Solutions Analyst - Digital Publishing

East View Companies • Minneapolis, MN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

East View is seeking a full-time Solutions Analyst - Digital Publishing. This Digital Humanities-oriented position will be hybrid, rooted in in-office presence with some flexibility for working outside the office. This position will manage multiple high-level tasks and duties in support of creating digital databases, mostly serving researchers in Digital Humanities in university environments in North America and elsewhere. Responsibilities include assessing project scope and technical specifications (anticipating and managing flows of digital output resulting from digitization and OCR of typically humanities-oriented materials), coordination between internal project sponsors and supporting technical vendors, and cross-functional communication to report on problems and progress. A successful candidate will have an interest and understanding in digital humanities research, if not a background in this area, and possess exceptional organizational leadership, and interpersonal skills to manage, direct, and influence internal stakeholders and a keen interest in technology. Additionally, the Solutions Analyst will interface with vendors and at times with clients.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in the humanities, or equivalent.
• 3+ years of Microsoft Office - specifically Excel, is essential.
• 1+ year of Amazon S3, File Management, Digital Asset Management software is desired, or a strong interest and aptitude to successfully learn and use.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of one or more foreign languages (both spoken and written) is strongly preferred as this is often a feature of the databases we produce.
• Interest and understanding in digital humanities research, if not a background in this area.
• Exceptional organizational leadership, and interpersonal skills to manage, direct, and influence internal stakeholders.
• A keen interest in technology.

Responsibilities

• Interpreting high-level project goals and technical requirements from the Director of Digital Publishing and translating them into detailed project plans with clear deliverables and tracking metrics.
• Interacting with digital imaging and processing vendors (including our internal DigiLab and external partners who are scanning original research documents and creating digital files), internal project sponsors, and other technical partners (including internal IT department, platform vendors and client-side technical staff) to determine and manage the most efficient processes for intake of digital files and creation of custom online solutions for the use of the materials in an academic setting.
• Working across product lines to bring existing databases up to the industry standards (AI integration, Voluntary Accessibility Templates (VPATs), usage statistics, etc.).
• Leading project meetings, building and maintaining project timelines and providing reporting as needed for project leads and Director of Digital Publishing.
• Proactively identifying project roadblocks and scope creep (critical, since each project is custom).
• Communicating with management from other departments to prepare inter-departmental meetings to report on project statuses.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401k
• long-term disability
• PTO
• 10.5 paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree