AV Digitisation Technician

The University of Edinburgh; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Edinburgh seeks an AV digitisation professional for a full-time, permanent position. The role involves digitising AV heritage collections and providing technical support. Candidates should have experience with AV equipment and heritage formats, and an interest in preserving historical materials is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with AV digitisation equipment and heritage formats required.
• Current knowledge of AV digitisation standards is necessary.
• Ability to handle heritage materials with accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Digitise AV material from heritage collections.
• Provide technical support and maintenance for AV equipment.
• Create basic metadata for AV materials under supervision.

Skills

Knowledge of AV digitisation equipment

Experience with heritage formats

Attention to detail

Good communication skills

Tools

Wavelab

Audition

FFmpeg

Job description

Grade UE05: £29,179 to £33,482 per annum

ISG / Library & University Collections / Digital Library

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Open-ended (permanent)

We are looking for an AV digitisation professional to join our team on a permanent basis, to undertake programmatic and on-demand digitisation of the University’s AV heritage collections. If you have an understanding of AV digitisation equipment, processes and software, a passion for heritage collections and experience of working with formats such as reel-to-reel, cassette and VHS, then we would love to hear from you.

While this is a full-time position, we are committed to flexible working and are very willing to consider options such as compressed hours or staggered start or finish times. Due to the nature of the work, this role is predominantly an on-campus one.

Responsibilities include:

Digitising a range of AV and sound material from across the University’s heritage collections, with a focus on, but not limited to, the collections of the School of Scottish Studies Archive.

Processing AV and audio material in order to generate preservation masters and access copies.

Providing technical support and regular maintenance of AV and audio recording kit.

Undertaking basic listing / metadata creation under supervision from curatorial staff.

Handling and monitoring heritage materials in accordance with conservation guidelines and training, and occasionally performing basic treatments.

Providing technical support for ingest of new AV / audio acquisitions to long-term storage.

Our ideal candidate will have:

Knowledge and experience of using AV digitisation equipment for heritage formats.

Experience of relevant AV software (e.g. Wavelab, Audition. FFmpeg).

Experience of handling and working with heritage formats (e.g. reel-to-reel, cassette, digital audio tape).

Current awareness of AV and audio digitisation standards.

Ability to prioritise and work to agreed upon deadlines.

Accuracy and attention to detail.

Good verbal and written communication skills.

Application procedure:

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Created on 25/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom