Digital Archives Specialist

CAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC•Austin, TX

2d•$70,000•Onsite

About The Position

Job Overview: Austin PBS seeks a Digital Archives Specialist to help manage and preserve over 50 years of television production materials, including analog and born-digital audiovisual assets, photographic materials, technical and descriptive metadata, production and administrative records. The Archive team is responsible for preserving and providing access to both contemporary and legacy assets in a broadcast production environment. Ongoing work includes the implementation of a media asset management system (CatDV), which will be used in all aspects of station operations from automated production and digital asset preservation workflows to metadata management. What you will be doing: Working with the Director of Archives, you will take a hands-on, user-centered approach to the strategic implementation, administration, and management of our media asset management system (CatDV) which will include audiovisual recordings, audio, photographs, scanned documents, the associated metadata and other digital content. Future projects are likely to include other legacy media digitization projects and planning for the preservation of unprocessed assets including photographic materials and paper production records.

Requirements

2-3 year experience working with archiving, curating, or equivalent
Direct experience working with CatDV or other MAMs or DAMs
Experience with EIDR registration and management a plus
Advanced experience gathering and structuring metadata
Some practical experience working with large sets of data and media
Some practical understanding of the identification of video codecs and other digital formats
Advanced applied experience working with spreadsheets (Google Sheets, Excel)
Advanced knowledge of navigating Google Suite
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines and change course as appropriate
Ability to follow detailed verbal and written instructions to meet complex specifications
Extreme attention to detail
Experience working across teams and departments to understand institutional operations
Strong interpersonal skills in order to communicate effectively with vendors and internal stakeholders.
This job may include sitting for long hours doing repetitive tasks
May be required to lift boxes of materials up 50lbs

Nice To Haves

Professional background in library, archives, and/or museums
Working with metadata in a digital repository setting
Managing large media files and associated data
Using spreadsheet formulas, programming, or scripting languages
Ability to implement comprehensive training and coaching of internal stakeholders with CatDV

Responsibilities

Work closely with other Austin PBS staff across departments to document departmental workflows and streamline those workflows into CatDV and integrated systems
Develop cataloging processes and other relevant workflows for ingesting, describing, managing, and preservation of digital assets
Gather, organize, and normalize legacy data from multiple systems for import into CatDV
Review and clean newly created user and staff created metadata
Research and verify data across multiple legacy and contemporary systems and sources
Advise on metadata standards and supervise workflow development and implementation
Develop and document procedures for using CatDV and integrated systems
Assist and train Austin PBS staff on metadata gathering and the use of CatDV
Administer CatDV system, including user management and permissions
Support fulfillment of assets to distribution partners (FAST channels, OTT apps, etc.)
Project management as agreed upon by the Director
Delegate tasks and supervise other project staff in a non-management role
Assist in the planning, design, and implementation of mass audiovisual, digitization and scanning projects
Manage the quality control, ingest, and description of newly digitized audiovisual assets
Maintain relationships with outside organizations for the long-term preservation of Austin PBS assets