingest footage, create proxies, and manage media assets for news, sports, and other broadcast content
- Build automation tools using PowerShell, FFmpeg, and AutoHotkey to streamline workflows
- Produce proxy and high-resolution files for content sales distribution
- Handle archival processes and manage storage requirements
- Manage caption and transcription workflows
- Managed ingest operations during company transition to NPC Media NSW
- Coordinated with other departments during organizational changes
- Ingested content for on-air playback and archiving
- Helped establish new archive department during transition from Melbourne to Brisbane
- Managed archive and retrieval systems for historic footage
- Ingested and performed quality control on news updates, commercials, and programs
- Compiled and assembled programs to broadcast standards
- Edited highlights packages and promotional content
- Transferred content between regional and national newsrooms
- Managed media exchanges for breaking news coverage
- Managed on-air playback of scheduled content
- Performed quality control during broadcast transmission
- Coordinated with presentation and master control for programming transitions