Digital Archivist

TL;DR

Digital Archivist: Maintaining an archive for the hirify.global and ensuring content is available for re-use and exploitation with an accent on specialist knowledge of the collections for selection, research, cataloguing, and compliance of content. Focus on delivering high-quality services that present and showcase archive content via digital delivery.

Location: Plymouth, 2/3 days per week on site required (full time on site for 1 month training)

Salary: Up to £33,000 pro-rata

Company

The hirify.global is responsible for the collection, storage, and delivery of the hirify.global’s content.

What you will do

• Cataloguing content to support re-use, search, and accessibility of archive and library collections.
• Managing enquiries from users of the hirify.global's archive and library collections, supporting them to navigate and search, and providing a mediated access and delivery service of content.
• Using search skills and emerging analytic tools to enable the curation of digital assets across multiple platforms.
• Working with digital and non-digital collections delivering specialist services.
• Working as part of a team and independently, interacting with a range of customers and user communities, both hirify.global and externally.

Requirements

• A higher education qualification in archives, records, or information management; or equivalent experience of working in broadcast and media content management.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of current hirify.global News and Current Affairs output and awareness of how these will develop in the future.
• Demonstrable knowledge of news archiving systems and their application in managing news content.
• Examples of understanding archive selection, metadata enhancement and awareness of rights issues.
• Examples of excellent attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of broadcasting technology practices and relevant regulations.
• A good appreciation or knowledge of databases and computer software packages (in particular, Microsoft Excel) and their application to information services.
• Awareness of emerging AI tools and their importance across the media industry.

Culture & Benefits

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.