Publishing Coordinator

GORDON YATES; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable not-for-profit media group in Central London is seeking a Publishing Coordinator. The role involves processing content for a video ingest pipeline, coordinating with various teams to ensure high-quality content publication, and maintaining reporting data. Ideal candidates will have a strong knowledge of British moving image history and familiarity with the UK film and TV industries. This position offers a hybrid work model, requiring one day in the office and is compensated at £35,640 or £20-22 an hour.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of British moving image history and familiarity with UK film and TV industries.
• Ability to use documentation, content management, and publication platforms for streaming.
• Demonstrable knowledge of cataloguing standards.

Responsibilities

• Process and document content for the video ingest pipeline.
• Coordinate with teams to publish quality content.
• Maintain reporting data on content selection and publication.

Skills

Good knowledge of British moving image history

Familiarity with UK film and TV industries

Knowledge of documentation platforms

Knowledge of cataloguing standards

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

Publishing Coordinator

We are seeking a Publishing Coordinator to support a client -for Jan until the end of March - Hybrid 1 day in a week in the office 4 from home; salary £35,640- £20-22an hour

Who will you be working for?

Our client is a reputable not for profit media group located in Central London. Hybrid working

What will you be doing?

To process and document content to the video ingest pipeline for clients latest archive digital product. To add and re-purpose additional content to the platform which already numbers over 13,000 videos. To work closely with Curatorial, Replay and Digital teams to carry out a range of activities to ensure the timely publication of high-quality new content to the platform.

Curatorial

• To prepare, process and ingest video files for the clients Replay platform, performing all necessary trimming, concatenation and simple contrast and colour correction in consultation with curatorial colleagues.
• To perform quality assessment for all selected titles, alerting curatorial colleagues where action may be necessary.
• To ensure apply appropriate content and trigger warnings, following agreed guidelines and established practice to safeguard audiences.
• To coordinate actions prompted by any feedback received by users.
• To research and update metadata on selected works.

Project Coordination

• To maintain reporting data on selection, ingest and publication of new content for Replay.
• To be a good team player, actively participate in team meetings, events and induction of new team members.
• To contribute to reporting and meetings as and when required.

Data and Digital Preservation

• Edit Axiell collections and add/amend data such as groupings and descriptive metadata (synopses, contextualisations, titles, dates, contributors, genre, subjects and including trigger and content warnings)
• Set up downloads from the preservation tape libraries including adding files to folder for upload to Replay

Technology and Digital Transformation Team (Live Services)

• Coordinating with Data and Digital preservation team for regular or ad hoc downloads of content from the digital preservation infrastructure (DPI)
• Tracking DPI downloads and reporting any exceptions to Data and Digital Preservation Manager
• Quality assurance of content according to agreed thresholds for sound and video quality

About You

• Good general knowledge of British moving image history and familiarity with UK film and TV industries.
• Knowledge of (or ability to learn to use) documentation, content management and publication platforms for moving image streaming.
• Demonstrable knowledge of cataloguing standards.
• Knowledge of the use of automated archive systems, spreadsheets and information databases for documentation and collections management, utilising established international standards.
• Practicable application of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)