Job Description
Hybrid job requiring 2+ days/week of onsite work at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX Take your career to new heights. Come join us at MORI Associates and help us support the most exciting projects at NASA. As a Mission Video Cataloger you will be part of a dedicated team of diverse professionals creating and supporting cutting edge solutions for our client’s critical missions. MORI is a mid-sized nationwide company founded in 1997 with the ideals that creating an agile organization full of innovative and passionate people will progress science and technology for all life on earth. We focus on offering a complete range of services from strategic consulting to the development of Information Systems and providing advanced engineering solutions. Now, let’s see if this opportunity is the right challenge for you.
MORI Associates is seeking a Mission Video Cataloger to enter descriptive metadata for live and archived downlinked video from the International Space Station (ISS) into the media asset
management system – Dalet. This position is part of Multimedia Operations within the Network and Telecommunication Services (NaTS) service line of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer (OCIO) in support of the NASA Enterprise Multimedia and Integrated Technical Services (eMITS) contract. eMITS is the Agency’s enterprise-level contract creating and delivering
multimedia and technical communications through the use of the internet, digital platforms, and IT management for NASA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and
Office of Communications (OCOMM). From photographing rocket launches and recoveries, to producing engaging videos, to information technology management, to using social media to
share NASA’s message, eMITS integrates services for NASA IT and provides NASA’s communication to the outside world. Come join us in support of NASA’s mission to inspire the world
through information and discovery.
This position will be responsible for the following:
• Cataloging NASA crewed spaceflight downlinked video, primarily International Space Station (ISS) related imagery but will be asked to work on new programs (Artemis, Gateway, etc.),
both archived and in real-time into the media asset management system, Dalet.
• Researching customer requests using various databases developed internally at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), various external sources, and subject matter experts within the
Imagery Repositories and Television Operations.
• Providing customer assistance in locating video in digital and physical mediums and assisting them on how to obtain video products.
• Assist with other departmental tasks, special projects, and other duties as assigned.
Remote, hybrid, and onsite positions the employee bears travel costs to nearest NASA Center for badging and issue of NASA IT equipment.
To qualify for this job opportunity, you need to possess:
US citizenship since job involves working with sensitive US government data.
BA/BS from an accredited college or technical school; 1 year work experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum Requirements to be a successful candidate:
• Great attention to detail; ability to consistently apply established metadata into the media asset management system with little or no error.
• Customer service and team work skills.
• Knowledge of computerized cataloging and related databases.
• Time management skills; ability to effectively prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Windows 10 or greater.
• Ability to type 40 wpm.
• Proven skills with writing, research, and communication.
• Ability to work under deadlines.
• Individual must be able to work occasional weekend, holiday, evening, or night shift hours.
• Basic understanding of NASA, JSC, and the International Space Station (ISS).
Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, One Drive), SharePoint, and Box.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Extensive knowledge of NASA, JSC, and ISS human spaceflight mission.
• Knowledge of media asset management systems, metadata principles, and basic asset management.
• Experience with Access.
Performance Expectations
• Cataloging requires the use of a keyboard, to type metadata into records and perform searches within the Dalet system and other databases, and a mouse, to manipulate various
functions within the software being used. The ability to type and manipulate a mouse are the most basic
requirements for this job. Catalogers are required to use both the Dalet system and a second government furnished workstation.
• Catalogers are assigned multiple downlinks and folders within those downlinks to catalog. Catalogers are expected to catalog the multiple folders assigned to them with a backlog
of no more than a month, and often, only a few weeks.
• Catalogers have a variety of tools to help them stay current on activities occurring or imminent on the ISS as well as to help determine what happened onboard recently.
Catalogers are expected to utilize these tools on a daily basis in their cataloging duties.
• Catalogers handle research requests from time to time as well as provide ISS identification assistance for any customers or Multimedia colleagues. Catalogers are regularly asked
for assistance from colleagues in Mission Video in identifying shots on the ISS both interior and exterior.
• Catalogers are expected to stay up to date on their knowledge of the ISS and routinely attend lectures or watch webcasts to that end. New Cataloger training typically lasts only
a few days and consists of some the following:
o The Moving Imagery Repository Lead will sit with a new Cataloger for no more than 16 non-consecutive hours.
o The Cataloger watches fly-through tours of the ISS for familiarization.
o As part of training with the Lead, the Cataloger is walked through the Mission Video Cataloging Operations & Procedures manual.
o There is a shared binder of still photos of the interior and exterior of the ISS that the Cataloger is shown and walked through.
• Catalogers are required to help support Extravehicular Activities (EVAs) when they come up. It is currently the only time Catalogers are expected to work odd hours.
Catalogers must be able to listen to the television for Public Affairs commentary, but mostly, the space-to-ground loops.
The salary range for this job is $47,500-51,300/year.
MORI Associates offers comprehensive benefits including a 401k plan with company matching funds.
MORI is an EEO/AA/Disability/Vets Employer and complies with E-Verify.
MORI shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as
protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or
national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without
regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
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