Digital Content Archivist

M+C Saatchi Group • Washington, DC

58d • $60,000 - $70,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

M&C Saatchi World Services US is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Digital Content Archivist to oversee the preservation, governance, and accessibility of enterprise multimedia, creative, and communications assets. The role supports institutional knowledge, historical content, and digital resources so they remain discoverable, compliant, and available for communications, stakeholder engagement, and mission continuity across a diverse portfolio of federal programs.

Working across content operations, digital asset management, knowledge management, and communications, the archivist manages the lifecycle of digital and physical collections, maintains metadata and taxonomy frameworks, and supports long-term preservation. The role partners with creative, communications, technical, and operational teams to establish sustainable archival processes that improve discoverability, accessibility, and content stewardship. This is a hybrid position, and the ideal candidate lives in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Virginia region.

Requirements

• Experience managing archives, digital asset management systems, records repositories, knowledge management platforms, or enterprise content collections.
• Strong understanding of archival principles, metadata standards, taxonomy development, digital preservation practices, and information governance.
• Experience organizing and managing large multimedia collections, creative assets, communications materials, or historical records.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development, UX research, accessibility, and digital experience optimization tools to improve platform performance and user outcomes.
• Curiosity about the technology landscape and how AI is changing communications.
• Knowledge of archival metadata frameworks, digital preservation methodologies, and content lifecycle management processes.
• Experience maintaining inventories, repositories, finding aids, documentation systems, and governance standards.
• Strong organizational and cataloging abilities with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience collaborating with communications, creative, content, technical, and operational teams.
• Ability to establish and maintain standards for metadata, content classification, retention, and archival governance.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance, as required by the position.
• Must be a United States citizen, as required by the government contract.
• Must be able and willing to obtain a U.S. Government Secret or Top Secret security clearance immediately upon employment.
• Must be willing to submit to a rigorous federal background investigation, including review of personal finances, criminal history, employment history, and drug use.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting federal government, Department of Defense, public affairs, communications, or mission-driven organizations.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards, cloud-based repositories, DAM platforms, records management systems, or digital preservation technologies.
• A degree or relevant experience in Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience Design, Psychology, Behavioral Science, Communications, Digital Strategy, Information Architecture, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Manage, organize, catalog, and preserve enterprise multimedia, communications, and creative assets, including videos, photography, graphics, documents, publications, and historical materials.
• Administer digital asset management systems and archival repositories, ensuring metadata accuracy, taxonomy consistency, and content discoverability.
• Develop and maintain archival structures, collection inventories, finding aids, indexes, and documentation to support asset retrieval and governance.
• Implement archival standards, retention schedules, preservation policies, and records management practices in accordance with organizational and federal requirements.
• Oversee asset lifecycle processes, including ingestion, classification, version control, supersession, archival, and disposition.
• Maintain long-term accessibility and integrity of archived materials through preservation workflows, file migration strategies, backup procedures, and storage management.
• Conduct archival audits and quality assurance reviews to verify metadata completeness, repository accuracy, and compliance with governance standards.
• Collaborate with content creators, designers, videographers, communications teams, and stakeholders on asset ingestion, tagging, and classification.
• Support rapid retrieval of archived content for communications initiatives, leadership engagements, stakeholder requests, and mission-critical activities.
• Develop and maintain metadata standards, taxonomy frameworks, naming conventions, and archival governance processes.
• Provide training and guidance on archival procedures, DAM system usage, metadata discipline, and content stewardship.
• Identify opportunities to improve archival workflows, preservation approaches, asset management processes, and organizational knowledge management capabilities.

Benefits

• 12 weeks of full pay for primary caregivers and 6 weeks for secondary caregivers.
• Choice of three medical plans: HSA at $0 cost, EPO 75% employer-funded, or PPO 65% employer-funded.
• 70% employer-funded dental and vision coverage.
• Generous paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, including an office closure between Christmas and New Year's.
• 401(k) with 5% employer match.
• Gym membership reimbursement and/or Wellhub subscription.
• Mental health support through EAP and Self Space services.
• Work from anywhere for up to 2 weeks per year, subject to approval.
• Social events, happy hours, and professional development trainings.
• Career development opportunities within a fast-growing global organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed