13491 - Digitisation Studio Manager

University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in Scotland is seeking a motivated individual to manage their digitisation studio. This role involves overseeing projects, managing personnel, and ensuring high standards for digitisation processes. The ideal candidate will possess relevant qualifications, experience in management and project delivery, and knowledge of digital manipulation software. A supportive work environment with excellent benefits is offered, including annual leave and training opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Flexible working options

Defined-benefit pension scheme

Access to excellent training

Staff discounts and initiatives

Paid leave for volunteering

Qualifications

• Experience in running a digitisation studio and managing staff.
• Knowledge of digital manipulation software (e.g., Adobe CC).
• Understanding of international digitisation standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day digitisation in the studios and ensure quality standards.
• Line manage digitisation staff and ensure effective performance.
• Manage digitisation projects and prepare reports on activity.
• Train staff in digitisation techniques and improve processes.
• Liaise with stakeholders and maintain digitisation equipment.

Skills

Management of digitisation staff

Project management

Digital manipulation software (Adobe CC)

Communication skills

Understanding of digitisation standards

Education

Relevant degree level/professional qualification

Job description

Grade UE07: £41,064 - £48,822 per annum

Information Services Group/Library & University Collections Directorate/Digital Library

Full‑time: 35 hours per week

Open‑ended (permanent)

What we can offer you:

• A supportive work environment offering a great variety of work, including daily interaction with the University’s world‑class heritage collections.
• A generous annual leave allowance of 40 days per year (including festive closure days), pro‑ratio for part‑time staff.
• A range of flexible working options to help you prioritise work/life balance.
• A defined‑benefit pension scheme with a substantial employer contribution.
• Access to excellent training and CPD to help you refine your skillset.
• Varied staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, support for staff wellbeing and more.
• A day of paid leave annually for your chosen volunteering activity.
• Use our reward calculator to find out the total value of the pay and benefits for this role.

Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the day‑to‑day digitisation in L&UC’s digitisation studios, allocating work, ensuring standards (e.g. imaging/metadata) are adhered to and material is digitised effectively and efficiently to meet the needs of service users.
• Line managing digitisation staff, ensuring they are motivated to perform their roles effectively.
• Managing digitisation projects and on‑demand activity as they develop, applying agreed project/service management standards to ensure work is completed on time and within scope, and preparing regular reports outlining digitisation activity.
• Training staff in photography/digitisation techniques so that they have the skills and knowledge to carry out digitisation to the best of their ability, while emphasising continuous, ongoing improvement of processes and activities.
• Liaising with key stakeholders within L&UC including staff in conservation, metadata, and collections.
• Managing and maintaining digitisation equipment and liaising with suppliers for troubleshooting.
• Contributing to increasing staff and student understanding of digitisation processes through delivering workshops, lectures, blog posts etc.
• Undertaking photography/digitisation work as and when required to help meet project targets and deadlines.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A relevant degree level/professional qualification and work experience, or relevant practical experience.
• Experience of running a digitisation studio and using a range of equipment for different types of requirements.
• Staff/volunteer management experience.
• Experience and knowledge of project management approaches and techniques.
• Knowledge and experience of using digital manipulation software (e.g., Adobe CC).
• Experience of recruiting staff.
• Interest in heritage collections.
• Understanding of international digitisation standards.
• Good level of IT knowledge.
• Familiarity with the full digitisation lifecycle including digital preservation, and experience of working with digital files in a DAMS.
• Excellent communication skills.

Please contact [e-mail] if you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the post.